India Vs Pakistan 1St Odi
India tour of United Arab Emirates - 2006 (2005/06) · Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi · 18 April 2006
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining). Younis Khan top-scored with 71* for Pakistan.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Date
- 18 April 2006
- Toss
- India, chose to bat
- Result
- Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Younis Khan
- Captains
- Rahul Dravid (India), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
- Umpires
- BG Jerling and RE Koertzen
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to bat.
India batted first and made 197 all out. Venugopal Rao top-scored with 61 not out off 93 balls, and Suresh Raina made 40. Shoaib Malik took 3 for 40 for Pakistan. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, 254 across 14 ODIs.
Chasing 198, Pakistan made 201 for 4. Younis Khan top-scored with 71 not out off 96 balls, and Inzamam-ul-Haq made 40. The innings was built on a 86-run stand for the third wicket between Inzamam-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, 43% of the total.
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining).
INDIA: 197 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid | run out (Shoaib Malik, Naved-ul-Hasan) | 20 | 29 |
| Robin Uthappa | c Mohammad Yousuf b Naved-ul-Hasan | 12 | 24 |
| Irfan Pathan | run out (Naved-ul-Hasan) | 26 | 49 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Kamran Akmal b Iftikhar Anjum | 7 | 4 |
| Suresh Raina | c Iftikhar Anjum b Shahid Afridi | 40 | 67 |
| Venugopal Rao | not out | 61 | 93 |
| MS Dhoni | b Shoaib Malik | 3 | 10 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c Iftikhar Anjum b Shoaib Malik | 12 | 15 |
| Ramesh Powar | c Iftikhar Anjum b Shoaib Malik | 5 | 6 |
| Harbhajan Singh | run out (Abdul Razzaq, Naved-ul-Hasan) | 3 | 3 |
| Sreesanth | run out (Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal) | 0 | – |
Extras 8 · Total 197 all out
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Asif | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| Shoaib Malik | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-25 (Robin Uthappa, 7.1 ov), 2-47 (Rahul Dravid, 13.5 ov), 3-65 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.2 ov), 4-72 (Irfan Pathan, 18.5 ov), 5-136 (Suresh Raina, 38.3 ov), 6-149 (MS Dhoni, 41.4 ov), 7-171 (Ajit Agarkar, 45.5 ov), 8-180 (Ramesh Powar, 47.6 ov), 9-196 (Harbhajan Singh, 49.5 ov), 10-197 (Sreesanth, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Rahul Dravid (13) and Robin Uthappa (12) | 25 | 43 |
| second | Rahul Dravid (7) and Irfan Pathan (14) | 22 | 40 |
| third | Yuvraj Singh (7) and Irfan Pathan (11) | 18 | 15 |
| fourth | Irfan Pathan (1) and Suresh Raina (5) | 7 | 14 |
| fifth | Venugopal Rao (27) and Suresh Raina (35) | 64 | 118 |
| sixth | MS Dhoni (3) and Venugopal Rao (8) | 13 | 19 |
| seventh | Ajit Agarkar (12) and Venugopal Rao (8) | 22 | 25 |
| eighth | Venugopal Rao (4) and Ramesh Powar (5) | 9 | 13 |
| ninth | Harbhajan Singh (3) and Venugopal Rao (13) | 16 | 11 |
| tenth | Venugopal Rao (1) and Sreesanth (0) | 1 | 1 |
PAKISTAN: 201 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoaib Malik | c Rahul Dravid b Sreesanth | 12 | 34 |
| Imran Farhat | b Ajit Agarkar | 30 | 41 |
| Younis Khan | not out | 71 | 96 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Venugopal Rao b Ramesh Powar | 40 | 73 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c MS Dhoni b Ajit Agarkar | 1 | 14 |
| Kamran Akmal | not out | 24 | 34 |
Did not bat: Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Naved-ul-Hasan, Iftikhar Anjum, Mohammad Asif
Extras 23 · Total 201 for 4
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 9 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Sreesanth | 9.3 | 2 | 34 | 1 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Ramesh Powar | 10 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-42 (Shoaib Malik, 9.4 ov), 2-60 (Imran Farhat, 14.4 ov), 3-146 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 36.2 ov), 4-149 (Mohammad Yousuf, 39.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Shoaib Malik (12) and Imran Farhat (26) | 42 | 58 |
| second | Imran Farhat (4) and Younis Khan (11) | 18 | 30 |
| third | Inzamam-ul-Haq (40) and Younis Khan (36) | 86 | 131 |
| fourth | Mohammad Yousuf (1) and Younis Khan (2) | 3 | 20 |
| fifth | Kamran Akmal (24) and Younis Khan (22) | 52 | 53 |
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