| BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match [1] | |
| Team1: | India |
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| Team1score: | 292/6 |
| Team1overs: | 50 overs |
| Team2: | Pakistan |
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| Team2score: | 293/4 |
| Team2overs: | 49 overs |
| Date: | 13 November 2004 |
| Stadium: | Eden Gardens |
| City: | Kolkata |
| Man Of The Match: | Salman Butt |
| Umpires: | Krishna Hariharan (On-field) Simon Taufel (On-field) Ivaturi Shivram (TV Umpire)Clive Lloyd (Match Referee) |
The BCCI Platinum Jubilee match was played between India and Pakistan on 13 November 2004 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata,[1] as a part of BCCI's week-long platinum jubilee celebrations to commemorate 75 years of the board's existence.[2]
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.
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)
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)