Welcome to the highlights of India vs Pakistan 1st ODI - 1997 India & Pakistan tour of Canada (Sahara Cup) 5-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between India and Pakistan was played at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto on September 13, 1997.
Match Overview:
Mohammad Azharuddin's classy half-century and Ajay Jadeja's valuable 49 before, Sourav Ganguly, Abey Kuruvilla's each two wickets, Impressive bowling by debutants Harvinder Singh and Debasis Mohanty helped to India hard-fought 20-run victory over Pakistan, despite Saqlain Mushtaq's five-wicket haul and take a 1-0 lead in the first ODI.
Match Stats:
- Saqlain Mushtaq's 5 for 45 was his fourth best bowling performance for Pakistan in one-day international and the fifth best-bowling-figures by an Pakistan bowler against India in ODIs.
- Saqlain Mushtaq became the fourth Pakistan bowler to take a five-wicket haul against India in ODIs after Imran Khan (1), Aaqib Javed (3) and Mushtaq Ahmed (1).
- Saqlain Mushtaq became the fourth Pakistan bowler to take four five-wicket hauls in ODIs after Waqar Younis (9), Wasim Akram (5) and Aaqib Javed (4).
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India bowled out for 208 in 50 overs with top scorer by Mohammad Azharuddin cracked a 52 off 87-balls without a boundary.
Ajay Jadeja struck 49 off 54-balls - who fell one-run short of his half-century, Rahul Dravid cracked a 23 off 41-balls without a boundary.
Sourav Ganguly hit 17 off 41-balls including 3-fours, Sachin Tendulkar scored 17 off 54-balls included 2-fours and Robin Singh hit 16 off 15-balls contained 2-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Saqlain Mushtaq claimed a 5-wicket haul for 45-runs in 10-overs, Aaqib Javed captured two-wickets, Azhar Mahmood, Mohammad Akram and Shahid Afridi each took one-wickets.
Pakistan bundled out for 188 in 44.2 overs with top scorer by Saleem Malik cracked a 64 off 87-balls including 4-fours.
Saqlain Mushtaq cracked a 29 off 44-balls including 2-fours and Ijaz Ahmed hit 24 off 47-balls contained 3-fours.
India best bowler by Debutant Harvinder Singh - who took 3-wickets for 44-runs in 8.2-overs on his debut ODI match.
Abey Kuruvilla, Sourav Ganguly both took 2-wickets and Debutant Debasis Mohanty - who took one-wicket on his debut ODI match.
Ajay Jadeja named Player of the match for his valuable 49 off 54-balls including 4-sixes & a four.
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