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| December 27, 2003 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 3, 1424 |
Naved’s effort goes in vain
KOLKATA, Dec 26: Naved Latif hammered an impressive 128, but failed to stop India ‘A’ from posting an 89-run victory over Pakistan ‘A’ in the triangular one-day match on Thursday.
India virtually batted Pakistan out of the match when they amassed 329-6 off 50 overs after electing to bat, with Gautam Gambhir, Sanjay Bangar, Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh all smashing half-centuries.
The total proved too big for Pakistan, who were bowled out for 240 in the first big match in four years between the two nations on Indian soil.
Pakistan were rocked by fast bowler Amit Bhandari, who grabbed four wickets to reduce the tourists to 72-6.
They could never recover from these blows despite middle-order batsman Naved’s 123-ball knock, which included seven sixes and 11 fours.
Pakistan now need to win their remaining two matches against the hosts and Sri Lanka ‘A’ to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Dec 30 final.
India got off to a flying start when left-handed Gambhir (82) and Bangar (81) put on a run-a-ball 154 for the opening wicket.
One-day specialists Kaif (75) and Yuvraj (60) continued to keep pressure on the Pakistani attack, adding 121 for the fourth wicket to help their team set a stiff target in the eagerly-awaited clash.
Scoreboard
INDIA ‘A’:
G. Gambhir c Junaid b Mansoor 82
S.B. Bangar c Amin b Naved 81
Mohammad Kaif st Amin b Hafeez 75
H.K. Badani b Naved 0
Yuvraj Singh c Rauf b Shahid 60
D. Mongia c Bilal b Hafeez 0
S.V. Bahutule not out 0
A. Ratra not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-14, W-9, NB-6) 29
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 329
FALL OF WKTS: 1-154, 2-194, 3-196, 4-317, 5-322, 6-327.
DID NOT BAT: M.M. Patel, Sarandeep Singh, A. Bhandari.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 5-0-35-0; Junaid Zia 5-0-42-0 (1nb, 2w); Bilal Asad 4-1-29-0; Mohammad Hafeez 7-0-58-2 (3w); Shahid Afridi 9-0-49-1 (1nb, 1w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-51-1 (3nb, 2w); Naved Latif 10-0-51-2 (1nb, 1w).
PAKISTAN ‘A’:
Imran Nazir b Bhandari 0
Shahid Afridi c Yuvraj b Bhandari 9
Salman Butt c Sarandeep b Bhandari 12
Mohammad Hafeez c Ratra b Patel 13
Faisal Iqbal c Bangar b Bhandari 5
Naved Latif c Sarandeep b Yuvraj 128
Bilal Asad b Bangar 22
Amin-ur-Rehman c Sarandeep b Bahutule 21
Mansoor Amjad lbw b Mongia 12
Junaid Zia c and b Yuvraj 12
Abdur Rauf not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-1) 5
TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 240
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-13, 3-26, 4-31, 5-44, 6-72, 7-117, 8-166, 9-223.
BOWLING: Bhandari 10-1-47-4; Patel 6-0-41-1; Bangar 7-0-40-1 (1w); Bahulute 10-2-26-1; Sarandeep Singh 5-2-33-0 (1w); Yuvraj Singh 5-0-25-2; Mongia 5-0-26-1 (1nb).
RESULT: India ‘A’ won by 89 runs.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Amit Bhandari.—AFP
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