Pakistan vs India 2nd ODI 1978 Article

Read the articles of Pakistan vs India 2nd ODI 1978 - India tour of Pakistan 3-match one-day international series of the 1st ODI match played between India and Pakistan at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in 13th October 1978.

Pace bowling attack from Hasan Jamil, Saleem Altaf and Sikander Bakht before An superb 77-run stand between Debutant Azmat Rana and Zaheer Abbas steers to Pakistan registered their historic first ODI win against India by easy eight-wickets and level the series with 1-1 in a one-sided game of the second ODI.

Match Stats :

Pakistan chased 80 was their lowest successful run-chase in One-day internationals, previous lowest chase was 82 against England at Birmingham in 1974. India's 79 was their lowest score ever in One-day international, previous lowest was 132 against England at Leeds in the inaugural opening match of the 1975 World Cup and the second worst total in ODIs. This is the first One-day international match to end a without a boundary in an match.

India bowled out for 79 in 34.2 overs with top scorer by Mohinder Amarnath cracked a unbeaten 34 off 85-balls, Yashpal Sharma hit 11 off 26-balls, Karsan Ghavri, Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani each scored 5-runs.

Pakistan best bowler by Hasan Jamil picked up 3-wickets, Saleem Altaf captured 2-wickets for 7-runs in 5-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 1.40.

Sikander Bakht strikes 2-wickets for 11-runs in 8-overs with economy rate of 1.37 and Sarfraz Nawaz took 1-wicket for 6-runs in 5.2-overs contained two maidens.

Pakistan chased 83-2 in 16.5 overs with top scorer by Zaheer Abbas cracked a 48 off 46-balls and Azmat Rana hit a unbeaten 22 off 50-balls and Javed Miandad scored a 4 off 3-balls.

India best bowler by Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar both took one-wickets.

Hasan Jamil named Player of the match for his pace bowling attack to picked up 3-wickets for 18-runs in 8-overs including two maidens.

Pakistan's seamers led by Hasan Jamil, who took three for 18 in eight overs, sent India reeling for a paltry 79 in 34.2 overs to square the three-match series, The deciding game is at Sahiwal.

Mohinder Amarnath resisted the Pakistan attack hitting a defiant 34 not out, but Pakistan's captain Mushtaq Mohammad's gamble, in putting the visitors in first still paid off as India lasted only 128 minutes

Brilliant run-out

Saleem Altaf started the rot by bowling, opener Sunil Gavaskar in the sixth over, Surinder Amarnath hit a single before he was brilliantly run out by Sarfraz Nawaz.

Yashpal Sharma hit the only boundary of the innings before becoming Hasan Jamil's first victim, He also removed Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani.

Pakistan reached their target of 80 in 16.5 overs for the loss of opener Sadiq Mohammad, for one and Zahir Abbas - who scored a power-hitting 48 and Debutant Azmat Rana - who scored a unbeaten 22 off 50-balls on his debut ODI match.

                   

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