Pakistan knock Ganguly-led India out

India made a couple of Ch(opr)anges to their playing eleven – Sunil Joshi and Nikhil made way for Nayan Mongia and One-day International debutant Amit Bhandari. Pakistan made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Younis Khan, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar made way for Saeed Anwar, Azhar Mahmood and Mohammad Akram.

On winning the toss, Moin Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, chose to bat. Their 50 came off 7.3 overs in 36 minutes. Anwar, whose 35-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 43. Seventy-four balls into the match, he was caught by Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran. Anil Kumble broke the run-a-ball stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Nazir, whose 44-ball I(mra)nnings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 29. Three balls later, he was caught by Ajit Agarkar off the bowling of Kumble.

Mohammad Yousuf, the player of the match, scored 100. His 112-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six. His half-century, which came off 92 balls, included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. His century came in 171 minutes.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. A couple of balls later, Agarkar broke the one-run stand. Pakistan’s 100 came off 19.4 overs in 97 minutes. Shahid Afridi, whose 26-ball (Sach)innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Forty-three balls later, he was caught by Tendulkar. Kumble broke the 28-run stand.

Pakistan’s 150 came off 30.5 overs in 146 minutes. Moin, whose 47-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 46. A hundred and nine balls later, he was caught by Mongia. Agarkar broke the 92-run partnership.

Pakistan’s 200 came off 39.2 overs in 186 minutes. Abdul Razzaq, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. Forty-one balls later, he was caught by Agarkar. Bhandari broke the 51-run partnership.

Pakistan’s 250 came off 46.4 overs in 186 minutes. Wasim Akram, who was celebrating his 34th birthday, faced 11 balls, scoring nine. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Rahul Dravid. Bhandari broke the 31-run stand. Mahmood, whose four-ball innings included a six, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 16 extras. Pakistan scored 277 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Kumaran and Tendulkar bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 86, the latter conceded 41.

Bhandari and Agarkar bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 75, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 47. Kumble bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43, picking up three scalps.

The Indians were fined a couple of overs for a slow over rate. Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, scored eight. His 18-ball innings included a boundary. Twenty-six balls, he was caught by Mohammad Akram. Wasim broke the run-a-ball stand.

India’s 50 came off 7.4 overs in 39 minutes. Dravid, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 32. Forty-six balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Razzaq, who broke the 42-run partnership.

Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced three balls, scored a run. Seven balls later, he was caught by Nazir. Razzaq broke the six-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 30-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 25. Five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Razzaq, who broke the one-run stand.

India’s 100 came off 21.1 overs in 114 minutes. The fifth-wicket pair put on 49. Singh, whose 38-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Eighty-two balls later, Mahmood ran him out.

Mongia, who faced 14 balls, scored four. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Afridi. Arshad Khan broke the 18-run stand. India’s 150 came off 34.2 overs in 176 minutes. Kumble, who faced 19 balls, scored 10. Thirty-nine balls later, he was stumped by Moin. Arshad broke the 41-run stand.

India’s 200 came off 40.1 overs in 244 minutes. Agarkar, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored 21. Thirty-seven balls later, Razzaq broke the 52-run partnership. The ninth-wicket pair put on 14. Kumaran, who faced eight balls, scored four. Fourteen balls later, Nazir ran him out.

Ajay Jadeja, whose 103-ball innings included eight boundaries and four sixes, scored 93. Three balls later, he was stumped by Moin. Nazir broke the two-run stand. Bhandari, who didn’t faced a ball, was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 38 extras. India, who were dismissed for 251 off 47.4 overs, lost by 44 runs. Mahmood, who bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceded 20. Mohammad Akram bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 39. Afridi bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 55.

Nazir bowled four balls, conceding three. He picked up a wicket, as did Akram, who faced seven overs, conceded 30. Arshad bowled 10 overs, conceding 59. He picked up two wickets. Razzaq bowled eight overs, conceding 29. He picked up four scalps.

It was India’s last limited-overs match of the 2000 season. Azharuddin, Jadeja, Mongia and Kumaran never represented them again.

India are (Soura)vanquished by Pakistan

Neither India nor Pakistan made any changes to their playing elevens. On winning the toss, Moin Khan, the latter's skipper, chose to bat. Nazir, whose 18-ball I(mra)nnings included a boundary, scored 11. Five balls into the match, he was caught by Anil Kumble. Ajit Agarkar broke the 20-run stand.

Pakistan’s 50 came off 12.1 overs. Shahid Afridi, whose 41-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Forty-six (Sa)balls later, he was stumped by Karim. Kumble broke the 35-run stand.

Pakistan’s 100 came off 22.1 overs. Younis Khan, whose 66-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 44. Ninety-three ballS(uni)later, he was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Joshi broke the 66-run partnership.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, one of the two players of the match, scored 121. His 113-ball innings included nine boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Mohammad Yousuf, who scored 56. His 64-ball innings included five boundaries and a six.

While the former's century, which included seven boundaries and all the sixes, came off 97 balls, the latter’s 50, which included four boundaries and the six, came off 60 balls.

India conceded a dozen extras. Pakistan scored 272 for the loss of three wickets off 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 11, the latter conceded four. Venkatesh Prasad, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 63.

Singh bowled 10 wicketless overs, (Rob)including a maiden. He conceded 34. Kumble, who bowled nine overs, conceded 66. He picked up a wicket. Joshi bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 42, picking up a wicket. Agarkar, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 50. He picked up a wicket.

Although Ganguly's 12-ball innings included a boundary, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – four overs into the chase, he was caught by Waqar Younis, the other player of the match, who broke the 12-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Five balls later, Wasim Akram broke the eight-run stand.

Joshi, who faced eight balls, scored three. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Moin. Waqar broke the five-run stand. Rahul Dravid, whose 46-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 29. Seventy balls later, he was caught by Moin. Shoaib Akhtar broke the 38-run stand.

Azharuddin, whose 46-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. Thirty-six balls later, he was caught by Moin. Waqar broke the 27-run stand. Ajay Jadeja, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. Twenty-one balls later, Waqar broke the nine-run stand.

Karim, who faced 29 balls, scored 13. Fifty-five balls later, he was caught by Younis. Arshad Khan broke the 32-run stand. Singh, whose 49-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Moin. Arshad broke the six-run stand.

Agarkar, who faced 37 balls, scored 20. Fifty-five balls later, Waqar broke the 35-run stand. Kumble, who bowled 29 balls, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Prasad, who faced three balls, and didn’t open his account.

Pakistan conceded 16 extras. India, who scored 174 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 98 runs. Nazir, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a couple. Younis, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 17.

Abdul Razzaq bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29. Afridi, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 21. Akhtar, who bowled five overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Akram bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 16, picking up a wicket. Arshad, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets. Waqar bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up five scalps.

Ganguly-led India beat the Pakistanis

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Javagal Srinath made way for Venkatesh Prasad. Pakistan made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed, Azhar Mahmood and Shoaib Malik made way for Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq and the Khans (Younis and Arshad).

On winning the toss, Moin Khan, Pakistan’s skipper, chose to bat. Shahid, who faced a ball, (Afri)didn't get off the mark. Seven balls into the match, he was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin, the player of the match. Prasad broke the one-run stand.

Razzaq had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. Nine balls later, he was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Ajit Agarkar broke the four-run stand. Nazir, whose 51-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 43. Seventy-seven ballS(uni)later, Joshi broke the 57-run partnership. Pakistan’s 100 came off the 27^th over.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 46. Mohammad Yousuf, whose 36-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Seventy-eight (Sa)balls later, Karim ran him out. The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Inzamam-ul-Haq, whose 77-ball (Rob)innings included three boundaries, scored 41. The next ball, he was caught by Karim off the bowling of Singh.

Younis, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, Anil Kumble broke the two-run stand. Wasim Akram, who faced 28 balls, scored 10. His runs came by way of a boundary and a six. Forty-two balls later, Prasad broke the 18-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Waqar Younis, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Half-a-dozen balls later, Joshi ran him out. Arshad, who faced nine balls, scored a run. Fifteen balls later, Kumble broke the three-run stand.

Moin, who faced 33 balls, scored 14. Thirty-four balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Joshi, who broke the 15-run stand. Shoaib Akhtar, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. He was unbeaten.

India conceded nine extras. Pakistan were dismissed for 146 off 45.3 overs. Sachin Tendulkar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21. Singh, who bowled four overs, conceded half-a-dozen. He picked up a wicket.

Agarkar bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31, picking up a wicket. Joshi bowled 9.3 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29, picking up a couple of wickets. Prasad and Kumble bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter, whose spell included four maidens, conceded 26.

Sourav Ganguly, India’s skipper, scored 25. His 32-ball innings included four boundaries. Fifty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Moin. Akram broke the 39-run stand. Tendulkar, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Fifteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Akhtar, who broke the two-run stand.

Rahul Dravid, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 26. A hundred and eighteen balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Malik. Razzaq broke the 70-run partnership. Azharuddin, whose 89-ball innings included seven boundaries, scored 54. Thirty-nine balls later, he was caught by Moin. Arshad broke the 21-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unbeaten. The fifth-wicket pair put on 13. Although Singh’s 20-ball innings included a boundary, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 27 balls later, Younis ran him out. Karim, who faced half-a-dozen balls, didn’t open his account. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan conceded 15 extras. India, who scored 149 for the loss of five wickets off 43.3 overs, won by five wickets with 39 balls to spare. Afridi bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15. Waqar bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15.

Arshad bowled 7.3 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 21, picking up a wicket. Razzaq and Akram bowled eight overs, including a maiden, each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 33. Akhtar bowled eight overs, including three maidens. He conceded 19, picking up a wicket.