1996 'Friendship' Cup

The 1996 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1996 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 14–23 September 1996.[1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 3-2. This was the first edition of the annual event.

1996 Friendship Cup
Dates14 – 23 September 1996
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Host(s) Canada
Champions Pakistan
Participants2
Matches5
Player of the seriesIndia Anil Kumble
Most runsIndia Rahul Dravid (220)
Most wicketsIndia Anil Kumble (13)

Squads
 India  Pakistan

Match results

1st ODI
16 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
170/9 (33 overs)
v
 India
173/2 (29.5 overs)
Saeed Anwar 46 (34)
Javagal Srinath 3/23 (7 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 89* (89)
Saleem Malik 1/21 (4 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Lloyd Barker (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to 33 overs per side due to rain.
  • Match was scheduled to be played on 14 September. It was shifted to 16 September due to rain.
  • Azhar Mahmood (Pak) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI
17 September
Scorecard
India 
264/6 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
266/8 (49.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 90 (114)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2/39 (10 overs)
Saeed Anwar 80 (78)
Javagal Srinath 2/53 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Lloyd Barker (WI) and David Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match was scheduled to be played on 15 September. It was shifted to 17 September due to rain.
  • Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) passed 6,000 runs in ODIs.
  • Mohammad Azharuddin and Rahul Dravid set a record for the highest third wicket partnership for India (161 runs).

3rd ODI
18 September
(Scorecard)
India 
191 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
136 (42.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 46 (93)
Wasim Akram 4/35 (9 overs)
Moin Khan 42 (67)
Anil Kumble 4/12 (7 overs)
India won by 55 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and David Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nayan Mongia (Ind) equalled the record of five dismissals in an ODI and became the only wicket-keeper to have done it twice.

4th ODI
21 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
258/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
161 (39.2 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 90 (110)
Anil Kumble 2/36 (10 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 47 (84)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/9 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 97 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Lloyd Barker (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI
23 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
213/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
161 (45.5 overs)
Aamer Sohail 44 (96)
Anil Kumble 3/47 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 23 (44)
Mushtaq Ahmed 5/36 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 52 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Lloyd Barker (WI) and David Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was rescheduled from 22 September due to rain.
  • Saleem Malik (Pak) passed 6,000 runs in ODIs.[2]

Records

References
  1. Tournament fixture list
  2. "Fifth One-Day International, India v Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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