Jamshed ton clinches one-day series for Pakistan

(BBC) Opener Nasir Jamshed struck his second successive century to help Pakistan to an 85-run win over India in the second one-day international in Kolkata.

The win gives them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

After India won the toss, Jamshed (106) and Mohammad Hafeez (74) shared an opening stand of 141, before the visitors were bowled out for 250.

The hosts struggled in reply, and captain Mahendra Dhoni was 54 not out when they were dismissed for 165.

Paceman Junaid Khan (3-39) and spinner Saeed Ajmal (3-20) were the pick of the Pakistan bowlers at Eden Gardens.

Jamshed, 23, was following up the 101 he made in the series-opening six-wicket win in Chennai and his partnership with Hafeez lasted until the 24th over when Hafeez missed while trying to sweep left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and was bowled.

After surviving a run-out appeal in the 38th over, Jamshed reached his century in the 40th with a driven four off Ravichandran Ashwin over mid-off.

His innings, which included 12 fours and two sixes, ended when he advanced down the pitch to Jadeja but was stumped by Dhoni to leave his team on 210-5.

Seamer Ishant Sharma finished with 3-34 while Jadeja managed 3-41.

India’s openers added 42 in 11 overs before Gautam Gambhir was bowled by left-armer Junaid, and the rapid departures of Virat Kohli and Sehwag left them 59-3 in the 15th over.

The hosts took until the 29th over to reach three figures and had already lost five wickets by then, before skipper Dhoni showed some late resistance, having been dropped Shoaib Malik at long-on off Mohammad Irfan.

A defeat by more than 100 runs looked on the cards when Ajmal trapped Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashok Dinda lbw without scoring in the 40th over to leave India 132-9.

However, Dhoni reached his 47th ODI fifty in an unlikely last-wicket stand of 33 – the second highest of the innings – with last man Sharma, who faced 35 balls for his two runs before being bowled by the returning Junaid with two overs remaining.

The final match takes place in Delhi on Sunday, wihen India will look to avoid a humiliating 3-0 whitewash.

 

India v Pakistan

1st T20: Pakistan won by 5 wkts

2nd T20: India won by 11 runs

1st ODI: Pakistan won by 6 wkts

2nd ODI: Pakistan won by 85 runs

3rd ODI, 6 Jan: Delhi

 

 

India won the toss and decided to field

Pakistan Innings

250 all out (48.3 overs)

India Innings

165 all out (48.0 overs)

 

Pakistan 1st Innings – All out

    Runs Balls 4s 6s
Jamshed st Dhoni b Jadeja 106 124 12 2
Hafeez   b Jadeja 76 74 10 0
Azhar Ali run out (Sehwag)   2 10 0 0
Y Khan lbw b Raina 10 20 0 0
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Ashwin 2 5 0 0
Shoaib Malik c Yuvraj Singh b I Sharma 24 30 2 0
K Akmal c Sehwag b Jadeja 0 2 0 0
Gul   b I Sharma 17 17 1 1
Ajmal c Sehwag b B Kumar 7 7 1 0
Junaid Khan not out   0 0 0 0
Irfan   b I Sharma 0 2 0 0
Extras   6w 6  
Total   all out 250 (48.3 ovs)

 

Bowler O M R W
B Kumar 9.0 0 61 1
Dinda 7.0 0 42 0
I Sharma 9.3 0 34 3
Ashwin 10.0 0 49 1
Raina 2.0 0 13 1
Jadeja 10.0 1 41 3
Yuvraj Singh 1.0 0 10 0
Fall of wicket  
141 Hafeez
145 Azhar Ali
177 Y Khan
182 Misbah-ul-Haq
210 Jamshed
210 K Akmal
236 Shoaib Malik
249 Ajmal
250 Gul
250 Irfan

 

India 1st Innings – All out

    Runs Balls 4s 6s
Gambhir   b Junaid Khan 11 25 1 0
Sehwag lbw b Gul 31 43 3 0
Kohli c K Akmal b Junaid Khan 6 9 1 0
Yuvraj Singh c K Akmal b Gul 9 19 0 0
Raina st K Akmal b Hafeez 18 42 1 0
Dhoni not out   54 89 4 1
Ashwin st K Akmal b Shoaib Malik 3 22 0 0
Jadeja c Junaid Khan b Ajmal 13 23 0 0
B Kumar lbw b Ajmal 0 2 0 0
Dinda lbw b Ajmal 0 2 0 0
I Sharma   b Junaid Khan 2 12 0 0
Extras   14w 4lb 18  
Total   all out 165 (48.0 ovs)

 

Bowler O M R W
Irfan 10.0 0 46 0
Junaid Khan 9.0 1 39 3
Gul 7.0 0 24 2
Hafeez 10.0 0 29 1
Ajmal 10.0 1 20 3
Shoaib Malik 2.0 1 3 1
Fall of wicket  
42 Gambhir
55 Kohli
59 Sehwag
70 Yuvraj Singh
95 Raina
103 Ashwin
131 Jadeja
131 B Kumar
132 Dinda
165 I Sharma

Umpires: B F Bowden, V A Kulkarni, R S Mahanama
India: Gambhir, Sehwag, Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Raina, Jadeja, Dhoni (C/W), Ashwin, B Kumar, I Sharma, Dinda
Pakistan: Jamshed, Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Y Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (C), Shoaib Malik, K Akmal (W), Junaid Khan, Gul, Ajmal, Irfan