- It was the 1600th ODI in cricket history.
It was India's 445th and Pakistan's 470th match in ODIs.It was the 83rd meeting between these two sides. The record now
reads: Pakistan 51, India 28, no result 4.It was the fifth meeting between these two sides in Asia Cup. Both
teams have won two matches each, while one match was abandoned.Umpire BC Cooray and Asoka De Silva were officiating in their 44th
and fourth match respectively.Amit Bhandari was making his ODI debut. He became the 131st player to
make an ODI appearance for India.Nayan Mongia was making a comeback into Indian side. He had last
appeared against New Zealand at Nottingham on 12-06-1999 in World
Cup. Since then he missed 39 matches for India.Pakistan recorded its fourth highest total against India. The
total is also the highest against India in Asia Cup matches. This
obliterates the previous highest of 271 for six in 45 overs by
Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 29-10-1988.Yousuf Youhana made his third hundred in his 59th match. He
reached three figure mark off the last ball of Pakistan's innings
with a six. Youhana became 10th Pakistani to score a ODI hundred
against India. He also provided the 18th instance of a hundred
being scored by a Pakistani against India.T.Kumaran's figures of 10-0-86-0 is the worst ever performance
by an Indian in ODIs. Kumaran put in to shade Karsan Ghavri's
performance in 1975 World Cup match against England. The following
table lists worst figures recorded by Indians in ODIs.Figures
10-0-86-0 T.Kumaran v Pak Dhaka 03-06-2000
11-1-83-0 Karsan Ghavri v Eng Lord's 07-06-1975
9.5-0-80-0 Abey Kuruvilla v Pak Toronto 21-09-1997
9.1-0-79-0 Mohinder Amarnath v WI Jamshedpur 07-12-1983
10-0-78-2 Chetan Sharma v Eng Kanpur 25-10-1989
10-0-78-1 Anil Kumble v NZ Christchurch 19-01-1999
7-0-77-1 Ravi Shastri v WI Jamshedpur 07-12-1983
10-0-76-2 Debasis Mohanty v Pak Hobart 21-01-2000
8-0-75-2 Roger Binny v Aus Delhi 02-10-1986
10-0-75-3 Venkatesh Prasad v NZ Rajkot 05-11-1999
Kumaran's figures are also the fifth most expensive by any bowler
in ODI history. The details :12-1-105-2 Martin Snedden v Eng The Oval 09-06-1983
10-0-97-1 Asantha DeMel v WI Karachi 13-10-1987
10-0-94-3 Sanath Jayasuriya v Pak Nairobi Gym 04-10-1996
10-0-86-2 Waqar Younis v SL Benoni 15-04-1998
10-0-86-0 T.Kumaran v Pak Dhaka 03-06-2000
Amit Bhandari's figures of 10-0-75-2 is the worst ever performance by a debutant in a 10 over spell. The previous record of
achieving most expensive figures in a 10 over spell was jointly
shared by Bangladesh's Enamul Hoque (10-0-72-0) v New Zealand
at Sharjah on 28-04-1990 and Zimbabwe's Kevin Duers (10-0-72-0)
v Sri Lanka at New Plymouth on 23-02-1992.Bhandari's performance is also the second worst by any bowler
on debut in all ODIs (irrespective of overs restriction). India's
Karsan Ghavri had the figures of 11-1-83-0 v England at Lord's
on 07-06-1975.The stumping of Anil Kumble off the bowling of Arshad Khan was
Moin Khan's 50th dismissal against India in his 39th match as a
'keeper. He became first ever keeper to do so.Moin's tally of dismissals against India at the end of this
match reads as 51 (39 catches + 12 stumpings) from 39 matches,
which is the maximum for any 'keeper against any country in ODIs.
He was earlier at level with Australia's Ian Healy who had made
49 dismissals in 39 matches against West Indies.Anil Kumble was playing his 100th innings. He became 13th Indian
to do so.The eighth wicket partnership of 52 runs between Ajay Jadeja and
Ajit Agarkar is a new record for this wicket in Asia Cup matches.
This obliterates the previous highest of 46 between Aminul Islam
and Golam Faruq for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 02-
11-1988.The partnership is also the highest for eighth wicket for India
against Pakistan.This expunges the 41 run partnership between
Mohinder Amarnath and Kiran More at Sharjah on 20-10-1989.Yousuf Youhana won his fourth Man of the Match.