Related Link : Asia Cup 2004
Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla (D/N)
Toss: India won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires : Billy Doctrove and Ian Howell
Result: India won by 116 runs
Points: India 6, U.A.E 0
Man of the Match : Rahul Dravid
India (50 Overs Maximum)
V Sehwag run out (Aslam) 0 (3)
S Tendulkar c Fahad Usman b Asim Saeed 18 (25) 2 ‘4s’
S Ganguly c Aslam b Rizwan Latif 56 (102) 2 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman c & b Mohammad Tauqir 14 (21) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
R Dravid b Rizwan Latif 104 (93) 8 ‘4s’
Yuvraj Singh b Khurram Khan 22 (25) 2 ‘4s’
M Kaif not out 31 (30) 2 ‘4s’
I Pathan not out 1 (1)
A Kumble
L Balaji
Z Khan
Extras : 14 (w:4 nb : 0 b : 0 lb : 10)
Total : 260/6 in 50.0 Overs
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Sehwag, 0.3 ov), 2-30 (Tendulkar, 7.5 ov), 3-65 (Laxman, 16.3 ov), 4-153 (Ganguly, 34.5 ov), 5-195 (Yuvraj Singh, 41.6 ov), 6-254 (Dravid, 49.3 ov)
U.A.E Bowling
Ali Asad 10-1-38-0
Asim Saeed 7-2-25-1
Syed Maqsood 4-0-24-0 (2wd)
Mohammad Tauqir 10-0-46-1
Khurram Khan 10-0-48-1 (1wd)
Rizwan Latif 9-0-69-2
U.A.E (Target : 261 from 50.0 Overs)
A Saeed c Kaif b Pathan 12 (17) 2 ‘4s’
Arshad Ali c Dravid b Pathan 0 (2)
Fahad Usman lbw b Balaji 9 (13)
N Aslam lbw b Pathan 0 (1)
Khurram Khan lbw b Balaji 5 (12) 1 ‘4s’
S Maqsood c Laxman b Khan 5 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Asghar Ali lbw b Kumble 14 (48) 1 ‘4s’
M Tauqir st Dravid b Tendulkar 55 (73) 8 ‘4s’
Abdul Rehman b Tendulkar 1 (13)
Ali Asad not out 9 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Rizwan Latif c Laxman b Tendulkar 0 (2)
Extras : 34 (w:21 nb : 4 b : 8 lb : 1)
Total : 144 all out in 35.0 Overs
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Arshad Ali, 0.5 ov), 2-26 (Asim Saeed, 4.4 ov), 3-26 (Naeemuddin Aslam, 4.5 ov), 4-29 (Fahad Usman, 5.4 ov), 5-36 (Khurram Khan, 7.4 ov), 6-45 (Syed Maqsood, 12.4 ov), 7-97 (Asghar Ali, 25.2 ov), 8-121 (Abdul Rehman, 30.2 ov), 9-144 (Mohammad Tauqir, 34.4 ov), 10-144 (Rizwan Latif, 34.6 ov)
India Bowling
Pathan 8-0-28-3 (2wd 1nb)
Balaji 8-2-28-2 (1wd 3nb)
Khan 8-1-42-1 (3wd)
Kumble 7-1-16-1 (2wd)
Tendulkar 4-0-21-3 (2wd)
India : Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly (Captain), VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid (Wicket Keeper), Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Irfan Pathan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble
U.A.E : Asim Saeed, Arshad Ali, Fahad Usman, Naeemuddin Aslam, Khurram Khan (Captain), Syed Maqsood, Asghar Ali, Mohammad Tauqir, Abdul Rehman (Wicket Keeper), Ali Asad, Rizwan Latif (ODI Debuts to all the U.A.E players)