Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Last ball defeat for India

Pakistan registered a remarkable win over India to level the series 2-2 in the fourth ODI at Ahmedabad. The match also provided the fifth instance of a side achieving the winning target against India off the last possible ball of the match. Interestingly three times out of five such instances Pakistan have inflicted the defeat including that famous last ball six by Javed Miandad in the Australasian Cup final in 1985-86.

The following table lists all instances of last ball defeats for India:

Opp Total India's Total Venue Date
Pak 248-9 (50) 245-7 (50) Sharjah 18 Apr 1986
Eng 224-6 (48) 223-3 (48) Jaipur 18 Jan 1993
Pak 196-8 (49) 195 (48.5) Brisbane 10 Jan 2000
WI 285-6 (50) 283-6 (50) Jamshedpur 06 Nov 2002
Pak 319-7 (48) 315-6 (48) Ahmedabad 12 Apr 2005