India Vs Pakistan 3Rd Final
Silver Jubilee Independence Cup Bangladesh, India, Pakistan in Bangladesh - 1998 (1997/98) · National Stadium, Dhaka · 18 January 1998
India won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
India won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining). Saeed Anwar top-scored with 140 for Pakistan.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka (then National Stadium)
- Date
- 18 January 1998
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sourav Ganguly
- Captains
- Rashid Latif (Pakistan), Mohammad Azharuddin (India)
- Debut
- Rahul Sanghvi (India)
- Umpires
- RE Koertzen and RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- MH Denness
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field. It was Rahul Sanghvi's first ODI.
Pakistan batted first and made 314 for 5. Saeed Anwar top-scored with 140 off 132 balls, and Ijaz Ahmed made 117. Harvinder Singh took 3 for 74 for India. The innings was built on a 230-run stand for the third wicket between Ijaz Ahmed and Saeed Anwar, 73% of the total. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Bangabandhu National Stadium, 255 across 24 ODIs.
Chasing 315, India made 316 for 7. Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 124 off 138 balls, and Robin Singh made 82. Saqlain Mushtaq took 3 for 66 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 179-run stand for the second wicket between Robin Singh and Sourav Ganguly, 57% of the total.
India won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining).
PAKISTAN: 314 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeed Anwar | c Mohammad Azharuddin | 140 | 132 |
| Shahid Afridi | c Robin Singh | 18 | 20 |
| Aamer Sohail | c Nayan Mongia | 14 | 17 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | c Navjot Sidhu | 117 | 112 |
| Azhar Mahmood | c Mohammad Azharuddin | 10 | 6 |
| Mohammad Hussain | not out | 2 | 2 |
Did not bat: Rashid Latif, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Manzoor Akhtar, Aaqib Javed
Extras 13 · Total 314 for 5
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 61 | 1 |
| Harvinder Singh | 10 | 0 | 74 | 3 |
| Robin Singh | 8 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Rahul Sanghvi | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-30 (Shahid Afridi, 5.4 ov), 2-66 (Aamer Sohail, 11.6 ov), 3-296 (Saeed Anwar, 45.4 ov), 4-302 (Ijaz Ahmed, 46.4 ov), 5-314 (Azhar Mahmood, 47.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi | 30 | 34 |
| second | Saeed Anwar and Aamer Sohail | 36 | 38 |
| third | Ijaz Ahmed and Saeed Anwar | 230 | 202 |
| fourth | Ijaz Ahmed and Azhar Mahmood | 6 | 6 |
| fifth | Azhar Mahmood and Mohammad Hussain | 12 | 8 |
INDIA: 316 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Azhar Mahmood | 41 | 26 |
| Sourav Ganguly | bowled | 124 | 138 |
| Robin Singh | c Aaqib Javed | 82 | 83 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | c Aamer Sohail | 4 | 11 |
| Ajay Jadeja | bowled | 8 | 9 |
| Navjot Sidhu | lbw | 5 | 4 |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | not out | 11 | 12 |
| Nayan Mongia | run out (Rashid Latif) | 9 | 6 |
| Javagal Srinath | not out | 5 | 3 |
Did not bat: Rahul Sanghvi, Harvinder Singh
Extras 27 · Total 316 for 7
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaqib Javed | 9.2 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 8 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 6.4 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 9.5 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
| Mohammad Hussain | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Manzoor Akhtar | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-71 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.2 ov), 2-250 (Robin Singh, 38.1 ov), 3-268 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 41.2 ov), 4-274 (Sourav Ganguly, 42.4 ov), 5-281 (Navjot Sidhu, 43.2 ov), 6-296 (Ajay Jadeja, 45.4 ov), 7-306 (Nayan Mongia, 46.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly | 71 | 50 |
| second | Robin Singh and Sourav Ganguly | 179 | 179 |
| third | Mohammad Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly | 18 | 19 |
| fourth | Sourav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja | 6 | 8 |
| fifth | Navjot Sidhu and Ajay Jadeja | 7 | 4 |
| sixth | Ajay Jadeja and Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 15 | 14 |
| seventh | Nayan Mongia and Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 10 | 8 |
| eighth | Javagal Srinath and Hrishikesh Kanitkar | 10 | 5 |
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