Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1984–85

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Indians in Pakistan in 1984-85

	India	Pakistan
Dates	14 October 1984 – 10 November 1984
Captains	Sunil Gavaskar	Imran Khan
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Ravi Shastri (210)	Qasim Umar (256)
Most wickets	Ravi Shastri (4)	Azeem Hafeez (11)

The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1984–85 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team; the series was drawn 0–0. The Third Test was cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.

Test matches

1st Test

17–22 October 1984
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	India
428/9d (158 overs) Zaheer Abbas 168 (341) Ravi Shastri 3/90 (46 overs)		156 (72.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 48 Azeem Hafeez 6/46 (23 overs)
		371/6 (f/o) (156 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 101* Jalaluddin 2/61 (24 overs)

Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Shakoor Rana (Pak)
Player of the match: Azeem Hafeez (Pak)

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
Chetan Sharma (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
20 October was a rest day.

2nd Test

24–29 October 1984
Scorecard

India	v	Pakistan
500 (163 overs) Ravi Shastri 139 (270) Abdul Qadir 4/104 (38 overs)		674/6 (224.5 overs) Qasim Umar 210 (442) Anshuman Gaekwad 1/75 (27 overs)

Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Amanullah Khan, Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: Qasim Umar (Pak)

India won the toss and decided to bat.
Manzoor Elahi (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
27 October was a rest day.

3rd Test

4–9 November 1984
scorecard

India	v	Pakistan

Match cancelled
National Stadium, Karachi

No Toss
Test was cancelled because of assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

India won the Wills Series 1-0 by winning the first match. The second match was abandoned following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the third cancelled when the tour was called off.

1st ODI

12 October 1984
Scorecard

Pakistan 199/7 (40 overs)	v	India 200/3 (37.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 55 (56) Kapil Dev 3/36 (8 overs)		SC Khanna 31 (37) Manzoor Elahi 2/18 (4 overs)

India won by 7 wixkets
Ayub National Stadium, Quetta
Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Manzoor Elahi (PAK)

India won the toss and elected to field.
Manzoor Elahi (PAK) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

31 October 1984
Scorecard

India 210/3 (40 overs)	v	Pakistan
DB Vengsarkar 94* (102) Mudassar Nazar 2/27 (8 overs)

No result
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Shakoor Rana

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Sajid Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

2 November 1984
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	India

Match cancelled
Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar

References

Lynch, Steven (27 October 2014). "ESPNcricinfo XI: Tours that ended prematurely or never happened". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
Woodcock, John, ed. (1986). "The Indians in Pakistan, 1984-85". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1986. ISBN 9780947766054.

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Preceding season: International cricket in 1984
September 1984	Australia in India
October 1984	India in Pakistan West Indies in Australia
November 1984	New Zealand in Pakistan and Sri Lanka England in India and Sri Lanka
December 1984	Sri Lanka in Australia English women in Australia
January 1985	Pakistan in New Zealand
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March 1985	New Zealand in the West Indies Four-Nations Cup
Following season: International cricket in 1985

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