1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final

The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played on 18 April 1986 between India and Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.[1] It marked the culmination of the first Austral-Asia Cup and was won by Pakistan who defeated India by one wicket to lift their first ODI trophy.[2]

1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final
Sharjah Cricket Ground
Event1986 Austral-Asia Cup
India Pakistan
245/7 248/9
50 overs 50 overs
Date18 April 1986
VenueSharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Road to the Final

India reached the final by defeating Sri Lanka by seven wickets, while Pakistan reached the final by defeating New Zealand by ten wickets.[3]

Details

Heading into the match, Pakistan remained unchanged from their semi-final victory over New Zealand while India made one change with Dilip Vengsarkar replacing Sandeep Patil from their victory over Sri Lanka.[4] Imran Khan won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar opened with a 117 run partnership before Krishnamachari Srikkanth attempt for a six was caught by Wasim Akram. Dilip Vengsarkar scored a half-century before being clean bowled by Wasim Akram with the score at 216. The scorecard remained the same as Kirti Azad was sent back by Akram for no score. Kapil Dev struck a boundary before being bowled by Imran Khan. Later India lost quick wickets of Chetan Sharma and Ravi Shastri before losing wicket Sunil Gavaskar with Gavaskar only being eight runs shy of a century. India finished on 245 for 7 from their fifty overs with the last eights overs getting them 38 runs.[2] For Pakistan, Wasim Akram was the best of the bowlers with three wickets while Imran Khan claimed two wickets.[5][6]

Chasing the target of 246 to win, Pakistan lost in-form batsman Mudassar Nazar leg before wicket to Chetan Sharma with the total at nine. New man Rameez Raja also couldn't make a good score as he was dismissed by Maninder Singh for ten. Javed Miandad pushed the score slowly along with opener Mohsin Khan. Madan Lal clean bowled Khan for 36 with the scorecard at 61 for 3. Miandad built good partnerships with Saleem Malik and later Abdul Qadir, who made a quick 34, before being caught by substitute fielder Raman Lamba.[7] Still Pakistan were 67 runs away from victory. Imran Khan and Manzoor Elahi perished while going for big hits, but Miandad was moving the score at one end, trying to maintain the asking rate with occasional boundaries and sixes.

At the end of 49th over, Pakistan were 235 for seven and required 11 runs from six balls to win the cup. Chetan Sharma was bowling the 50th over of the match and Miandad struck the first ball to the long-off boundary, but Kapil fielded it and returned the ball quickly and Wasim Akram was run out trying to get the second run. Miandad struck a boundary off the second ball but could score only a single in the third ball. Wicket-keeper batsman Zuldarnain was clean bowled by Sharma for a duck which left Pakistan needing five runs from two deliveries. Last man Tauseef Ahmed scrambled a single off the fifth ball as Mohammad Azharuddin missed a clean run-out chance. Pakistan needing four runs and India one final wicket from the last ball. Chetan Sharma's intended yorker became a full toss which was dispatched into crowds by Miandad for a six. Pakistan finished on 248 for 9 with Miandad remained unbeaten on 116 as he helped Pakistan to win their maiden One Day trophy.[8] For India, Chetan Sharma was the best of the bowlers with three wickets while Madan Lal claimed two wickets. Javed Miandad was adjudged the man of the match while Sunil Gavaskar was declared the Man of the Series.[9][10][11]

Scorecard
India batting[9]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Krishnamachari Srikkanth c Wasim Akram b Abdul Qadir 75 80 8 2 93.75
Sunil Gavaskar b Imran Khan 92 134 6 0 68.66
Dilip Vengsarkar b Wasim Akram 50 64 0 1 78.12
Kirti Azad b Wasim Akram 0 3 0 0 0.00
Kapil Dev * b Imran Khan 8 8 1 0 100.00
Chetan Sharma run out 10 10 1 0 100.00
Ravi Shastri b Wasim Akram 1 2 0 0 50.00
Chandrakant Pandit not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Mohammad Azharuddin
Madan Lal
Maninder Singh
Extras (lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 245

Fall of wickets: 1–117 (Srikkanth), 2–216 (Vengsarkar), 3–216 (Kirti Azad), 4–229 (Kapil Dev), 5–242 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6–245 (Ravi Shastri), 7–245 (Chetan Sharma)

Pakistan bowling[9]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Imran Khan 10 2 40 2 4.00
Wasim Akram 10 1 42 3 4.20
Manzoor Elahi 5 0 33 0 6.60
Mudassar Nazar 5 0 32 0 6.40
Abdul Qadir 10 2 49 1 4.90
Tauseef Ahmed 10 1 43 0 4.30


Pakistan batting[9]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Mudassar Nazar lbw b Sharma 5 22 1 0 22.73
Mohsin Khan b Madan Lal 36 53 4 0 67.92
Rameez Raja b Maninder Singh 10 15 0 0 66.67
Javed Miandad not out 116 114 3 3 101.75
Saleem Malik run out 21 37 0 0 56.76
Abdul Qadir c sub (R Lamba) b Kapil Dev 34 39 1 1 87.18
Imran Khan * b Madan Lal 7 10 0 0 70.00
Manzoor Elahi c Shastri b Sharma 4 5 0 0 80.00
Wasim Akram run out 3 4 0 0 75.00
Zulqarnain b Sharma 0 1 0 0 0.00
Tauseef Ahmed not out 1 1 100.00
Extras (lb 11) 11
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 248

Fall of wickets: 1–9 (Mudassar Nazar), 2–39 (Rameez Raja), 3–61 (Mohsin Khan), 4–110 (Saleem Malik), 5–181 (Abdul Qadir), 6–209 (Imran Khan), 7–215 (Manzoor Elahi), 8–236 (Wasim Akram), 9–241 (Zulqarnain)

India bowling[9]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Kapil Dev 10 1 45 1 4.50
Chetan Sharma 9 0 51 3 5.67
Madan Lal 10 0 53 2 5.30
Maninder Singh 10 0 36 1 3.60
Ravi Shastri 9 0 38 0 4.22
Azharuddin 2 0 14 0 7.00

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