India v Pakistan (1273)

a10940 o1273	India v Pakistan
	Coca-Cola Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1997/98
Venue	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka on 11th January 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Pakistan won the toss and decided to field
Result	India won by 18 runs
Points	India 2; Pakistan 0
Umpires	DB Cowie, RE Koertzen
Third umpire	RB Tiffin
Referee	MH Denness
Man of the Match	M Azharuddin

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India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s SC Ganguly c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Aaqib Javed 13 17 3 - SR Tendulkar st Rashid Latif b Saqlain Mushtaq 67 44 11 - *M Azharuddin c Azhar Mahmood b Saqlain Mushtaq 100 111 7 - NS Sidhu c and b Azhar Mahmood 36 42 3 - AD Jadeja c Manzoor Akhtar b Saqlain Mushtaq 6 7 - - RR Singh c Saeed Anwar b Aaqib Javed 1 3 - - SV Bahutule c Shahid Afridi b Saqlain Mushtaq 1 3 - - +NR Mongia not out 1 2 - - J Srinath not out 0 1 - - Harvinder Singh did not bat DS Mohanty did not bat Extras (9 lb, 4 nb, 7 w) 20 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 37 overs) 245 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Ganguly, 2.6 ov), 2-126 (Tendulkar, 16.5 ov), 3-215 (Sidhu, 31.2 ov), 4-236 (Jadeja, 34.3 ov), 5-239 (RR Singh, 35.2 ov), 6-243 (Bahutule, 36.2 ov), 7-243 (Azharuddin, 36.3 ov) Pakistan bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Aaqib Javed 6 0 34 2 - - Fazl-e-Akbar 2 0 19 0 1 - Azhar Mahmood 7 0 65 1 1 4 Saqlain Mushtaq 8 0 41 4 3 2 Shahid Afridi 8 0 38 0 - 1 Aamer Sohail 1 0 9 0 - 1 Manzoor Akhtar 5 0 30 0 2 - Pakistan innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s Shahid Afridi c Tendulkar b Mohanty 5 6 1 - Ijaz Ahmed b Harvinder Singh 18 11 3 - Aamer Sohail c Tendulkar b Srinath 19 20 3 - Saeed Anwar c and b Harvinder Singh 13 11 1 1 Inzamam-ul-Haq c and b Tendulkar 77 69 7 3 Manzoor Akhtar run out (Bahutule->Mongia) 39 57 1 - Azhar Mahmood c Tendulkar b Harvinder Singh 16 16 - - *+Rashid Latif not out 14 18 - - Saqlain Mushtaq b Srinath 11 10 1 - Fazl-e-Akbar run out (Mongia) 7 8 - - Aaqib Javed did not bat Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) 8 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 37 overs) 227 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Shahid Afridi, 1.1 ov), 2-44 (Ijaz Ahmed, 5.4 ov), 3-44 (Aamer Sohail, 6.1 ov), 4-62 (Saeed Anwar, 9.1 ov), 5-146 (Manzoor Akhtar, 26.1 ov), 6-185 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 30.2 ov), 7-197 (Azhar Mahmood, 31.5 ov), 8-214 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 34.4 ov), 9-227 (Fazl-e-Akbar, 37 ov) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Srinath 8 0 40 2 1 2 Mohanty 3 0 31 1 - - Harvinder Singh 8 0 47 3 1 2 RR Singh 6 0 20 0 - - Bahutule 7 0 53 0 1 - Ganguly 1 0 8 0 - - Tendulkar 4 0 24 1 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced to 37 overs per side
--> NS Sidhu passed 6500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 29
--> Fazl-e-Akbar made his debut in ODIs
--> SR Tendulkar reached 50 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed Inzamam-ul-Haq, his 1st wicket in the Pakistan innings

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Early morning fog delayed the match. Match reduced to 37 overs a side.