# 2004–05 BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match

The BCCI Platinum Jubilee match was played between India and Pakistan on 13 November 2004 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, as a part of BCCI's week-long platinum jubilee celebrations to commemorate 75 years of the board's existence.

## Squads

| India | Pakistan |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) Rahul Dravid (vc) Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman Yuvraj Singh Dinesh Karthik (wk) Irfan Pathan Harbhajan Singh Anil Kumble Zaheer Khan Ajit Agarkar Mohammad Kaif Ashish Nehra Sridharan Sriram | Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Younis Khan (vc) Imran Farhat Taufeeq Umar Shoaib Malik Yousuf Youhana Abdul Razzaq Shahid Afridi Kamran Akmal (wk) Mohammad Sami Naved-ul-Hasan Shoaib Akhtar Salman Butt Riaz Afridi Aamer Bashir |

## Match
### Details

India won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag gave India a good start before Tendulkar was run-out for 16 runs. However, India continued to score at a good pace with VVS Laxman joining Sehwag for a partnership of 92 runs. Once Laxman and Sehwag were dismissed by Shahid Afridi for 43 runs and 53 runs respectively, captain Sourav Ganguly played a cautious innings of 48 runs after Rahul Dravid was dismissed cheaply. Yuvraj Singh was the top-scorer for the Indian team with 78 runs off 62 deliveries, including 10 fours and 2 sixes. India finished their innings at 292/6.
Pakistan, in reply, lost Younis Khan for 0 with Zaheer Khan taking his wicket. After his dismissal, Salman Butt and Shoaib Malik stitched a partnership of 113 runs before Butt retired hurt on 68* when Pakistan were 155/2. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was joined by Malik before Sehwag dismissed him for 61 runs. Butt, who had retired to the pavilion, returned to play and scored a match-winning century along with Inzamam, who contributed 75 runs in their 98-run partnership to take the match away from India. Pakistan reached their target of 293 runs for the loss of 4 wickets with an over to spare, with Butt remaining unbeaten on 108 runs off 130 deliveries.
* 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.

### Scorecard
#### 1st innings

India Batting :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Virender Sehwag | b Shahid Afridi | 53 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 81.53 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | run out (Younis Khan) | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 94.11 |
| VVS Laxman | c Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi | 43 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 97.72 |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | c Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Akhtar | 48 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 68.57 |
| Rahul Dravid † | c Shahid Afridi b Abdul Razzaq | 16 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c Younis Khan b Naved-ul-Hasan | 78 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 125.80 |
| Mohammad Kaif | not out | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 127.27 |
| Irfan Pathan | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | did not bat | | | | | |
| Zaheer Khan | did not bat | | | | | |
| Ashish Nehra | did not bat | | | | | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, nb 3, w 11) | 24 | | | | |
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs) | 292 | | | | |
Fall of wickets: 1–29 (Tendulkar, 5.3 ov), 2–111 (Laxman, 4.2 ov), 3–124 (Sehwag, 21.5 ov), 4–163 (Dravid, 32.4 ov), 5-237 (Ganguly, 44.2 ov), 6-290 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.5 ov)
Pakistan Bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 9 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 6.11 | 3 | 1 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 7.44 | 4 | 1 |
| Mohammad Sami | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | 2 | 0 |
| Shoaib Malik | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | 1 | 1 |

#### 2nd innings

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Younis Khan, 3.2 ov), 2-128 (Shoaib Malik, 23.5 ov), 2-155 (28.2 ov), 3-186 (Mohammad Yousuf, 35.5 ov), 4-284 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 48.2 ov)
Pakistan Batting :
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| Salman Butt | not out | 108 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 83.07 |
| Younis Khan | c Sehwag b Zaheer | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Malik | c Kaif b Sehwag | 61 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 110.90 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) | c Sehwag b Nehra | 75 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 100 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c †Dravid b Nehra | 18 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 72 |
| Abdul Razzaq | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Shahid Afridi | did not bat | | | | | |
| Kamran Akmal † | did not bat | | | | | |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | did not bat | | | | | |
| Mohammad Sami | did not bat | | | | | |
| Shoaib Akhtar | did not bat | | | | | |
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 2, w 23) | 30 | | | | |
| Total | (4 wickets; 49 overs) | 293 | | | | |
India Bowling :
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Irfan Pathan | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 2 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | 2 | 1 |
| Ashish Nehra | 10 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 6.50 | 1 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.10 | 3 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 7.16 | 1 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |