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Several significant world records have been
established during one-day internationals between
India and Pakistan.
The fiercest limited-overs rivalry in the sport
commenced in 1978-79 and is going strong twenty
seven years later.
Let's take a look at some of the distinctions
achieved by players of both nations when playing
each other:
3 - The number of consecutive centuries scored by
Pakistani legend Zaheer Abbas in the ODIs on
India's tour of Pakistan in 1982-83. He made 118 at
Multan, 105 at Lahore and 113 at Karachi. It was
the first instance of a batsman completing a
hattrick of hundreds in one-day internationals.
* 3 - The maximum number of matches wherein the
team batting second achieved its target off the
last ball. Pakistan won on all occasions; at
Sharjah in 1985-86, Brisbane in 1999-00 and
Ahmedabad in 2004-05. Javed Miandad's last-ball six
in the first of those games at Sharjah is
remembered to this day.
* 194 - Saeed Anwar reached this individual score,
the highest-ever in an ODI, against India in a
league match of the four-nation Independence Cup
tournament at Chennai in 1996-97. He cracked 22
fours and five sixes.
* 344 - The highest ODI score posted by a team
batting second. Pakistan came within five runs of
India's imposing total of 349 at Karachi, in what
was the first game of the five-match series on
India's 2003-04 tour. Inzamam-ul-Haq all but won
the game for his side with a brilliant 122.
* 693 - The same match witnessed the highest
run-aggregate in ODIs. India made 349-7 and
Pakistan 344-8. Rahul Dravid ( 99 ) and Inzamam -
ul- Haq ( 122 ) were the highest individual scorers
for both sides.
* The only all-lbw hattrick - Aaqib Javed of
Pakistan remains the youngest bowler, at 19 years
and 81 days, to achieve a hat - trick. He pulled it
off in the final of the triangular Wills Cup at
Sharjah in 1991-92, when he dismissed Ravi Shastri
, Mohammad Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar in a
similar manner. The batsmen were hit on their pads
and the umpire upheld all three appeals. |