Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1984–85

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Indians in Pakistan in 1984-85
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 14 October 1984 – 10 November 1984
Captains Sunil Gavaskar Imran Khan
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Ravi Shastri (210) Qasim Umar (256)
Most wickets Ravi Shastri (4) Azeem Hafeez (11)

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1984–85 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team; the series was drawn 0–0. The Third Test was cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.[1]

Test matches[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

17–22 October 1984
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428/9d (158 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 168 (341)
Ravi Shastri 3/90 (46 overs)
156 (72.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 48
Azeem Hafeez 6/46 (23 overs)
371/6 (f/o) (156 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 101*
Jalaluddin 2/61 (24 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Chetan Sharma (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
  • 20 October was a rest day.

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

24–29 October 1984
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500 (163 overs)
Ravi Shastri 139 (270)
Abdul Qadir 4/104 (38 overs)
674/6 (224.5 overs)
Qasim Umar 210 (442)
Anshuman Gaekwad 1/75 (27 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Manzoor Elahi (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
  • 27 October was a rest day.

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

4–9 November 1984
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  • No Toss
  • Test was cancelled because of assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)[edit | edit source]

Pakistan won the first match. The second match was abandoned following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the third cancelled when the tour was called off.[2]

1st ODI[edit | edit source]

12 October 1984
Scorecard
Pakistan 
199/7 (40 overs)
v
 India
153 (37.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 55 (56)
Kapil Dev 3/36 (8 overs)
SC Khanna 31 (37)
Manzoor Elahi 2/18 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs
Ayub National Stadium, Quetta
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Manzoor Elahi (PAK)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Manzoor Elahi (PAK) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI[edit | edit source]

31 October 1984
Scorecard
India 
210/3 (40 overs)
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DB Vengsarkar 94* (102)
Mudassar Nazar 2/27 (8 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sajid Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI[edit | edit source]

2 November 1984
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Match cancelled
Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Lynch, Steven (27 October 2014). "ESPNcricinfo XI: Tours that ended prematurely or never happened". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Woodcock, John, ed. (1986). "The Indians in Pakistan, 1984-85". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1986. ISBN 9780947766054.

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:International cricket tours of Pakistan Template:International cricket in 1984–85

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