Jamshed takes Pakistan home with gritty ton
MS Dhoni scored a fighting century to take India to 227. -File photo
South Asia’s bitter rivals Pakistan and India are meeting again on the cricket ground, marking a gradual thaw in their decades-old rivalry. The first bilateral series between India and Pakistan since November 2007, comprising two Twenty20 matches and three one-day internationals, began on December 25, with Pakistan winning the first T20 by five wickets in a close encounter but India levelled the series with an 11-run win.
The first of the three ODIs begins today in Chennai. Stick around as Dawn.com brings all the action analysis from the match.
Readers are invited to be share their input and analysis, set the field, live commentate, share pictures, predict the outcome of the match. Have your say as Pakistan takes on India in what promises to be a cracking showdown.
PREVIEW: Should Pakistan gamble with Akmal at the top?
17:44 PST:
Pakistan cross the line, Malik scores the winning runs again but it was Nasir Jamshed’s 132-ball 101 that set up the chase. A fluent half-century by Younis Khan, on his comeback, provided great support to Jamshed’s effort. Pakistan had stamped their authority in the match in opening few overs of the match, when Junaid Khan pinned India’s top-order one by one to end with 9-34-4. But a heroic century by MS Dhoni, not only enhanced his reputation as India’s captain reliable, but also took his side to 227 from a position of 29/5 at one point. India were once again found wanting with the bat, their strength going into the series, and also looked a bowler short. Pakistan, though, continued to hit their straps with the ball, and Hafeez’s 10-26-1 were vital in frustrating India. Why he only bowled one over in the T20s is perplexing, but Misbah will have more options going into the second and third ODIs with Malik in the squad as well. Dhoni gets the man of the match award for his great century.
17:29 PST:
Hundred for Jamshed! Great knock, he stuck it out and worked himself out of the tough period, 100 off 127 balls, five fours and one six! 7 require of three overs
17:24 PST:
Malik and Jamshed continue to work it around, 210/4 in 45 Pakistan. Eight runs coming off the Kumar over.
17:09 PST
Malik goes! Trying to cut Ashwin and Dhoni completes a fine catch but wait! Another no-ball and another lifeline for Malik. He went onto win the first T20 for Pakistan being dismissed off a no-ball off Ishant Sharma! Malik misses out on the free-hit though. 39 off 48 required.
16:57 PST
The powerplay ends, not a productive one for Pakistan, only 13 off of it and Misbah’s wicket. Pakistan must not panic, they have plenty of overs to go but knowing them, there is some drama yet to come. Kohli has injured himself badly there! Slipped in his bowling stride, just as he was about to deliver and his right leg slipped and turned inwards! This is serious, stretcher out there now.181/4 in 41.
16:48 PST:
Ishant strikes! Completely foxes Misbah with a slower-one, again Pakistan have lost a wicket while on top. Shoaib Malik is the new man in, light fading, the ball has picked up some sheen. Pakistan move to 172/4 in 39.
16:31 PST:
Batting power play on now, 36-40. Pakistan 160/3 in 35, Ishant Sharma on.
16:15 PST:
Dropped! Yuvraj drops Jamshed at point, simple catch that was. Next ball the batman survives a run out opportunity! Pakistan need to relax. Misbah need to calm Jamshed down, he’s lost the plot!
16:13 PST
Drinks. Kohli conceded 7 from that last over as Pakistan move to 147/3 in 32. Misbah and Jamshed at the crease, the latte putting up 112 with Younis Khan earlier.
16:01 PST:
Younis falls! Timed that full-toss from Dinda really well but Ashwin standing a midwicket scooped it inches from the ground. The third umpire had to be called in for that and replays confirm. Pakistan have lost a very big wicket at the very wrong moment. Jamshed picks a boundary from the over, 7 runs from it. 140/3 in 31.
15:49 PST:
Younis brings his fifty up with a big six off Raina straight over the bowler’s head! Jamshed follows the script and provides the same dose. 15 runs from that over! Pakistan were guilty of not doing this against Raina in the T20s but they are going well here. 126/2 in 29 overs.
15:45 PST:
Jamshed brings his fifty up, very gritty knock! And Younis gets a life in the same over as he attempts a sweep off Ashwin and the ball strikes him plumb in front. Pakistan 111/2 in 28 overs.
15:40 PST:
Suresh Raina now into the attack, replacing the expensive Yuvraj, who gave 33 from his five. Kumar has three left, Sharma give, and Dinda has seven to go. Plenty of fast bowling options, not to forget Ashwin still has four.
15:32 PST:
Nasir Jamshed and Younis Khan have stuck it out and getting some singles going but having consumed so many deliveries, they have to do it for a bit more. 12 runs from that Yuvraj over, Pakistan 99/2 in 25.
15:22 PST:
India racing through their overs, Ashwin and Yuvraj both as the Chennai clouds start creeping in. Jamshed and Younis bring up their fifty-run partnership, with these muggy conditions they will have to keep going. 72-2 in 21
15:08 PST:
Yuvraj Singh into the attack, Pakistan take five off him. Ashwin has the next over and his first delivery hits Jamshed’s pads. There is a big appeal from the bowler but it did not seem very likely. Pakistan 63 for the loss of two wickets.
14:58 PST:
Ishant misses a catch off his own ball. Younis Khan hits it on the front foot back towards the bowler but Ishant ducked and let it go for two runs. Ashwin comes in to the attack, Pakistan manage three off his over. Pakistan 52-2 after 15 overs.
14:43 PST:
Younis Khan hits Ishant for a four which is followed by an almost-run out as the Jamshed and Younis try to make it three runs. In the following over, Jamshed scores another boundary and Dunda replaces Ishant in the attack. Pakistan need 190 off 36 overs with eight wickets remaining.
14:35 PST:
Massive confusion as Nasir Jamshed scrambles back and Kumar misses the stumps . The bowler looks frustrated but not for long as he dismisses Azhar Ali with the next delivery – caught out by Sharma at midwicket. Pakistan 21 for the loss of two wickets after 11 overs. Younis Khan comes in to bat.
14: 20 PST:
Pakistan manage just one run off Kumar and two runs off Dinda. Pakistan 15 for the loss of one wicket after eight overs.
14:14 PST:
Ashok Dinda replaces Ishant Sharma. Jamshed takes three as Ishant fails to stop the ball and Azhar Ali takes one making it four off the over. Pakistan 12-1 after six overs.
13:55 PST
The most awful start for Pakistan and an excellent one for Bhuvneshwar Kumar on his ODI debut. Mohammad Hafeez leaves the big inswinger, and the ball crashes into the stumps. Clearly, Hafeez had wiped out his memory from the 1st T20, Nasir Jamshed and Azhar Ali at the crease now. Should Akmal have come in instead of Hafeez? Wicket-maiden that first over. Ishant Sharma from the other end.
13:18 PST
That’s it! India end 227/6 in their 50, what a turnaround this has been and the hosts will certainly be feeling good about this now. A superhuman effort by Dhoni to take India from 29/5 to a position where they are now in the driving seat. 113 off 125 balls for Dhoni. Junaid Khan’s heroics with ball earlier on to rattle India’s top order seem a little pale now, but perplexing that Pakistan’s best bowler in the match goes back into the pavilion with one over in the bank. His figures of 9-43-4 and Mohammad Hafeez’s 10-26-1 were the highlights but Misbah, who dropped Dhoni on 18, has once again miscalculated his bowling options, and in hindsight the Irfan mauling in the 49th over could have been avoided. Pakistan now have face a challenging total, and will need to start well as the outfield is not exactly electric.
13:13 PST
21 run from that Irfan over! 4,4,6,2,1,4! Dhoni brings up his hundred in that over! What a knock, true grit! India 217/6 in 49.
13:07 PST
Ajmal gives only three from his final over, India 196/6 in 48.
13:05 PST
Dhoni launches Ajmal over long on for a big SIX! And takes nine from Irfan’s next over. India 193/6 in 47, this is a record 7th wicket partnership for India against Pakistan, 91 runs between Dhoni-Ashwin.
12:55 PST
Long break here as Dhoni gets some treatment, Gul looks exhausted as well. Irfan comes back after getting some work done as himself and is greeted by the Indian captain by a vicious pull for four. Nine from that over, India 175/6 in 45. This has been wonderful turnaround by India after being 29/5. Pakistan look flat after this counter but will need to finish well to, now, keep this game within their grasp.
12:44 PST
Misbah continues with Gul, who pants and pants, looks completely off colour out there. Perhaps the heat has gotten to him, but he is clearly struggling to get through his overs. Junaid has two, Ajmal three, maybe Misbah can use Malik for a few more. Pakistan have given away some of the advantage from early on by not sticking to their plans, the wide open field hasn’t helped either. India 159/6 in 43.
12:30 PST:
Dhoni makes his 47th ODI fifty and ninth ODI fifty against Pakistan with a boundary off Umar Gul, the only addition to the score from that over. India 151-6 after 41 overs.
12:28 PST:
Hafeez has a tame over; gives off six runs and Gul gives off seven from his. Junaid back into the attack and bowls a no ball after which Dhoni hits him for a six – the first of the match. 14 runs from that over. India 146-6 in 40.
12:08 PST:
A couple of mishaps in Ajmal’s over. Azhar Ali dives to stop the ball but falls over, apparently twisiting his back in the process while Irfan also has trouble stopping the ball and limps off the field. India make 10 off that over – 126-6 in 37.
12:02 PST
Hafeez is finally rewarded for his persistence! Pakistan break the resilient Dhoni-Raina partnership! Raina attempted his favorite slog-sweep but the ball hurried through his defences, India 104/6 in 34.
11:44 PST
India 97/5 in 30. As things stand, anything in the range of 170-180 will be a tough target batting second. Hafeez has conceded only 13 from his 6 so far, perhaps Misbah should look to bring Junaid back for a few.
11:39 PST
Shoaib Malik replaces Ajmal, gives away on 3. So far out of the spinners, only Hafeez has managed to look a little threatening, he has been very smart about the way he’s going, showing that he is by all means a full-time bowler. India 91/5 in 28.
11:30 PST
Misbah drops Dhoni! The batsman charged Hafeez and found himself in an awkward position, chipped it to midwicket where the Pakistan captain pushed it it over the bar! 86/5 in 26, a crucial moment that, will Pakistan pay for it?
11:29 PST
India rebuild to 84/5 in 25. After Junaid sliced through the top order, Ajmal and Hafeez have done well to keep it tight.
11:23 PST
Hafeez bowls a maiden before Ajmal concedes a boundary. He has been guilty of regularly dropping it short on this tour so far. India 81/5 in 23.
11:15 PST
Hafeez gets it to turn in his first over, neat one, only 5 from it. The odd one will spin it seems here, provided there is air provided. India have the Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuvraj and Raina to fill that role, but it is unlikely the conditions will change much in the second innings and it will be interesting to see how Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes on this surface. India 76/5 in 21.
11:11 PST
The ball is perhaps a little soft with all the moisture around but Saeed Ajmal starts off well, giving away only two runs. Mohammad Hafeez comes in from the other end, and clearly his ‘spin fingers’ are not injured as was being suggested by some quarters. He just likes to under-bowl himself as the T20 captain. India 72/5 in 19.
10:57 PST:
Indian captain MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina doing the stitch-up job here. They’ve done it on many occasions before and seem to have read the pitch much better than the top order. They are hanging back in the crease and playing the ball as late as possible, and are being aided by the fact that Pakistan, or rather Umar Gul has been dropping it too short. 30 in the last 5 overs as India reach 65/5 in 17 overs.
10:25 PST:
India are 30 for five after 11 overs as Junaid bowls a tidy over giving just one run off it.
10:19 PST:
India truly in trouble now and Junaid on fire. Rohit Sharma, edged the ball towards third slip and is caught out by Mohammad Hafeez who dives towards his right to take it. India five down with 29 runs in 10 overs. Captain MS Dhoni comes on to bat.
10:10 PST:
Junaid gives off four runs from his over; Raina the scorer. Umar Gul comes in for Pakistan, gets a decent over conceding only three runs.
10:00 PST:
Brilliant over for Junaid. Cleans up Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh – India in serious trouble now. 20 runs for the loss of two wickets after six overs. Kohli misjudges the direction of the ball and it hits the off-stump. Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma playing for India.
09:53 PST:
Gambhir bowled by Irfan, hits the middle stump. India lose their openers, as Yuvraj comes in. India 17-2/4.4 overs.
09:48 PST:
After a big appeal for lbw, Sehwag is clean bowled by Junaid with a beautiful delivery. India 17-1/3.5 overs
09:39 PST:
Junaid Khan’s first ball is a no ball, followed by two leg byes. Sehwag then hits India’s first boundary of the match – India 8-0 after two overs.
09:32 PST:
Mohammad Ifran starts things off for Paksitan with a maiden. Just a reminder – this ODI follows the new rules which allow for two bouncers an over. India 0-0 after the first over.
09:01 PST:
Pakistan have won the toss and put India in to bat. Umar Akmal has been left out of the squad, replaced by Shoaib Malik while Junaid Khan, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan and Mohammad Irfan are included.
India are playing their first ODI without Sachin Tendulkar as Virender Sehwag returns to the ODI squad.
Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Kamran Akmal†, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan
India: G Gambhir, V Sehwag, B Kumar, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, I Sharma, AB Dinda
hope pakistan to continue their winning momentum and clinch the series by 3-0…best of luck..
Great win but we must analyse this match critically, both the opening bowlers did a commendable job by taking five wickets in first ten overs, Pakistani bowlers are very effective demolition squad. The performance of batsman was also of high quality, but it appears that Pakistan Cricket team will face very tough opposition and it is possible that Indian team will prevail because of Misbah, as his overall performance as captain has been very ordinary, his batting about average and fielding is poor, flaws in his captaincy are very obvious. Whoever appointed him as a captain has done a very poor job even his selection in the team is also questionable.
Keep U akmal out of pak team for good, enough chances for him.
Congrats to my paki brothers, jyoooo yarooo, a lot of respect for u players, you made me and pakistan proud, keep on playing this way and inshahallah we will win all the future games against india and others….
Hi Congratulation to Pakistan Team for Winning 1st ODI. Best Bowler are always coming from Pakistan. Job well done by Two Bowler But Hats off to M.S.Dhoni who came to bat when India were 29 for 5 Wicket. He Brought the team with respectable score. I remember the world Cup Mathc against Zimbabwe when India were 17 for 5 Wicket when Kapildev Joined to bat and won the match with his individual Score 175 not out.
Again Congratulation MS Dhoni who deserved the Man of the Match.
Viren
Pakistan should have won the match with relative ease if Misbah would have held to a dolly catch offered by Dhoni when he was 16. Anyways defeating India a country almost six times bigger than us in terms of population gives me immense pleasure. Great job Team Pakistan. I want to make a comparison between Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad. Azhar Ali played strangely today, he is good for test cricket and we have a much better batsman in Younus Khan for that spot one down. I think we need to replace Azhar Ali with Ahmed Shehzad
“defeating India a country almost six times bigger than us in terms of population gives me immense pleasure”
Why? Was it a tug-of-war match between the two populations?
On the cricket field atleast somebody wins but in war nobody wins do you know that? Just remove hatred and enjoy the game atleast it is good for your heart.
Congratulations to the Pakistan team and Pakistan fans.Good game, Just play your natural
game the success will keep coming…Inshahallah
Pakistan can celebrate all they want because India going to win next 2 ODIs because Misbah is the skipper, remember his orchestrated loss to India at Mohali! I am a proud Pakistani and I want Pakistan to win but unortunately these are the directions from the top. I know Dawn is not going to publish my comments which is OK. I want to speak the truth and whether Mr. publisher is the only one to hear, I have no problem with that..
Well done Nasir Jamshed. Its not gritty. Its well played. If he would have played normally and fast he would have gone to pavilion long ago and Pakistan loosing instead of winning …. Mind your heading …
Good job Pakistan. The weak link in T20 is Sohail Tanveer and the weak link in ODI is Misbah. Hafeez should lead both in T20 and ODIs. M. Irfan should be used less.
First of all congrats ,Team Pakistan won . And its proven Pakistan have a pace bowling factory not only in Rawalpindi , Lahore but all over Pakistan . Kudos to those factories . ( Please send some of the professionals to India ” How to do bowling any kind Pace or spin ” Being a neighbor at least you guys can do that ) . Now I come to know Who is Junaid Khan … really . And a lot of thing is associate with JAMSHED not because hes a great talent from Pakistan , not because ‘Jamshed Ji ‘ was the founder of TATA group but because I lived in Jamshedpur ( called Steel city , founded by jamshed ji ) . Well on Dhoni …I don’t need to say anything .
Congrats Pakistan, a very well deserved Win. I think, its Junaid Khan who should have won the man of the match. I wish, that pakistan shows india its glaring weaknesses & hypocrisy as far as cricket is concerned. i want pakistan to win 4-0 in One days. Then only India will probably do some introspection. We simply dont have decent “bowling”. How can we be a good cricket team without quality bowlers. Even batsmen are highly overrated million dollar crying babies. Go pakistan …beat them 4-0. God speed. – from An indian cricket fan
Thank u Ajay Vikram Singh
with your comments i agree with you all your concern but why indian team are playing with four bowler when their batting is one of best in the whole cricket they should have to play with five permanent bowler
I love indian batting being a kashmiri (pakistani)
Real Reason Why Pakistan won today???? No Afridi and No U Akmal…Bravo …The Team Selection Won…..Malik bowled well…..Keep it like this and Pakistan should do well.
Umer can perform better than Misbah. Misbah should retire from ODIs. He is a Test player.
they should add Anwar Ali on such kind of a track in order to pack up indian side within 100 runs. any ways it’s past
Dhoni played outstandingly well – very impressed. One more person we need to add to our prized hitlist along with Kumar and Yuvraj. Some ppl here in Pak are saying he shouldn’t have won Man of the Match but I think that was well deserved as without him the match would have ended 3/4 hours earlier. Also, compared to Jamshed, Dhoni achieved his 100 not only faster but under far more pressure as well!
Agreed…
Losing team player is generally not given Man of the Match.Jamshed and Junaid Khan were worthy contenders especially Junaid Khan displayed excellent demo of fast bowling on flat batting track of India.
Don’t worry, I’m sure an enterprising Pakistani will soon come up with a suitable conspiracy theory about why Dhoni got the MOM!
well done PAK, and IND alwys a bowler short with very bad batting
We lose because of our batting ,fielding and unfair judgement by umpires.The toss played a important role as the outfield was wet and was worse condition for batting but with the passage of time it became much easier to bat on !! But it’s habit of India that after any lose they come back strongly and i am sure that India will win the remaining 2 matches and pakistan will no where around INDIA..!Best of Luck for INDIA !!!!
it is not not possible to predict that india will win…..
India will loose the game because of excited start….
Take the game as a game. The better side on the day wins, so do not shed tears. If India wins the remaining two, so what? We want good cricket, not medals and cups.
When Yuvi and Kohli is your best bowler in team,than no team can win with that kind of best bowler
Congradulations to Pakistan cricket for wining first ODI against India and ending a year with victory. Though India posted competitive total due to Misbah droping Dhoni and he went on to score 100. Dhoni played captain’s knock and responsible innings. Nasir Jamshed and Younis played steady innings to take Pakistan towards victory.Great to see Younis scoring at healthy rate. Nice to see Nasir scoring hundred against India. It has brought great happiness to our nation. Now Pakistan must strive to win ODI series and strive for more success. Wishing Pakistan cricket team good luck in matches to come.
Remarkable patience showed by Nasir Jamshed ,in the end better side won,though dhoni played so well, from 29/5 to 227 was really a great effort but pakistan really consolidated well to cross the line.
Mishra,India
Had India won the match it would have been the best inning played by MS Dhoni of his career in pressure cooker condition.
I am happy that my team green won. they are not getting much chances to play let alone winning.
Honestly speaking, I wasn’t expecting the kind of mature comments, full of admiration for Dhoni from Pakistani readers here. Glad that many of us from both sides of the border have started appreciating the great game of cricket.
You will find that on cricket issues and music sites Pakistanis and Indians suddenly become normal human beings.
Cricket would be boring if there was no India-Pak rivalry
Dhoni played well but not excellent. He was dropped once and pitch was becoming better. Overall we played bad and do not have very good bowlers. Dhoni’s spirit and dropped catch kept match alive for 50 and 48 overs. Otherwise lot off loss in TV advertise and entertainment if it is one sided. Let us see next match. What will play major part players, pitch, umpire or bookie. Enjoy it is commercial entertainment. Do not take seriously.
Mayank,
In that case I’d say you are reading the Dawn and its comments section for the first time. Things are pretty much mature over here between both the parties as compared to illiterate and filthy comments on youtube …
SSrazi
Dont forget that Dawn and other Pak newspaper takes extra headache of moderating the comments. Some marks goes to them as well.
kudos to our captain for dropping the catch
There were many on Indian side too dropping catches,that doesn’t means they are bad fielder.Did you noticed Yuvaraj dropping catches,he is best of catcher in Indian team.Learn to take things sportingly in cricket.
@Dawn News : I support Pak to win the match . But the way Indian Skipper played his innings showed his true character #Respect DHONI . There was no breeze in the field . umar gul almost died , Pak capt got amazed –whats going on? . The Conditions were worse due to humidity . …. …..Now Please stop being biased media and publish MS Dhoni’s photo in this Story , he deserves respect for his responsible innings
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I would like to Congratulate MSD for playing an amazing innings…No matter what the result is, we should appreciate whoever plays well from either side..Must say a Very Cool Customer..I would not to like to be in Misbah’s shoes for Dropping a sitter!!! His blunder could cost Pakistan the Match!!!It’s now time for him to prove his worthiness as a Captain of the Pakistan team!
IS this batting wicket or bowling
Excellent bowling. Keep it up.