Cricket: India beat Pakistan in Visakhapatnam ODI
{{date|April 6, 2005}} Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

The Indian Cricket Team showed a good spirit both in Batting and Bowling activities which helped them beat Pakistan in the Cricket Match held at Visakhapatnam by 58 runs.

Batting first, India's V Sehwag (74) and Dhoni (148) with a contribution from Dravid (52) helped them to put a challening 357 runs to Pakistan. Pakistan however were all out for 298 in 44.1 overs. A Nehra took 4 wickets.

=== Indian innings ===
(50 overs maximum)                               
{| style="padding: em .5;"
! Batsman !! &nbsp; !! &nbsp; !! R !! M !! B !! 4 !! 6
|-
| V Sehwag || c Salman Butt || b Naved-ul-Hasan ||align="right"| '''74''' ||align="right"| 67 ||align="right"| 40 || 12 || 2
|-
| SR Tendulkar || run out (Yousuf Youhana) || &nbsp; ||align="right"| '''2''' ||align="right"| 17 ||align="right"| 8 ||align="right"| 0 ||0
|-
| MS Dhoni || c Shoaib Malik || b Mohammad Hafeez || '''148''' || 155 || 123 || 15 || 4
|-
| SC Ganguly || &nbsp; || b Mohammad Sami ||align="right"| '''9''' ||align="right"| 24 ||align="right"| 22 ||align="right"| 1 ||align="right"| 0
|-
| R Dravid || c Shahid Afridi || b Naved-ul-Hasan ||align="right"| '''52''' ||align="right"| 83 ||align="right"| 59 ||align="right"| 3 || 0
|-
| Yuvraj Singh || lbw || b Arshad Khan ||align="right"| '''15''' ||align="right"| 21 ||align="right"| 10 ||align="right"| 2 || 0
|-
| M Kaif || lbw || b Naved-ul-Hasan ||align="right"| '''0''' ||align="right"| 2 ||align="right"| 1 ||align="right"| 0 || 0
|-
| Harbhajan Singh || &nbsp; || b Arshad Khan ||align="right"| '''11''' ||align="right"| 20 ||align="right"| 16 ||align="right"| 1 || 0
|-
| L Balaji || not out || &nbsp; ||align="right"| '''17''' ||align="right"| 19 ||align="right"| 13 ||align="right"| 0 || 1
|-
| Z Khan || c Abdul Razzaq || b Mohammad Hafeez ||align="right"| '''17''' ||align="right"| 11 ||align="right"| 9 ||align="right"| 0 || 2
|-
|colspan="2"| Extras || (lb 2, w 8, nb 1) ||align="right"| <u>'''11'''</u>
|-
|colspan="2"| Total || (9 wickets, 50 overs, 214 mins) ||'''356'''
|}
DNB: A Nehra.

FoW: 1-26 (Tendulkar, 3.2 ov), 2-122 (Sehwag, 13.4 ov), 3-140 (Ganguly, 19.2 ov), 4-289 (Dhoni, 41.2 ov), 5-300 (Dravid, 42.1 ov), 6-301 (Kaif, 42.4 ov), 7-318 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.5 ov), 8-325 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.2 ov), 9-356 (Khan, 49.6 ov).

{| style="padding: em 1 1;"
! Bowling !! O !! M !! R !! W
|-
| Mohammad Sami ||align="right"| 9 || 0 || 65 || 1 (3w)
|-
| Naved-ul-Hasan || 10 || 0 || 54 || 3 (1nb, 1w)
|-
| Abdul Razzaq || 10 || 0 || 55 || 0
|-
| Shahid Afridi ||align="right"| 9 || 0 || 82 || 0 (2w)
|-
| Arshad Khan ||align="right"| 5 || 0 || 43 || 2 (1w)
|-
| Mohammad Hafeez ||align="right"| 7 || 0 || 55 || 2
|}

=== Pakistan innings ===
(target: 357 runs from 50 overs)
{| style="padding: em .5;"
! Batsman !! &nbsp; !! &nbsp; !! R !! M !! B !! 4 !! 6
|-
| Salman Butt || c Sehwag || b Nehra ||align="right"| '''36''' ||align="right"| 69 ||align="right"| 32  || 7 || 0
|-
| Shahid Afridi || &nbsp; || b Nehra ||align="right"| '''0''' ||align="right"| 9 ||align="right"| 2 ||align="right"| 0 || 0
|-
| Abdul Razzaq || c Dhoni || b Yuvraj Singh ||align="right"| '''88''' || 126 ||align="right"| 93 ||align="right"| 13 || 1
|-
| Inzamam-ul-Haq ||colspan="2"| run out (Harbhajan Singh/Tendulkar) ||align="right"| '''16''' ||align="right"| 35 ||align="right"| 13 ||align="right"| 0 || 1
|-
| Yousuf Youhana || c Kaif || b Nehra ||align="right"| '''71''' ||align="right"| 86 ||align="right"| 56 ||align="right"| 2 || 4
|-
| Shoaib Malik || c Sehwag || b Yuvraj Singh ||align="right"| '''12''' ||align="right"| 21 ||align="right"| 12 ||align="right"| 1 || 0
|-
| Mohammad Hafeez || c Balaji || b Yuvraj Singh ||align="right"| '''7''' ||align="right"| 11 ||align="right"| 7 ||align="right"| 1 || 0
|-
| Kamran Akmal || lbw || b Khan ||align="right"| '''41''' ||align="right"| 55 ||align="right"| 28 ||align="right"| 4 || 1
|-
| Naved-ul-Hasan || c Dhoni || b Nehra ||align="right"| '''2''' ||align="right"| 10 ||align="right"| 9 ||align="right"| 0 || 0
|-
| Mohammad Sami || c Yuvraj Singh || b Harbhajan Singh ||align="right"| '''2''' ||align="right"| 18 ||align="right"| 9 ||align="right"| 0 || 0
|-
| Arshad Khan ||colspan="2"| not out ||align="right"| '''2''' ||align="right"| 2 ||align="right"| 4 ||align="right"| 0 || 0
|-
|colspan="2"| Extras || (lb 6, w 15) ||align="right"| <u>'''21'''</u>
|-
| Total ||align="center" colspan="2"| (all out, 44.1 overs, 224 mins) || '''298'''
|}
FoW: 1-5 (Shahid Afridi, 1.2 ov), 2-89 (Salman Butt, 12.6 ov), 3-129 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 19.1 ov), 4-176 (Abdul Razzaq, 27.2 ov), 5-204 (Shoaib Malik, 31.2 ov), 6-222 (Mohammad Hafeez, 33.3 ov), 7-263 (Yousuf Youhana, 38.1 ov), 8-268 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 40.4 ov), 9-296 (Mohammad Sami, 43.2 ov), 10-298 (Kamran Akmal, 44.1 ov).

{| style="padding: em 1 1;"
! Bowling !! O !! M !! R !! W
|-
| Balaji  ||align="right"| 6 || 0 || 33 || 0 (2w)
|-
| Nehra ||align="right"| 10 || 0 || 72 || 4 (2w)
|-
| Khan || 6.1 || 0 || 38 || 1 (1w)
|-
| Tendulkar ||align="right"| 7 || 0 || 44 || 0 (3w)
|-
| Harbhajan Singh ||align="right"| 7 || 0 || 50 || 1 (2w)
|-
| Yuvraj Singh ||align="right"| 8 || 0 || 55 || 3
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://ind.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2005/APR/222362_INDPAK2004-05_05APR2005.html
|title=Dhoni shines in Indian win
|author=Anand Vasu
|pub=CricInfo.com
|date=April 5, 2005}}

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Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

The Indian Cricket Team showed a good spirit both in Batting and Bowling activities which helped them beat Pakistan in the Cricket Match held at Visakhapatnam by 58 runs.

Batting first, India's V Sehwag (74) and Dhoni (148) with a contribution from Dravid (52) helped them to put a challening 357 runs to Pakistan. Pakistan however were all out for 298 in 44.1 overs. A Nehra took 4 wickets.

FoW: 1-26 (Tendulkar, 3.2 ov), 2-122 (Sehwag, 13.4 ov), 3-140 (Ganguly, 19.2 ov), 4-289 (Dhoni, 41.2 ov), 5-300 (Dravid, 42.1 ov), 6-301 (Kaif, 42.4 ov), 7-318 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.5 ov), 8-325 (Harbhajan Singh, 47.2 ov), 9-356 (Khan, 49.6 ov).


 Bowling 

 O 

 M 

 R 

 W

 Mohammad Sami 

 9 

 0 

 65 

 1 (3w)

 Naved-ul-Hasan 

 10 

 0 

 54 

 3 (1nb, 1w)

 Abdul Razzaq 

 10 

 0 

 55 

 0

 Shahid Afridi 

 9 

 0 

 82 

 0 (2w)

 Arshad Khan 

 5 

 0 

 43 

 2 (1w)

 Mohammad Hafeez 

 7 

 0 

 55 

 2


 Bowling 

 O 

 M 

 R 

 W

 Balaji  

 6 

 0 

 33 

 0 (2w)

 Nehra 

 10 

 0 

 72 

 4 (2w)

 Khan 

 6.1 

 0 

 38 

 1 (1w)

 Tendulkar 

 7 

 0 

 44 

 0 (3w)

 Harbhajan Singh 

 7 

 0 

 50 

 1 (2w)

 Yuvraj Singh 

 8 

 0 

 55 

 3
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