It was the 1578th ODI in cricket history.It was India's 440th match. The record now reads: won 198,lost
221, tied 3 and abandoned 18.It was Pakistan's 457th match. The record now reads: won
235,lost 206, tied 6 and abandoned 10.It was 83rd match between these two sides. The record now
reads:India 29,Pakistan 50,abandoned 4.It was 23rd match between these two sides on this ground. The
record now reads: India 6, Pakistan 17.Umpire Peter Manuel and John Hampshire were officiating in
their 27th and 10th match respectively.Shahid Afridi was dismissed without scoring for the ninth
time in his career.It was his fourth duck against India in 33
matches. Afridi now holds the dubious distinction of
aggregating most ducks in a career against India alongwith
Sri Lanka's Romesh Kaluwitharana.Kalu's four ducks came in just
22 matches. The previous Pakistani record of most ducks against India
was held by Imran Khan (3 ducks in 29 matches), Saqlain Mushtaq
(3 in 36) and Moin Khan (3 in 39).Pakistan's total was its seventh lowest on this ground. Just
for the record, Pakistan's all time lowest on this ground was
also achieved against India when it was bowled out for 87
chasing a victory target of just 126 in Rothman?s Trophy on
22-03-1985.It was the lowest by any side against India after winning the
toss and electing to bat first at this venue.The previous
lowest was Bangladesh's 163 in 44.4 overs on 05-04-1995.It was also the seventh lowest in all matches by any side
against India after winning the toss and deciding to bat
first.The details:Score (Overs) Country Venue Date
115 (36.3) Bangladesh Mumbai 25-05-1998
116 (45) Pakistan Toronto 14-09-1997
117 (48) South Africa Nairobi Gym 26-09-1999
120 (55.3) East Africa Leeds 11-06-1975
135 (44.2) Zimbabwe Mumbai Wan 17-10-1987
142 (49.4) NewZealand Auckland 27-03-1994
146 (45.3) Pakistan Sharjah 23-03-2000
Kumble,by capturing two wickets in this match,has extended
his tally of wickets against Pakistan at this venue to 14 in
12 matchesmaximum for India.The previous record was of 13
wickets shared by Javagal Srinath and Ravi Shastri.The catch of Suarav Ganguly was Moin Khan?s 50th dismissal at
Sharjah in his 35th match.He became first wicketkeeper to do
so.The fifty was Azharuddin's 57th in his 329th match.He now holds the world
record of scoring most fifties (excluding hundreds) in ODIs.
The previous record was on the name of WestIndies' Desmond Haynes
who had scored 57 fifties in 238 matches."The fifty was Azharuddin's ninth against Pakistan in his 62nd
match, which equals Sachin Tendulkar's Indian record of most
fifties against Pakistan. Tendulkar has scored nine fifties in
41 matches against Pakistan. Incidentally West Indian Desmond
Haynes holds the record of scoring most fifties in a career
against Pakistan - 18 in 65 matches.Mohammad Azharuddin won his 18th Man of Match award. His
last award had come against SriLanka at Sharjah on 06-11-
1998.Among the Indians only Sachin Tedulkar (36) and Sourav
Ganguly (20) have won more awards.At 37 years 44 days Mohammad Azharuddin is the fourth oldest
to win MoM award for India.The details:
Age
(Yrs/days)
38/113 Sunil Gavaskar v NewZealand Nagpur 31-10-1987
37/185 Mohinder Amarnath v NewZealand Sharjah 27-03-1988
37/106 Farokh Engineer v East Africa Leeds 11-06-1975
37/ 44 Mohammad Azharuddin v Pakistan Sharjah 23-03-2000
