My Favorite cricket match **Vol. 10 **

10th in my list of my Favorite cricket match is a bilateral series played between India and Pakistan. This series was the most awaiting series because everyone knows what India and Pakistan brings to the cricket world. This match is played at National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan on 13^th March, 2004.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first, So India will bat first. This is how Indian team looks like: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (wk), Sourav Ganguly (c),Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Hemang Badani

And Pakistani Team and 11looks like: Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf,Inzamam-ul-Haq (c), Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Naved-ul-Hasan, Moin Khan (wk)

India batted splendidly well with Virender Sehwag making 79 runs in 57 balls with 14 fours and 1 six at the strike rate of 139 and Rahul dravid making the contribution of 99 runs in 104 balls with 8 fours and strike rate of 95 and other contributions from Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammed Kaif, Saurav ganguly.

India set the target of 350 for Pakistan in 50 allotted over’s which is looking very tough and even impossible but you never know with the Pakistan team.

Pakistan started very well and Their Skipper Inza mam up haq batted splendidly and made 122 runs in 102 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes at the strike rate of 120 and Mohammed Yusuf and Younis khan also contributed very well. This match went to last over and then it was the game of nerves only means who have nerves to play in pressure. India holds the nerves and that’s why India won the match by 5 runs in last over.

Inza mam ul haq the Pakistani skipper was adjudged the Man of the match for his knock which couldn’t let Pakistan win. So with this Win India takes the lead of 1-0 in the 5 match one day series with 4 more games still to play.