Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2003–04

The Indian national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 2003–04 cricket season. India played five One Day International and three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team. The series was called the Samsung cup. India won the ODI series 3-2 and test series 2-1.

Indians in Pakistan in 2003-04
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 11 March 2004 – 16 April 2004
Captains Sourav Ganguly (Odis and 3rd test)
Rahul Dravid (1st and 2nd test)		 Inzamam-ul-Haq
Test series
Result India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Virender Sehwag (438) Yousuf Youhana (280)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (15) Danish Kaneria (7)
Player of the series Virender Sehwag (Ind)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Rahul Dravid (248) Inzamam-ul-Haq (340)
Most wickets Irfan Pathan (8) Mohammad Sami (11)
Player of the series Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

Background

It was announced in early January 2004 that India would tour Pakistan in March that year.[1] After the India team's management and players expressed security concerns in Pakistan,[2] the Board of Control for Cricket in India sent a three-member team in February to assess the situation and reported that they were "satisfied with the (security) measures being planned by Pakistan".[3] Happy with their report, the Indian government gave a go-ahead to the tour after a few days.[4]

India entered the Test series never having won a Test in Pakistani soil.[5]

Squads
Tests
 Pakistan[5]  India[6]

India's 15-man squad for the Test series was announced on 22 March 2004. Yuvraj Singh, rewarded for his consistent performances in the domestic circuit, and spinner Anil Kumble and medium-pacer Ajit Agarkar, who recovered from injuries, were included. The squad comprised seven batsmen, four medium-pacer and three spinners.[6] The Pakistan Test squad was announced three days later. Batsmen Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan were dropped and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was included.[5]

India's captain Sourav Ganguly was ruled out of the side due to an injured back before the First Test. Rahul Dravid, who had previously led India only once, was named the stand-in captain.[7] Ganguly returned for the Third Test as player and captain. Also, Ashish Nehra was brought in the side in Ajit Agarkar's place for that Test.[8]

Tour match

Pakistan A v Indians
11 March 2004
Scorecard
Indians 
335/6 (50 overs)
v
Pakistan A
336/4 (46 overs)
Rahul Dravid 92* (69)
Qaiser Abbas 2/56 (10 overs)
Taufeeq Umar 104 (89)
Virender Sehwag 1/22 (5 overs)
Pakistan A won by 6 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak)
  • Pakistan A won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI
13 March 2004
Scorecard
India 
349/7 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
344/8 (50 overs)
Rahul Dravid 99 (104)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/73 (10 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 122 (102)
Zaheer Khan 3/66 (10 overs)
India won by 5 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI
16 March 2004 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
329/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
317 (48.4 overs)
Yasir Hameed 86 (108)
Ashish Nehra 3/44 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 141 (135)
Mohammad Sami 3/41 (9.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 12 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

3rd ODI
19 March 2004
Scorecard
India 
244/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
247/6 (47.2 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 65 (76)
Shabbir Ahmed 3/33 (10 overs)
Yasir Hameed 98 (116)
Irfan Pathan 3/58 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI
21 March 2004 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
293/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
294/5 (45 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 123 (121)
Zaheer Khan 2/43 (10 overs)
Rahul Dravid 76* (92)
Mohammad Sami 2/50 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI
24 March 2004 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
293/7 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
253 (47.5 overs)
V. V. S. Laxman 107 (104)
Mohammad Sami 3/63 (10 overs)
Moin Khan 72 (71)
Irfan Pathan 3/32 (10 overs)
India won by 40 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: V. V. S. Laxman (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Test series

1st Test
28 March–1 April 2004
Scorecard
v
675/5d (161.5 overs)
Virender Sehwag 309 (375)
Mohammad Sami 2/110 (34 overs)
407 (126.3 overs)
Yasir Hameed 91 (151)
Irfan Pathan 4/100 (28 overs)
216 (77 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 112 (164)
Anil Kumble 6/72 (30 overs)
India won by an innings and 52 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Virender Sehwag (Ind) became the first batsman for India to score a triple century in Tests. It was also the second fastest in Tests, in terms of balls faced (364).
  • This was India's first Test win on Pakistani soil.

2nd Test
5–8 April 2004
Scorecard
v
287 (64.1 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 112 (129)
Umar Gul 5/31 (12 overs)
489 (160.1 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 118 (243)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/81 (33 overs)
241 (62.4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 90 (134)
Danish Kaneria 3/14 (6.4 overs)
40/1 (7 overs)
Yasir Hameed 16* (12)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 1/15 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Umar Gul (Pak)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Yuvraj Singh (Ind) scored his first century in Tests.

3rd Test
13–16 April 2004
Scorecard
v
224 (72.5 overs)
Mohammad Sami 49 (122)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/63 (19 overs)
600 (177.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 270 (495)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/47 (21.2 overs)
242 (54 overs)
Asim Kamal 60 (90)
Anil Kumble 4/47 (8 overs)
India won by an innings and 131 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)

References
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  2. "India's players raise security concerns". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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  4. "Tour to go ahead". ESPN Cricinfo. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. "Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi dropped". The Tribune. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. "Yuvraj, Kumble in Test squad". The Tribune. 22 March 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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  8. "Chopra axed; Ganguly may open". The Tribune. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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