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Biggest win for India in Pakistan

Rajneesh Gupta | February 12, 2006 23:48 IST

India won the Rawalpindi ODI with 7 wickets and 41 balls to spare. This now is India's biggest win on Pakistan soil both in terms of wickets and balls to spare. The previous biggest win for India against Pakistan in Pakistan was at Lahore [Images] in 2004, which India won by five wickets and 30 balls to spare.

The following table lists Pakistan's biggest defeats on home soil in terms of balls to spare:
BallsWinnerLoserVenueDateMargin
67SA (158-4)Pak (157)Rawalpindi10 Oct 20036 wickets
60SL (281-2)Pak (280)Lahore05 Nov 19978 wickets
56Zim (212-4)Pak (211)Sheikhupura22 Nov 19986 wickets
41WI (128-2)Pak (127-7)Karachi06 Dec 19858 wickets
41Ind (266-3)Pak (265)Rawalpindi11 Feb 20067 wickets
34SA (243-5)Pak (242-6)Karachi29 Feb 19965 wickets
30Ind (294-5)Pak (293-9)Lahore21 Mar 20045 wickets

Most successful opening pairs

The 105-run partnership for the opening wicket between Sehwag and Tendulkar was ninth century partnership between this pair for the opening wicket - first versus Pakistan. The pair has now become the fourth (joint) most successful opening pair in terms of number of century partnerships.

The following table lists the most successful opening pairs in terms of 100-partnerships. It will be observed that Sehwag-Tendulkar pair has taken least innings for a 100-partnership on an average.
100-partBatsmenInnsInns/100
16Ganguly & Tendulkar1177.31
15Greenidge & Haynes1026.80
12Gilchrist & Hayden806.67
9Gibbs & Gary Kirsten667.33
9Sehwag & Tendulkar515.67
8Atapattu & Jayasuriya769.50
8Gilchrist & Mark Waugh [Images]9311.63

Batsmen getting run-out on most occasions

Mohammad Yousuf's [Images] run-out dismissal was the 32nd occasion for him for getting out in this fashion. He has now joined two other players - India's Mohammad Azharuddin and Australia's Mark Waugh - at fourth place among the batsmen who have got run-out most number of times. Yousuf's frequency is the highest in this elite band.
Run-outsPlayerForCompleted Inns% Run-outs
40MS AtapattuSL 21618.52
38Wasim AkramPak22516.89
38Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images]Pak27913.62
32M AzharuddinInd25412.60
32ME WaughAus21614.81
32Mohammad YousufPak17018.82
30A RanatungaSL 20814.42

Most run-outs in an innings against India

Pakistan provided only the 11th instance of four or more batsmen of a side getting run-out against India. The details:
Run-outsForScoreVenueDate Result for India
5NZ 213Napier12 Jan 1999Won
5Aus258Mumbai WS27 Feb 1996Lost
4Eng276-9The Oval04 Jun 1982Lost
4Pak134Sharjah13 Apr 1984Won
4Aus141Ahmedabad 05 Oct 1986Won
4SL 201Sharjah25 Mar 1988Won
4Pak246Sharjah19 Oct 1988Lost
4SL 176Dhaka04 Nov 1988Won
4Pak87-9Gujranwala18 Dec 1989Lost
4NZ 220-9Bangalore14 May 1997Won
4Pak265Rawalpindi11 Feb 2006Won


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