The Indians (Azh)are not Pa(k)i(sta)ned

India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Atul Wassan and Saradindu Mukherjee made way for (Vin)ODI debutants Kambli and Javagal Srinath.

Pakistan made four changes to the eleven that last played their neighbours – Saeed Anwar, Saleem Yousuf, Abdul Qadir and Sajjad Akbar made way for Sajid Ali, Rameez Raja, Moin Khan and Akram Raza.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. India’s openers put on 44. Ravi, whose S(hastr)ixty-three-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. He was run out.

Navjot Singh, whose Si(dhu)xty-six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 38. Wasim Akram broke the 49-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 32. Waqar Younis broke the 56-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, the player of the match, scored 72. His 93-ball innings included three boundaries. He was trapped leg before wicket by Younis, who broke the 44-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 40-ball (Sach)innings included five boundaries, scored 52. He was unbeaten, as was Kapil Dev, who faced nine balls, scoring 10.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India scored 238 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs. Akram Raza and Imran Khan, Pakistan’s captain, bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 44.

Aaqib Javed bowled 10 wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 38. Akram, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Younis, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 65. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Ali, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was caught by Kiran More. Manoj broke the eight-run P(rabhak)artnership. The second-wicket pair put on 76. Raja, whose 74-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 35. He was run out.

Saleem Malik, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. He was trapped leg before wicket by Shastri, who broke the 40-run stand. Javed Miandad, whose 94-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 61. He was trapped leg before wicket by Venkatapathy Raju, who broke the five-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Imran, whose faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was dismissed by Prabhakar. Ijaz Ahmed, who faced seven balls, scored four. He was caught by Raju, who broke the 10-run stand.

Akram, who faced 21 balls, scored 14. Srinath broke the 16-run stand. Moin, who faced 26 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten. Raza, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Azharuddin. Dev broke the one-run stand.

Younis, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Prabhakar broke the 10-run stand. Aaqib, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Prabhakar broke the 12-run stand.

India conceded a dozen extras. The Pakistanis, who were bundled out for 178 off 44.4 overs, lost by 60 runs. Dev bowled eight overs, conceding 30. He picked up a scalp, as did Srinath, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31.

Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 53, picking up a scalp. Raju bowled 10 overs, conceding 39. He picked up two scalps. Prabhakar bowled 7.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up four scalps.  

India (Azh)are eliminated by Pakistan

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Woorkeri Raman made way for Sanjay Manjrekar. Pakistan made a couple of changes to the team that last played the Indians – Shoaib Mohammad and Rameez Raja made way for Ijaz Ahmed and One-day International debutant Sajjad Akbar. On winning the toss, Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

Saeed Anwar, whose 32-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 37. He was caught by Kapil Dev. Ravi Shastri broke the 73-run stand. Saleem Malik, who faced 17 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Shastri broke the 17-run stand. Saleem Yousuf, whose 90-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 62. He was stumped by Kiran More. Anil Kumble broke the 40-run stand.

Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 18. His 29-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary. He was caught by More. Manoj broke the 36-run P(rabhak)artnership. Wasim Akram, whose 12-ball innings included a six, scored 11. He was trapped leg before wicket by Sanjeev Sharma, who broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth a dozen. The sixth-wicket pair put on 15. Javed Miandad, who faced 74 balls, scored 37. He was run out.

The seventh-wicket pair put on just a couple. Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, scored just one. He was run out. The eighth-wicket pair put on 21. Akbar, who faced nine balls, scored five. He was run out. Ahmed, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 32. He was caught by Shastri. Prabhakar broke the 19-run stand.

Waqar Younis, who faced half-a-dozen balls, was in seventh heaven, because he was unbeaten, as was Aaqib Javed, who didn’t face a ball. India conceded 18 extras. Pakistan scored 235 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs. Dev and Krishnamachari Srikkanth bowled five wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 19.

Sharma and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 33. Prabhakar and Shastri bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 55, the latter conceded 36.

India’s openers put on 61. Prabhakar, whose 54-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. He was run out. The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Navjot Singh Sidhu, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Younis, the player of the match*. Cheeka, whose 51-ball innings included a boundary, conceded (Srikkan)thirty-five. He was stumped by Yousuf. Akbar broke the 27-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 95-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 78. He was unbeaten. Dev, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. Younis broke the three-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 24 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Ahmed. Akbar broke the 38-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 25-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Anwar. Khan broke the 36-run stand.

Shastri faced eight balls, scoring three. He was caught by Yousuf. Younis broke the 25-run stand. More, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Miandad. Needless to say, Akram was in seventh heaven.

Sharma faced nine balls, scoring five. He was caught by Yousuf. Younis broke the 11-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on a run. Kumble, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. He was run out.

Pakistan conceded 26 extras. India, who were dismissed for 209 off 46.3 overs, lost by 26 runs. Qadir bowled seven overs, conceding 44. He was wicketless, as was Javed, who bowled eight overs, conceding 25.

Khan bowled three overs, conceding 17. He picked up a wicket, as did Akram, who bowled 8.3 overs. He conceded 28. Akbar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 45, picking up a couple of scalps. Younis, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 42. He picked up four scalps.

While the Pakistanis advanced to the semi-finals (and eventually won the tournament), the Indians were eliminated.

(*Note: Sidhu has often been reminded of this dismissal by comedian Kapil Sharma on the latter’s show.)

  

  

India concede (Srikk)an(o)ther Pakistan series

It was a 37-overs-a-side match. India made just one change to their playing eleven – Kapil Dev made way for Vivek Razdan. Pakistan made one to theirs as well – Zulqarnain was replaced by Saleem Yousuf. On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

Rameez Raja, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Maninder Singh. Ravi Shastri broke the 45-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Saeed Anwar, who faced 11 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was run out. The third-wicket put on 11. Shoaib Mohammad, who faced 63 balls, scored 26. He was run out.

Wasim Akram, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Singh broke the four-run stand. Saleem Malik, who faced 43 balls, scored 29. He was caught by Razdan. Salil Ankola broke the 34-run stand. Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, scored 14. His 12-ball I(mra)nnings included a dozen. He was caught by Navjot Singh Sidhu. Manoj broke the 25-run P(rabhak)artnership.

Yousuf, who faced four balls, scored three. He was caught by Razdan. Prabhakar broke the 13-run stand. Javed Miandad, whose 52-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was caught by Sidhu. Razdan broke the one-run stand.

Abdul Qadir, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten, as was Waqar Younis, who scored a couple off as many balls. India conceded 14 extras. Pakistan scored 150 for the loss of eight wickets off 37 overs.

Raman Lamba, who never represented India again, bowled a wicketless over, conceding nine. Ankola bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up a wicket. Razdan, who bowled eight overs, conceded 37. He picked up a wicket.

Shastri bowled eight overs, conceding 29. He picked up a wicket. Singh bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24, picking up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled eight eight overs, conceding 24, He picked up a couple of scalps.

Lamba, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the 15-run stand. Sidhu, who faced seven balls, scored a run. He was caught by Khan, who broke the three-run stand.

Sanjay Manjrekar, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was caught by Yousuf. Aaqib Javed, the player of the match, broke the 31-run stand. Cheeka, in his last One-day International as skipper, scored (Srikkan)thirty-one. His 63-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Yousuf. Waqar Younis broke the 17-run stand.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced nine balls, scored four. He was caught by Anwar. Javed broke the four-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Prabhakar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Javed. Kiran More, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was caught by Qadir. Akram broke the 12-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Yousuf off the bowling of Akram. The ninth-wicket pair put on eight. Shastri, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was run out.

Razdan, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was stumped by Yousuf. Qadir broke the 22-run stand. Singh, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 18 extras. India, who were dismissed for 112 off 30.2 overs, lost by 38 runs. Qadir bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 13, He picked up a wicket, as did Younis, who bowled seven overs, conceding 27.

Khan bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 10, picking up a couple of wickets. Akram bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up a couple of wickets. Javed bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28, picking up three scalps.

Pakistan won the three-match series 2-0. 

(Srikk)An(o)ther Indo-Pak ODI is abandoned

It was a 40-overs-a-side match. The Indians made a Kapil of changes to their playing eleven – Sachin Tendulkar and Vivek Razdan made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Dev. The Pakistanis (Moham)made just one change to theirs – Mansoor Akhtar made way for Shoaib.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. The openers didn’t get off the mark. Rameez Raja, who faced five balls, didn’t open his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj Prabhakar. Mohammad faced 32 balls, scoring 13. He was unbeaten.

The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Saleem Malik, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Prabhakar dismissed him. Javed Miandad, who faced 20 balls, scored just a couple. He was trapped leg before wicket by Prabhakar, who broke the 11-run stand. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, faced 28 balls, scoring nine. He was unbeaten.

India conceded four extras. Pakistan scored 28 for the loss of three wickets off 14,3 overs. Salil Ankola, who bowled 2.3 overs, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless, as was Dev, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 14. Prabhakar bowled five overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded five, picking up three scalps.

The match was abandoned due to crowd disruption. Pakistan led the three-match series 1-0.

India (Srikk)a(re)n(’)th triumphant against Pakistan

The first One-day International, which was scheduled to be played at the Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, on December 16, was abandoned without (Arb)aball bowled owing to poor light. An exhibition match of 20 overs per side was played to please the public.

The second match was a 16-0vers-a-side match. India made seven Ch(et)anges to its playing eleven – Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Arshad Ayub (Moham)made way for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Azharuddin, Ravi Shastri, Maninder Singh and three One-day International debutants – Sachin Tendulkar, Vivek Razdan and Salil Ankola.

Pakistan made four changes to theirs – Aamer Malik, Ijaz Ahmed, Akram Raza and Mushtaq Ahmed made way for Mansoor Akhtar, Saeed Anwar, Zulqarnain and Waqar Younis.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Rameez Raja, who faced 17 balls, scored 10. He was caught by Sidhu. Singh broke the 20-run stand. The second-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Saleem Malik, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Azharuddin off the bowling of Singh.

The third-wicket pair put on seven. Wasim Akram, who faced three balls, scored just a couple. He was run out. The fourth-wicket pair put on 23. Akhtar, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was run out.

Saeed Anwar, the player of the match, scored 42. His 32-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten. The fifth-wicket pair put on just seven. Javed Miandad, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. He was run out.

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring just a run. He was caught by Srikkanth. Ankola broke the six-run stand. Abdul Qadir, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Raman Lamba, who broke the three-run stand.

Zulqarnain faced four balls, scoring just two. He was caught by Manoj. Ankola broke the seven-run P(rabhak)artnership. The ninth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Younis, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was run out.

India conceded eight extras. Pakistan scored 87 for the loss of nine wickets off 16 overs. Shastri, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14. Razdan, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded nine. Prabhakar, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded eight.

Lamba, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket. Ankola and Singh bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 17.

Srikkanth, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Younis broke the 26-run stand. Sidhu, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Akhtar. Aaqib Javed broke the six-run stand. The third-wicket pair put on just a couple. Lamba, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was run out.

Tendulkar, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Akram. Younis broke the two-run stand. The Mumbai all-rounder, who faced S(hastr)ix balls, scored a run. Younis broke the 15-run stand. Azharuddin, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Malik. Javed broke the eight-run stand.

Kiran More, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was caught by Qadir. Khan broke the nine-run stand. Razdan, who faced four balls, scored a run. Khan broke the five-run stand.

Prabhakar, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was trapped leg before wicket by Khan, who broke the seven-run stand. Ankola, who faced three balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. His innings included the only six of the innings. He was unbeaten, as was Singh, who faced a ball. He didn’t get off the mark.

Pakistan conceded nine extras. India, who scored 80 for the loss of nine wickets off 16 overs, lost by seven runs. Akram bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 16. Javed bowled four overs, conceding 18. He picked up a couple of wickets. Younis and Khan bowled four overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 18.

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

India (Srik)kan(’)t(h) beat the Pakistanis

India (Moham)made one change to their playing eleven – Azharuddin made way for Sanjay Manjrekar. Pakistan made five changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shahid Saeed, Shoaib Mohammad, Sohail Fazal, Saleem Yousuf and Waqar Younis made way for Aamer Malik, Rameez Raja, Imran Khan (who led them), Wasim Akram and Akram Raza. On winning the toss, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, India’s skipper, chose to field.

Aamer, whose 83-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 51. He was caught by Ajay Sharma. Mohinder Amarnath broke the 97-run stand. Saleem Malik, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was caught by Srikkanth. Ajay broke the 28-run stand. Javed Miandad faced 23 balls, scoring 13. He was trapped leg before wicket by Arshad Ayub, who broke the 40-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair failed to open its account. Raja, whose 90-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 77. He was caught by Kapil Dev off the bowling of Srikkanth. Abdul Qadir, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Ayub broke the 31-run stand.

Ijaz Ahmed, whose 33-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 29. He was caught by Raman Lamba. Dev broke the 46-run stand. Khan, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 47. He was unbeaten, and was adjudged the player of the match.

Akram, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was trapped leg before wicket by Manoj, who broke the one-run P(rabhak)artnership. Raza, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten. India conceded 21 extras. Pakistan scored 279 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Chetan Sharma bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 23. Srikkanth, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Ajay bowled five overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket. Prabhakar bowled nine overs, conceding 41. He picked up a wicket. Dev and Amarnath bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 60, the latter conceded 45. Ayub bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a couple of scalps.

Lamba, whose 63-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 57. He was caught by Aaqib Javed. Qadir broke the 120-run stand. The second-wicket pair put on a dozen. Srikkanth, whose 75-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 65. He was run out. Vengsarkar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. He was caught by Khan. Raza broke the 23-run stand.

Chetan, who faced 16 balls, scored 10. He was caught by the substitute. Mushtaq Ahmed broke the 11-run stand. Jimmy, whose (Amarna)thirty-six-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. He was caught by Qadir. Mushtaq broke the five-run stand. Ajay, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Mushtaq broke the five-run stand. Dev, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Akram broke the 13-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on just seven. Manjrekar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was run out. Kiran More, who faced three balls, scored just two. Aaqib broke the five-run stand. The Hyderabadi, who faced A(yu)ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg before wicket by Akram, who broke the one-run stand.

Pakistan conceded a dozen extras. India, who were dismissed for 202 off 42.3 overs, lost by 77 runs. Aaqib bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 32, picking up a wicket. Qadir, who bowled eight overs, conceded 42. He picked up a wicket.

Raza bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up a wicket. Akram bowled 7.3 overs, conceding 21. He picked up a couple of wickets. Mushtaq bowled 10 overs, conceding 51. He picked up three scalps.

Both the teams advanced to the semi-finals.