player of the match

India
India INNINGS (50 overs maximum)
Pakistan INNINGS (target: 306 runs from 48 overs)
MATCH DETAILS
Sharjah Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | India, elected to bat first |
Series | Pepsi Sharjah Cup |
Season | 1995/96 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Sachin Tendulkar |
Match number | ODI No. 1098 |
Match days | Â - day match (50-over match) |
ODI debut | ![]() Vikram Rathour |
Umpires | ![]() Doug Cowie![]() Mervyn Kitchen |
TV Umpire | ![]() B.C. Cooray |
Match Referee | ![]() Ranjan Madugalle |
Points | India 2, Pakistan 0 |
MATCH NOTES
- RECORD: India scoring more than 300 runs in a limited over international for the first time. India's highest total in ODIs. Previous best: 299/4 in 40 overs against Sri Lanka in Bombay, 1986-87.
- RECORD: Highest partnership for India for all wickets: 231 off 240 balls between Tendulkar and Sidhu. Previous best all wicket partnership: 188 between Shastri and Srikkanth for the 1st wicket against England in Cuttack, 1984-85. Previous best 2nd wicket partnership: 175 between Shastri and Manjrekar against South Africa in Delhi, 1991-92. This was also the only previous time when two Indians scored centuries in a ODI match.
- Pakistan were fined 2 overs for a slow over rate (also had 10% of their match fee deducted by match referee Ranjan Madugalle)
- Dravid substituting for Sidhu.
- Career best score for Rashid Latif