India Vs Pakistan 4Th Odi
India tour of Canada - 1997 (1997) · Toronto Cricket, Toronto · 20 September 1997
India won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
India won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining). Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 75* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto (then Toronto Cricket)
- Date
- 20 September 1997
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sourav Ganguly
- Captains
- Ramiz Raja (Pakistan), Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Umpires
- RE Koertzen and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- JL Hendriks
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Pakistan batted first and made 159 for 6. Azhar Mahmood top-scored with 33 not out off 24 balls, and Saeed Anwar made 30. That was well below the 1990s average first-innings total at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, 211 across 22 ODIs.
Chasing 160, India made 162 for 3. Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 75 not out off 75 balls, and Ajay Jadeja made 37. Shahid Nazir took 3 for 38 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 108-run stand for the fourth wicket between Sourav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja, 67% of the total.
India won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining).
PAKISTAN: 159 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeed Anwar | bowled | 30 | 30 |
| Shahid Afridi | c Saba Karim | 2 | 2 |
| Ramiz Raja | c Saba Karim | 20 | 40 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | c Ajay Jadeja | 15 | 19 |
| Saleem Malik | c Robin Singh | 17 | 27 |
| Moin Khan | c Sachin Tendulkar | 23 | 27 |
| Azhar Mahmood | not out | 33 | 24 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | not out | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Aaqib Javed, Shahid Nazir, Mohammad Akram
Extras 19 · Total 159 for 6
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abey Kuruvilla | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Debasis Mohanty | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Harvinder Singh | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| Robin Singh | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-31 (Shahid Afridi), 2-46 (Saeed Anwar), 3-72 (Ijaz Ahmed), 4-95 (Ramiz Raja), 5-107 (Saleem Malik), 6-155 (Moin Khan)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi | 31 |
| second | Ramiz Raja and Saeed Anwar | 15 |
| third | Ramiz Raja and Ijaz Ahmed | 26 |
| fourth | Saleem Malik and Ramiz Raja | 23 |
| fifth | Saleem Malik and Moin Khan | 12 |
| sixth | Moin Khan and Azhar Mahmood | 48 |
| seventh | Saqlain Mushtaq and Azhar Mahmood | 4 |
INDIA: 162 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Moin Khan | 6 | 7 |
| Sourav Ganguly | not out | 75 | 75 |
| Robin Singh | c Mohammad Akram | 16 | 18 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | c Ijaz Ahmed | 7 | 8 |
| Ajay Jadeja | not out | 37 | 48 |
Did not bat: Rahul Dravid, Vinod Kambli, Saba Karim, Abey Kuruvilla, Harvinder Singh, Debasis Mohanty
Extras 21 · Total 162 for 3
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaqib Javed | 4.3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Shahid Nazir | 6 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| Mohammad Akram | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-8 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-41 (Robin Singh), 3-54 (Mohammad Azharuddin)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 8 |
| second | Robin Singh and Sourav Ganguly | 33 |
| third | Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly | 13 |
| fourth | Sourav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja | 108 |
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