Pakistani cricket team in India in 2004–05

The Pakistani cricket team toured India from 8 March to 17 April 2005. The tour consisted of six One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Tests matches.[1] The test series was drawn 1–1 while Pakistan won the ODI series 4–2.[2]

Pakistani cricket team in India in 2004–05
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  India Pakistan
Dates 8 March – 17 April 2005
Captains Sourav Ganguly
Rahul Dravid (2 ODIs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Test series
Result 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Virender Sehwag (544) Younis Khan (508)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (11) Danish Kaneria (19)
Player of the series Virender Sehwag (Ind)
One Day International series
Results Pakistan won the 6-match series 4–2
Most runs Rahul Dravid (308) Shoaib Malik (269)
Most wickets Naved-ul-Hasan (15) Ashish Nehra (11)
Player of the series Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)

2004–05 BCCI Platinum Jubilee MatchEdit

Only ODIEdit

13 November 2004
Scorecard
India  
292/6 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
293/4 (49 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 78 (62)
Shahid Afridi 2/29 (10 overs)
Salman Butt 108* (130)
Ashish Nehra 2/65 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Tour MatchesEdit

Three-day: Indian Board President's XI v PakistanisEdit

3–5 March 2005
Scorecard
v
273 ( 67.4 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 63 (82)
Venugopal Rao 3/48 (9 Overs)
120/1 (34 overs)
Dheeraj Jadhav 49* (113)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 1/17 (8 Overs)
  • Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The start of play on day 1 was delayed due to bad light before it was stopped 2.4 overs of play due to heavy rain.
  • Bad light on day 2 led to premature close of play, at the afternoon session.[3]
  • Bad light and rain restricted play to on 45 minutes on day 3.[3]

Limited overs: India A v PakistanisEdit

30 March 2005
Scorecard
India A  
189/7 (45 overs)
v
  Pakistanis
190/2 (41 overs)
Suresh Raina 55 (65)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/42 (9 overs)
Shoaib Malik 81* (78)
Ranadeb Bose 1/41 (8 overs)
Pakistanis won by 8 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Balwant Sharma and Rajan Seth
Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pakistanis)
  • Pakistanis won the toss and elected to field.

Test seriesEdit

1st TestEdit

8–12 March 2005
Scorecard
v
  India
312 (86.4 overs)
Asim Kamal 91 (163)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 5/76 (20.4 Overs)
516 (147.4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 173 (244)
Danish Kaneria 6/76 (53.4 Overs)
496/9d (144 Overs)
Kamran Akmal 109 (154)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/160 (54 Overs)
85/1 (17 overs)
Virender Sehwag 36* (54)
Younis Khan 1/24 (2 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

2nd TestEdit

16–20 March 2005
Scorecard
India  
v
407 (111.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 110 (222)
Abdul Razzaq 3/62 (22.1 Overs)
393 (113.1 overs)
Younis Khan 147 (258)
Anil Kumble 3/98 (37.1 Overs)
407/9d (104 overs)
Rahul Dravid 135 (283)
Abdul Razzaq 3/80 (19 Overs)
226 (91.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 59 (59)
Anil Kumble 7/63(38 Overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd TestEdit

24–28 March 2005
Scorecard
v
  India
570 (167.5 Overs)
Younis Khan 267 (504)
Harbhajan Singh 6/152 (51.5 Overs)
449 (128.4 Overs)
Virender Sehwag 201 (262)
Danish Kaneria 5/127 (39 Overs)
261/2d (50 Overs)
Younis Khan 84 (98)
Sachin Tendulkar 1/62 (15 Overs)
214 (90 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 52 (124)
Shahid Afridi 3/13 (17 Overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match start delayed by bad weather.

ODI seriesEdit

1st ODIEdit

2 April 2005
Scorecard
India  
281/8 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
194 (45.2 overs)
Virender Sehwag 108 (95)
Arshad Khan 4/33 (6 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 42 (75)
Sachin Tendulkar 5/50 (10 overs)
India won by 87 runs
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODIEdit

5 April 2005
Scorecard
India  
356/9 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
298 (44.1 overs)
MS Dhoni 148 (123)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/54 (10 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 88 (93)
Ashish Nehra 4/72 (10 overs)
India won by 58 runs
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • MS Dhoni (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

3rd ODIEdit

9 April 2005
Scorecard
Pakistan  
319/9 (50 overs)
v
  India
213 (41.4 overs)
Salman Butt 101 (116)
Ashish Nehra 3/57 (10 overs)
Irfan Pathan 64 (80)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 6/27 (8.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 106 runs
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODIEdit

12 April 2005
Scorecard
India  
315/6 (48 overs)
v
  Pakistan
319/7 (48 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 123 (130)
Shoaib Malik 3/67 (9 overs)
Shoaib Malik 65 (65)
Murali Kartik 2/54(10 overs)
Pakistan won by 3 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODIEdit

15 April 2005
Scorecard
India  
249/6 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
252/5 (42.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 86 (115)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/35 (10 overs)
Shahid Afridi 102 (46)
Anil Kumble 2/54 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • It was the 100th ODI between India and Pakistan. Pakistan became first team to play 100 or more matches against three countries.[4]
  • Rahul Dravid (Ind) scored his 8,000th run in ODIs.[4]
  • Shahid Afridi's (Pak) century was the fastest against India and joint-second fastest overall, in terms of balls faced (45).[4]
  • Shahid Afridi became the first batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.[4]

6th ODIEdit

17 April 2005
Scorecard
Pakistan  
303/6 (50 overs)
v
  India
144 (37 overs)
Shoaib Malik 72 (87)
Ajit Agarkar 3/58 (9 overs)
MS Dhoni 24 (38)
Arshad Khan 3/33 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 159 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Event: Pakistan in India 2004/05". cricketarchive. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Pakistan tour of India, 2004–05 – Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Weather dampens Pakistan's spirits". The Hindu. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2017.[dead link]
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Dravid reaches 8000 in ODIs". Rediff.com. 16 April 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

External linksEdit

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