Welcome to India vs Pakistan 1st ODI highlights – Tour of Canada and Pakistan in 1997 (Sahara Cup). 5-match ODI series. The first one-day international cricket match between India and Pakistan was played at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club on 13 September 1997.
Match review:
A superb half-century by Mohammad Azharuddin and a valuable 49 by Ajay Jadeja earlier, Sourav Ganguly, two wickets each by Abey Kuruvilla, impressive bowling by debutants Harvinder Singh and Debasis Mohanty helped India to a hard-fought 20-run win over Pakistan despite Saqlain Mushtaq bagging five wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the first round. ODI.
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Match statistics:
- Saqlain Mushtaq’s 5 for 45 was his fourth-best bowling performance for Pakistan in one-day internationals and the fifth-best by a Pakistani bowler against India in ODIs.
- Saqlain Mushtaq became the fourth Pakistani bowler to take a five-wicket haul against India in an ODI, after Imran Khan (1), Aaqib Javed (3) and Mushtaq Ahmed (1).
- Saqlain Mushtaq became the fourth Pakistani bowler to take four five-wicket hauls in ODIs, after Waqar Younis (9), Wasim Akram (5) and Aaqib Javed (4).
Match details:
India were bowled out for 208 in 50 overs with top scorer Mohammad Azharuddin hitting 52 off 87 balls without a boundary.
Ajay Jadeja scored 49 off 54 balls – Rahul Dravid, who was one run short of his half-century, scored 23 off 41 balls without boundaries.
Sourav Ganguly scored 17 off 41 balls including 3 fours, Sachin Tendulkar scored 17 off 54 balls including 2 fours and Robin Singh scored 16 off 15 balls containing 2 fours.
Pakistan’s top bowler Saqlain Mushtaq took 5 wickets for 45 runs in 10 overs, Aaqib Javed grabbed two wickets, Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Akram and Shahid Afridi took one wicket each.
Pakistan scored 188 in 44.2 overs with top scorer Salim Malik hitting 64 off 87 balls including 4 fours.
Saqlain Mushtaq scored 29 off 44 balls including 2 fours and Ijaz Ahmed scored 24 off 47 balls containing 3 fours.
India’s best bowler is debutant Harvinder Singh, who took 3 wickets for 44 runs in 8.2 overs in his ODI debut.
Abey Kuruvilla, Sourav Ganguly took two wickets each while debutant Debasis Mohanty took one wicket each on his ODI debut.
Ajay Jadeja was named man of the match for his valuable 49 off 54 balls, including 4 sixes and a four.