India Vs Pakistan 4Th Match
Pepsi Sharjah Cup India, Pakistan, South Africa in United Arab Emirates - 1996 (1995/96) · Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah · 15 April 1996
India won by 28 runs
India won by 28 runs. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 118 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah (then Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium)
- Date
- 15 April 1996
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 28 runs
- Player of the match
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Captains
- Mohammad Azharuddin (India), Aamer Sohail (Pakistan)
- Debut
- Vikram Rathour (India)
- Umpires
- DB Cowie and MJ Kitchen
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat. It was Vikram Rathour's first ODI.
India batted first and made 305 for 5. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 118 off 140 balls, and Navjot Sidhu made 101. Waqar Younis took 3 for 44 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 231-run stand for the second wicket between Navjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar, 76% of the total. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 227 across 108 ODIs.
Chasing 306, Pakistan made 277 all out. Aamer Sohail top-scored with 78 off 76 balls, and Rashid Latif made 50. Javagal Srinath took 3 for 65 for India. The innings was built on a 84-run stand for the third wicket between Ijaz Ahmed and Aamer Sohail.
India won by 28 runs.
INDIA: 305 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Aamer Sohail | 118 | 140 |
| Vikram Rathour | c Inzamam-ul-Haq | 2 | 12 |
| Navjot Sidhu | run out (Saeed Anwar) | 101 | 117 |
| Ajay Jadeja | c Rashid Latif | 17 | 13 |
| Javagal Srinath | c Aamer Sohail | 16 | 10 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 29 | 10 |
| Sanjay Manjrekar | not out | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Nayan Mongia, Aashish Kapoor, Anil Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad
Extras 22 · Total 305 for 5
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waqar Younis | 10 | 2 | 44 | 3 |
| Aaqib Javed | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| Ata-ur-Rehman | 10 | 0 | 85 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 1 | 60 | 0 |
| Aamer Sohail | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-9 (Vikram Rathour), 2-240 (Sachin Tendulkar), 3-245 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-264 (Javagal Srinath), 5-281 (Ajay Jadeja)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Vikram Rathour | 9 |
| second | Navjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar | 231 |
| third | Navjot Sidhu and Ajay Jadeja | 5 |
| fourth | Javagal Srinath and Ajay Jadeja | 19 |
| fifth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja | 17 |
| sixth | Mohammad Azharuddin and Sanjay Manjrekar | 24 |
PAKISTAN: 277 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeed Anwar | c Nayan Mongia | 2 | 4 |
| Aamer Sohail | run out (Vikram Rathour) | 78 | 76 |
| Rashid Latif | c Mohammad Azharuddin | 50 | 31 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | bowled | 42 | 51 |
| Saleem Malik | c Aashish Kapoor | 42 | 50 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Mohammad Azharuddin | 6 | 11 |
| Basit Ali | c Vikram Rathour | 32 | 34 |
| Aaqib Javed | c Vikram Rathour | 5 | 7 |
| Waqar Younis | not out | 8 | 6 |
| Ata-ur-Rehman | c Rahul Dravid | 4 | 4 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | lbw | 0 | 1 |
Extras 8 · Total 277 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 65 | 3 |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 9 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
| Anil Kumble | 9 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| Aashish Kapoor | 9 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 7.1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Ajay Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-16 (Saeed Anwar), 2-88 (Rashid Latif), 3-172 (Aamer Sohail), 4-190 (Ijaz Ahmed), 5-199 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-248 (Saleem Malik), 7-260 (Aaqib Javed), 8-271 (Basit Ali), 9-277 (Ata-ur-Rehman), 10-277 (Saqlain Mushtaq)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Saeed Anwar and Aamer Sohail | 16 |
| second | Aamer Sohail and Rashid Latif | 72 |
| third | Ijaz Ahmed and Aamer Sohail | 84 |
| fourth | Saleem Malik and Ijaz Ahmed | 18 |
| fifth | Saleem Malik and Inzamam-ul-Haq | 9 |
| sixth | Saleem Malik and Basit Ali | 49 |
| seventh | Aaqib Javed and Basit Ali | 12 |
| eighth | Waqar Younis and Basit Ali | 11 |
| ninth | Waqar Younis and Ata-ur-Rehman | 6 |
| tenth | Waqar Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq | 0 |
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