Related Link : Asia Cup 2008
Venue : National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night)
Toss : Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Tony Hill (NZ) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Match Result : Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match : Younis Khan
India (50 Overs Maximum)
Gautam Gambhir c Shahid Afridi b Iftikhar Anjum 35 (32) 4 ‘4s’
Virender Sehwag c Sarfraz Ahmed b Abdur Rauf 49 (33) 6 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Suresh Raina c Salman Butt b Abdur Rauf 1 (6)
Yuvraj Singh c Sarfraz Ahmed b Iftikhar Anjum 37 (32) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Sarfraz Ahmed b Sohail Tanvir 76 (96) 4 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma c Abdur Rauf b Iftikhar Anjum 58 (71) 4 ‘4s’
Yusuf Pathan c Nasir Jamshed b Saeed Ajmal 0 (4)
Irfan Pathan not out 38 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Praveen Kumar not out 1 (1)
Piyush Chawla
Ishant Sharma
Extras: 13 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 308/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-88 (Gambhir, 10.3 ovs), 2-90 (Sehwag, 11.1 ovs), 3-91 (Raina, 11.6 ovs), 4-129 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.2 ovs), 5-241 (Rohit Sharma, 41.3 ovs), 6-249 (Yusuf Pathan, 42.5 ovs), 7-290 (Dhoni, 48.4 ovs)
Pakistan Bowling
Sohail Tanvir 10-0-87-1 (2wd)
Abdur Rauf 10-0-66-2 (1wd)
Iftikhar Anjum 10-1-51-3
Shahid Afridi 10-0-52-0 (2wd)
Saeed Ajmal 10-0-47-1 (1wd)
- ODI Debut for Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Pakistan (Target : 309 from 50 Overs)
Salman Butt run out (Gambhir/Dhoni) 36 (31) 6 ‘4s’
Nasir Jamshed retired hurt 53 (43) 9 ‘4s’
Younis Khan not out 123 (117) 11 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mohammad Yousuf b Chawla 21 (23) 2 ‘4s’
Misbah-ul-Haq (C) not out 70 (62) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Saeed Ajmal
Sarfraz Ahmed (WK)
Abdur Rauf
Iftikhar Anjum
Extras: 6 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 309/2 (Overs : 45.3)
Fall of Wickets: 1-65 (Salman Butt, 7.6 ovs), 1-121* (Nasir Jamshed, retired not out, 18.5 ovs), 2-165 (Mohammad Yousuf, 25.1 ovs)
India Bowling
Praveen Kumar 8.3-1-61-0
Irfan Pathan 10-0-68-0 (1wd)
Ishant Sharma 10-1-63-0 (1wd 3nb)
Yusuf Pathan 4-0-29-0
Piyush Chawla 8-0-53-1
Virender Sehwag 5-0-34-0