India'S(uni)losing streak continues in Pakistan

India made four changes to the eleven that lost the fifth One-day International to Australia for the opening match of the series in Pakistan. Ghulam Parkar, Kirti Azad, Manoj Prabhakar and Ashok Patel were replaced by Sandeep Patil, Mohinder Amarnath, Chetan Sharma and Maninder Singh.

Pakistan, keen to avenge the Rothmans Asia Cup defeat they suffered at India's hands six months prior to this match, made seven changes to their eleven from that match – Saleem Malik, Qasim Umar, Shahid Mahboob, Abdul Qadir, Sarfraz Nawaz, Anil Dalpat and Azeem Hafeez were excluded.

While Manzoor Elahi was making his One-day International debut, the returnees were Javed Miandad, Naved Anjum, Ashraf Ali, Tahir Naqqash, Rashid Khan and Tauseef Ahmed. It was a 40-overs-a-side match. On winning the toss, Sunil Gavaskar, India's skipper, inserted the hosts.

Khan scored 13. His 27-ball (Mohs)innings included a boundary. Sharma trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 27-run partnership. Saadat Ali also faced 27 balls, scoring a dozen. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Surinder Khanna. Balvinder Singh Sandhu broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen.

The third-wicket pair put on 74. Miandad scored 25. His 51-ball innings included a boundary. He was run out. Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan's captain, scored 55. His 56-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Singh, who broke the nine-run partnership.

Anjum's knock of 30 included the only six of the match. His 27-ball innings also included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Amarnath. Kapil Dev broke the 43-run stand. Although Ashraf's innings included a boundary, he wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just six. He was caught by Singh. Dev broke the nine-run stand.

Elahi, the player of the match, scored 36. His 39-ball innings included five boundaries. Dev broke the 25-run stand. Mudassar Nazar, who faced six balls, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten, as was Naqqash, who did not face a ball.

India conceded 15 extras. Pakistan scored 199 for the loss of seven wickets off 40 overs. Madan Lal bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20. He was wicketless, as was Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight overs, conceding 30.

Singh, who bowled five overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Sharma and Sandhu, who bowled seven overs apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 35. Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 36. He picked up three scalps.

Shastri, who faced 22 balls, scored six. He was trapped leg before wicket by Naqqash, who broke the 33-run stand. Khanna scored 31. His 37-ball innings included four boundaries. Naqqash trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the nine-run partnership.

Roger Binny, who faced 57 balls, scored 19. He was caught by Miandad. Mudassar broke the 41-run partnership. Gavaskar scored 25. His 38-ball innings included a boundary. He was stumped by Ashraf. Ahmed broke the fourth-class partnership, which was worth eight.

The fifth-wicket pair put on just a run. Dev, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Elahi. Patil scored 11. His 17-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Ashraf. Anjum broke the 18-run stand.

Amarnath faced five balls, scoring 16. Elahi broke the four-run partnership. The eighth-wicket pair put on nine. Lal, who faced nine balls, scored six. He was run out. Sharma scored 16. His 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was unbeaten.

Sandhu, who faced 10 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Anjum broke the ninth-wicket partnership, which was worth 13. Singh, faced seven balls, scoring four. Rashid broke the tenth-wicket stand, which was worth 17.

Pakistan conceded 19 extras. India, who were dismissed for 153 off 37.1 overs, lost by 46 runs. Rashid bowled 6.1 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20 and picked up a wicket.

Ahmed and Mudassar bowled eight overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 14.

Elahi bowled four overs, conceding 18. Anjum bowled five overs, conceding 27. Naqqash bowled six overs, conceding 35. The trio picked up two scalps apiece.

The hosts led the three-match series 1-0.