# Pakistani cricket team in India in 2004–05

The Pakistani cricket team toured India from 8 March to 17 April 2005. The tour consisted of six One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Tests matches. The Test series was drawn 1–1 while Pakistan won the ODI series 4–2.

## 2004–05 BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match
### Only ODI

* 13 November 2004 Scorecard
| India 292/6 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 293/4 (49 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 78 (62) Shahid Afridi 2/29 (10 overs) | | Salman Butt 108* (130) Ashish Nehra 2/65 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| India | Pakistan | India | Pakistan |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) Rahul Dravid (vc) Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman Yuvraj Singh Dinesh Karthik (wk) Anil Kumble Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Irfan Pathan Ashish Nehra Lakshmipathy Balaji | Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Younis Khan (vc) Salman Butt Taufeeq Umar Yasir Hameed Shahid Afridi Imran Farhat Asim Kamal Kamran Akmal (wk) Shoaib Malik Danish Kaneria Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Khalil Arshad Khan Mohammad Sami Naved-ul-Hasan Mohammad Yousuf | Sourav Ganguly (c) Rahul Dravid (vc) Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh Mohammad Kaif MS Dhoni (wk) Dinesh Mongia Murali Kartik Zaheer Khan Irfan Pathan Ashish Nehra Ajit Agarkar Lakshmipathy Balaji | Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Younis Khan (vc) Salman Butt Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Yousuf Shahid Afridi Imran Farhat Asim Kamal Kamran Akmal (wk) Shoaib Malik Shahid Nazir Rao Iftikhar Anjum Shabbir Ahmed Danish Kaneria Abdul Razzaq Arshad Khan Mohammad Sami Naved-ul-Hasan |

## Tour Matches
### Three-day: Indian Board President's XI v Pakistan

* 3–5 March 2005 Scorecard
* Match Drawn HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala Umpires: Sameer Bandekar and Sudhir Asnani
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* The start of play on day 1 was delayed due to bad light before it was stopped after 2.4 overs of play due to heavy rain.
* Bad light on day 2 led to premature close of play, at the afternoon session.
* Bad light and rain restricted play to on 45 minutes on day 3.

### Limited overs: India A v Pakistan

* 30 March 2005 Scorecard
| India A 189/7 (45 overs) | v | Pakistan 190/2 (41 overs) |
| Suresh Raina 55 (65) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/42 (9 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 81* (78) Ranadeb Bose 1/41 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Balwant Sharma and Rajan Seth Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 8–12 March 2005 Scorecard
* Match drawn Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Pak)
* India won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Test

* 16–20 March 2005 Scorecard
* India won by 195 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd Test

* 24–28 March 2005 Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 168 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match start delayed by bad weather.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 2 April 2005 Scorecard
| India 281/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 194 (45.2 overs) |
| Virender Sehwag 108 (95) Arshad Khan 4/33 (6 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 42 (75) Sachin Tendulkar 5/50 (10 overs) |
* India won by 87 runs Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 5 April 2005 Scorecard
| India 356/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 298 (44.1 overs) |
| MS Dhoni 148 (123) Naved-ul-Hasan 3/54 (10 overs) | | Abdul Razzaq 88 (93) Ashish Nehra 4/72 (10 overs) |
* India won by 58 runs ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vishakhapatnam Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* MS Dhoni (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

### 3rd ODI

* 9 April 2005 Scorecard
| Pakistan 319/9 (50 overs) | v | India 213 (41.4 overs) |
| Salman Butt 101 (116) Ashish Nehra 3/57 (10 overs) | | Irfan Pathan 64 (80) Naved-ul-Hasan 6/27 (8.4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 106 runs Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Player of the match: Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 12 April 2005 Scorecard
| India 315/6 (48 overs) | v | Pakistan 319/7 (48 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 123 (130) Shoaib Malik 3/67 (9 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 65 (65) Murali Kartik 2/54(10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 3 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 15 April 2005 Scorecard
| India 249/6 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 252/5 (42.1 overs) |
| Rahul Dravid 86 (115) Naved-ul-Hasan 3/35 (10 overs) | | Shahid Afridi 102 (46) Anil Kumble 2/54 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 5 wickets Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* It was the 100th ODI between India and Pakistan. Pakistan became first team to play 100 or more matches against three countries.
* Rahul Dravid (Ind) scored his 8,000th run in ODIs.
* Shahid Afridi's (Pak) century was the fastest against India and joint-second fastest overall, in terms of balls faced (45).
* Shahid Afridi became the first batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.

### 6th ODI

* 17 April 2005 Scorecard
| Pakistan 303/6 (50 overs) | v | India 144 (37 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 72 (87) Ajit Agarkar 3/58 (9 overs) | | MS Dhoni 24 (38) Arshad Khan 3/33 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 159 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.