India v Pakistan 1st Test

Pakistan tour of India - 2007 (2007/08) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 22 November 2007

India won by 6 wickets

India won by 6 wickets. Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored with 82 for Pakistan. Anil Kumble took 4/38.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Pakistan tour of India - 2007 (2007/08)
Ground: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (then Feroz Shah Kotla)
Dates: 22 November 2007 to 26 November 2007
Toss: Pakistan, chose to bat
Result: India won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Anil Kumble
Captains: Shoaib Malik (Pakistan), Anil Kumble (India)
Debut: Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)
Umpires: BR Doctrove and SJA Taufel
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. It was Sohail Tanvir's first Test.

Pakistan batted first and made 231 all out. Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored with 82 off 243 balls. Anil Kumble took 4 for 38 for India. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Arun Jaitley Stadium, 377 across 5 Tests.

India replied with 276 all out. VVS Laxman top-scored with 72 not out off 135 balls, and MS Dhoni made 57. Danish Kaneria took 4 for 59 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 115-run stand for the sixth wicket between VVS Laxman and MS Dhoni, 42% of the total. India led by 45 on first innings.

Pakistan made 247 all out in their second innings. Salman Butt top-scored with 67 off 140 balls, and Misbah-ul-Haq made 45. Anil Kumble took 3 for 68 for India.

Set 203 to win, India made 203 for 4. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 56 not out off 110 balls, and Wasim Jaffer made 53. Shoaib Akhtar took 4 for 58 for Pakistan.

India won by 6 wickets.

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 231 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Salman Butt	b Zaheer Khan	1	20
Yasir Hameed	b Anil Kumble	29	66
Younis Khan	c Munaf Patel b Zaheer Khan	7	19
Mohammad Yousuf	lbw b Sourav Ganguly	27	43
Misbah-ul-Haq	run out (Dinesh Karthik)	82	243
Shoaib Malik	c MS Dhoni b Munaf Patel	0	12
Kamran Akmal	b Anil Kumble	30	50
Sohail Tanvir	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	4	16
Shoaib Akhtar	b Anil Kumble	2	7
Mohammad Sami	not out	28	101
Danish Kaneria	b Anil Kumble	0	2

Extras 21 · Total 231 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	20	5	45	2
Munaf Patel	24	5	61	1
Anil Kumble	21.2	6	38	4
Sourav Ganguly	14	5	28	1
Harbhajan Singh	15	1	37	1
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-13 (Salman Butt, 4.6 ov), 2-35 (Younis Khan, 12.6 ov), 3-59 (Yasir Hameed, 21.2 ov), 4-76 (Mohammad Yousuf, 29.1 ov), 5-83 (Shoaib Malik, 32.5 ov), 6-122 (Kamran Akmal, 47.2 ov), 7-137 (Sohail Tanvir, 52.1 ov), 8-142 (Shoaib Akhtar, 53.6 ov), 9-229 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 95.4 ov), 10-231 (Danish Kaneria, 96.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Salman Butt (1) and Yasir Hameed (6)	13	30
second	Younis Khan (7) and Yasir Hameed (14)	22	48
third	Mohammad Yousuf (15) and Yasir Hameed (9)	24	50
fourth	Mohammad Yousuf (12) and Misbah-ul-Haq (5)	17	47
fifth	Shoaib Malik (0) and Misbah-ul-Haq (6)	7	22
sixth	Kamran Akmal (30) and Misbah-ul-Haq (9)	39	87
seventh	Misbah-ul-Haq (9) and Sohail Tanvir (4)	15	29
eighth	Shoaib Akhtar (2) and Misbah-ul-Haq (3)	5	11
ninth	Mohammad Sami (26) and Misbah-ul-Haq (50)	87	250
tenth	Danish Kaneria (0) and Mohammad Sami (2)	2	4

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 276 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Wasim Jaffer	lbw b Shoaib Akhtar	32	65
Dinesh Karthik	c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar	9	11
Rahul Dravid	b Sohail Tanvir	38	73
Sachin Tendulkar	run out (Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Yousuf)	1	1
Sourav Ganguly	b Sohail Tanvir	8	9
VVS Laxman	not out	72	135
MS Dhoni	c Kamran Akmal b Danish Kaneria	57	93
Anil Kumble	c Younis Khan b Danish Kaneria	24	69
Harbhajan Singh	b Sohail Tanvir	1	5
Zaheer Khan	c Shoaib Akhtar b Danish Kaneria	9	14
Munaf Patel	lbw b Danish Kaneria	0	1

Extras 25 · Total 276 all out

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Shoaib Akhtar	16	2	44	2
Sohail Tanvir	24	5	83	3
Mohammad Sami	17	1	71	0
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-15 (Dinesh Karthik, 4.2 ov), 2-71 (Wasim Jaffer, 21.3 ov), 3-73 (Sachin Tendulkar, 21.5 ov), 4-88 (Sourav Ganguly, 25.2 ov), 5-93 (Rahul Dravid, 27.5 ov), 6-208 (MS Dhoni, 56.2 ov), 7-262 (Anil Kumble, 74.2 ov), 8-263 (Harbhajan Singh, 75.1 ov), 9-276 (Zaheer Khan, 78.3 ov), 10-276 (Munaf Patel, 78.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (6) and Dinesh Karthik (9)	15	26
second	Rahul Dravid (27) and Wasim Jaffer (26)	56	103
third	Sachin Tendulkar (1) and Rahul Dravid (1)	2	2
fourth	Sourav Ganguly (8) and Rahul Dravid (5)	15	22
fifth	Rahul Dravid (5) and VVS Laxman (0)	5	15
sixth	VVS Laxman (49) and MS Dhoni (57)	115	173
seventh	Anil Kumble (24) and VVS Laxman (19)	54	109
eighth	VVS Laxman (0) and Harbhajan Singh (1)	1	5
ninth	VVS Laxman (4) and Zaheer Khan (9)	13	20
tenth	VVS Laxman (0) and Munaf Patel (0)	0	1

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 247 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shoaib Malik	b Harbhajan Singh	11	29
Salman Butt	c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble	67	140
Yasir Hameed	c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble	36	79
Younis Khan	lbw b Anil Kumble	23	40
Mohammad Yousuf	c & b Harbhajan Singh	18	21
Kamran Akmal	c Yuvraj Singh b Zaheer Khan	21	56
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Dinesh Karthik b Sourav Ganguly	45	87
Sohail Tanvir	c Harbhajan Singh b Zaheer Khan	13	23
Mohammad Sami	c Wasim Jaffer b Sourav Ganguly	5	25
Shoaib Akhtar	not out	0	–
Danish Kaneria	run out (Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni)	0	1

Extras 8 · Total 247 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	18	4	45	2
Munaf Patel	10	2	48	0
Anil Kumble	27.1	8	68	3
Sourav Ganguly	9	2	20	2
Harbhajan Singh	17	4	56	2
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-71 (Yasir Hameed, 25.1 ov), 2-114 (Younis Khan, 38.4 ov), 3-149 (Mohammad Yousuf, 45.1 ov), 4-155 (Salman Butt, 48.6 ov), 5-161 (Shoaib Malik, 53.2 ov), 6-213 (Kamran Akmal, 66.4 ov), 7-229 (Sohail Tanvir, 72.4 ov), 8-243 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 82.4 ov), 9-247 (Mohammad Sami, 82.6 ov), 10-247 (Danish Kaneria, 83.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Salman Butt (29) and Yasir Hameed (36)	71	152
second	Younis Khan (23) and Salman Butt (20)	43	81
third	Mohammad Yousuf (18) and Salman Butt (17)	35	39
fourth	Shoaib Malik (5) and Salman Butt (1)	6	23
fifth	Shoaib Malik (6) and Kamran Akmal (0)	6	26
sixth	Kamran Akmal (21) and Misbah-ul-Haq (30)	52	80
seventh	Misbah-ul-Haq (3) and Sohail Tanvir (13)	16	36
eighth	Mohammad Sami (1) and Misbah-ul-Haq (12)	14	61
ninth	Shoaib Akhtar (0) and Mohammad Sami (4)	4	2
tenth	Shoaib Akhtar (0) and Danish Kaneria (0)	0	1

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 203 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Dinesh Karthik	c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar	1	5
Wasim Jaffer	c Salman Butt b Shoaib Akhtar	53	81
Rahul Dravid	b Shoaib Akhtar	34	96
Sachin Tendulkar	not out	56	110
Sourav Ganguly	c Sohail Tanvir b Shoaib Akhtar	48	64
VVS Laxman	not out	6	12

Did not bat: MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel

Extras 5 · Total 203 for 4

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4
Sohail Tanvir	12	4	26	0
Danish Kaneria	16	2	50	0
Mohammad Sami	15	1	65	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Dinesh Karthik, 0.6 ov), 2-84 (Wasim Jaffer, 27.3 ov), 3-93 (Rahul Dravid, 33.2 ov), 4-181 (Sourav Ganguly, 57.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (1) and Dinesh Karthik (1)	2	6
second	Rahul Dravid (30) and Wasim Jaffer (52)	82	159
third	Sachin Tendulkar (5) and Rahul Dravid (4)	9	35
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (37) and Sourav Ganguly (48)	88	143
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (14) and VVS Laxman (6)	22	25

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