India vs Pakistan, 1st ODI at Guwahati, , Nov 05 2007 - Match Result

RESULT
1st ODI, Guwahati, November 05, 2007, Pakistan tour of India
(47/50 ov, T:240) 242/5

India won by 5 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
63 (77)
ms-dhoni
Match centre 
Scorecard summary
Pakistan 239/7(50 overs)
India 242/5(47 overs)
63 (77)
2/52 (8)
58 (74)
1/34 (10)
end of over 478 runs
IND: 242/5CRR: 5.14 
Robin Uthappa11 (11b 2x4)
Irfan Pathan5 (8b 1x4)
Shoaib Akhtar 8-0-52-2
Iftikhar Anjum 8-0-50-0

India win the first of five ODIs by five wickets and three overs to spare. Their bowlers were disciplined and restricted Pakistan to 239 for 7. Kartik and Harbhajan in particular were outstanding and Tendulkar took a couple of crucial wickets as well. Yousuf top scored with 83 but was unable to provide urgency to the innings.

India lost Tendulkar early in the run-chase but that was the only blip as Ganguly and Gambhir, followed by Yuvraj and Dhoni made useful contributions to steer India across the finish line.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Man of the Match for his excellent innings that kept India going after the fall of Ganguly's wicket. He said he promoted himself ahead of Yuvraj to keep the left-right combination in the middle and it paid off splendidly.

That's it from us at Cricinfo today. The next ODI is on November 8 in Mohali. Until then, this is George Binoy signing off. Cheers.

46.6
4
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, FOUR runs

that's the victory for India! Uthappa charges down the track and has a wild heave at a good length ball outside off stump, the top edge swirls high in the air and bounces once before going over the third-man boundary

46.5
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, no run

Shoaib replies with the bouncer outside off stump, Uthappa lets it go

46.4
4
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, FOUR runs

Uthappa moves forward and hits through the line of the ball, he's connected sweetly this time and lofts the ball back over Shoaib's head to get four of the six runs that India need

46.3
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, no run

bowled full and fast in the block hole on off and middle stump, Uthappa comes forward and blocks

46.2
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, no run

full ball at nearly 93 mph, Uthappa moves across the stumps and tries to hit through midwicket, the ball kept very low and beat the bat, how did that miss the stumps, it's almost as though Uthappa can't see it in the fading light

46.1
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, no run

pitches on a good length on off stump and goes straight through, Uthappa tries to hit across the line but gets beaten

Shoaib ran all the way in but Uthappa pulled out of the shot because the advertising hoardings were uncovered behind the bowler's arm.

end of over 465 runs
IND: 234/5CRR: 5.08 RRR: 1.50
Irfan Pathan5 (8b 1x4)
Robin Uthappa3 (5b)
Iftikhar Anjum 8-0-50-0
Shoaib Akhtar 7-0-44-2
45.6
Iftikhar to Pathan, no run

Pathan opens the face of the bat and plays the ball towards point

45.5
Iftikhar to Pathan, no run

defended on the front foot towards the off side

Just six runs needed for India to go one up in the series.

45.4
4
Iftikhar to Pathan, FOUR runs

streaky streaky, Pathan tries to cut one that's much too close to the body, the inside edge goes ever so close to his off stump and runs down to the fine-leg boundary, Akmal had no chance to stop that

45.3
Iftikhar to Pathan, no run

width offered outside off stump, Pathan frees his arms and drives off the front foot towards cover

45.2
1
Iftikhar to Uthappa, 1 run

driven down the ground to long off for a single

45.1
Iftikhar to Uthappa, no run

huge appeal for lbw, Uthappa moves across his stumps and tries to close the face of the bat, the ball nips back into Uthappa and hits him on the top of the front pad, Rao thinks he has his man but the umpire says not out, that was very close, might have clipped the top of leg stump

end of over 454 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 229/5CRR: 5.08 RRR: 2.20
Irfan Pathan1 (4b)
Robin Uthappa2 (3b)
Shoaib Akhtar 7-0-44-2
Iftikhar Anjum 7-0-45-0
44.6
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, no run

full ball on off and middle stump, Pathan pushes it off the front foot towards cover

44.6
1w
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, 1 wide

145.1 kmh, Shoaib angles the ball down leg side from round the wicket and concedes another wide

44.6
1w
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, 1 wide

short and wide outside the off stump, Pathan slashes at it and misses, that was pretty close to the bat but the umpire calls it wide

44.5
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, no run

Shoaib fires the yorker in on off stump, he grunts as he puts a lot of effort into that ball, Pathan jabs down on it and plays the ball towards point

44.4
1
Shoaib Akhtar to Uthappa, 1 run

that one kept low on off stump, Uthappa moves across towards the off side, pushes the ball towards midwicket and takes the single

44.3
1
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, 1 run

short of a length ball on leg and middle stump, Pathan nudges the ball towards midwicket and calls for the single

44.2
Shoaib Akhtar to Pathan, no run

Shoaib gives Pathan a bouncer first up, he ducks under it but the ball dips and bounces a second time before reaching Akmal

Irfan Pathan is the new batsman. Can Shoaib produce something special now? Slip and gully in place.

44.1
W
Shoaib Akhtar to Dhoni, OUT

and he strikes straight away! Shoaib pitches one on a good length outside off stump, Dhoni drives away from his body and gets a thick edge through to Akmal who takes the catch this time, it was flying at considerable speed and the light isn't the best so he did well to hold on to it

MS Dhoni c †Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar 63 (77b 8x4 0x6 106m) SR: 81.81

India need only 15 more. Shoaib returns to bowl his seventh over.

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
Mohammad Yousuf
82 runs (88)
7 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
29 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
MS Dhoni
63 runs (77)
8 fours0 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
22 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
75%
Best performances - bowlers
SR Tendulkar
O
5
M
0
R
32
W
2
ECO
6.4
Shoaib Akhtar
O
8
M
0
R
52
W
2
ECO
6.5
Match details
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
TossPakistan, elected to bat first
Series
Season2007/08
Player Of The Match
Series resultIndia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match numberODI no. 2643
Match days5 November 2007 - day (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee