Pakistan ride on Jamshed ton to win first ODI

India vs Pakistan, 1st One Day International, Chennai

Pakistan 228-4 (Jamshed 101*, Younus 58) beat India 227-6 (Dhoni 113*, Junaid 4-43) by six wickets

Pakistan rode on a superb century from Nasir Jamshed to take a 1-0 lead in the series against India. Jamshed batted with patience and poise after the Pakistani bowling had restricted the hosts to 227 earlier in the day. MS Dhoni's brilliant 113 was all in vain as Jamshed, who was well supported by Younus Khan, brought up his hundred with a pull past mid-wicket that took Pakistan to within four runs of victory. Shoaib Malik sealed it with a boundary. India also had an injury scare as Virat Kohli limped off the field after slipping during bowling his last over.

Earlier, Junaid Khan was instrumental in demolishing the Indian top order through swing and seam. He kept hitting timber as 3 of his 4 wickets were bowled. Rohit Sharma then received a devilish leg cutter which bounced on him and was snaffled at 3rd slip by Mohammad Hafeez to reduce India to 29-5. Dhoni then engineered a recovery and was well supported by Suresh Raina and Ashwin as India managed to put up 227 in their 50 over.

That seemed a competitive score as Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, on debut, got rid of Hafeez with his first ball. Azhar Ali was dismissed soon after but Younus and Jamshed then formed a partnership which the Indians found difficult to break. Both had poor umpiring decisions to thank for not ending their innings earlier. Jamshed was caught of the bowling of Ashwin at slip from an inside edge onto pad while Younus should have been adjudged lbw. Yuvraj Singh then put down Jamshed when he was on 66, and that effectively sealed India's fate.

Pakistan begin tour with a win

India vs Pakistan, First Twenty20, Bangalore
Pakistan 134-5( Hafeez 61, Malik 57*) beat India 133-9( Gambhir 43, Gul 3-19)

Pakistan sealed their first victory in t20 internationals against India thanks to composed innings from Hafeez and Shoaib Malik to guide them to their target on a sporting wicket. India did themselves no favours by collapsing in a heap. Ajmal and Gul were the chief wreckers. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar made quite an impression by picking up 3 early wickets on debut. The delivery to get rid of Umar Akmal a particularly vicious inswinger. Hafeez and Malik then steadied the ship before Malik was able to close out a cliffhanger.

Brilliant Innings ending in Defeat

Sachin Tendulkar: 136 vs Pakistan, Chennai, 1998-99

Even a Tendulkar hundred could not win this game for India

It was Pakistan's first tour to India since 1987 and the first time the two sides had met in a test series since 1989. Security threats and a dug up pitch in Delhi marred the beginning of the first test. When it finally got underway, it turned out to be a typical India-Pak encounter with all the twist. After winning the toss, Pakistan were dismissed for 238 in their first innings, but thanks to some good bowling and a hundred from Shahid Afridi, made India chase 271 to win. The Indians lost early wickets and were in trouble at 91-5 with only Tendulkar remaining. He battled the heat, a horrible back spasm and the Pakistani bowling attack along with Nayan Mongia to force India into a position from which it seemed difficult to lose..... But they somehow managed it. Mongia charged down the pitch and was stumped of Saqlain Mushtaq with the score on 251. Tendulkar eventually could not bear the pain and holed out to cover trying to clear midwicket of a doosra. The rest of the batsmen folded in abject surrender as India were bowled out for 258 to hand Pakistan the first test of the series.