A excellent fielding on the group by Mohinder Amarnath, who scored 51 runs and took two crucial wickets helped India secure a their historic first ODI win against Pakistan by a narrow margin of thrilling 4 runs and India go up 1-0 lead in a 40-over-a-side contest during the first One-day international.
Catch the Cricket highlights of the 1st ODI match between Pakistan and India, played on October 01, 1978, at the Ayub National Stadium, Quetta. This match was part of India's tour of Pakistan, a 3-match One-day international series where India beat Pakistan by 4-runs.
Match Highlights
India secured a thrilling 4-run win over Pakistan in the first ODI and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
India Innings:
India posted 170 for 7 in their allotted 40 overs with Mohinder Amarnath was the top-scorer with 51 off 61 balls, Debutant Surinder Amarnath impressed on his ODI debut with 37 runs off 41 balls featuring 4 fours.
Dilip Vengsarkar contributed 34 off 57 balls with 3 fours and a six, while Anshuman Gaekwad added 16 runs off 35 balls with a boundary and Debutant Kapil Dev remained a unbeaten 13 off 12 balls on his first ODI match contained 2 fours.
Pakistan Bowling:
For Pakistan, Sarfraz Nawaz was the best bowler for Pakistan - who taking 3 wickets for 34 runs in 8 overs included a maiden and Hasan Jamil captured 2 wickets.
Pakistan Innings:
In the reply, Pakistan managed 166 for 8 in their allotted 40 overs with Majid Khan was the top-scorer with 50 off 64 balls contained 2 fours.
Zaheer Abbas made 26 off 39 balls with a boundary, Mohsin Khan contributed 17 off 33 balls with a four and Hasan Jamil added 16 off 19 balls.
India Bowling:
For India, Mohinder Amarnath and Bishan Bedi was the best bowlers for India - each claimed 2 wickets, debutant Kapil Dev took 1 wicket on his ODI debut and Karsan Ghavri also picked up 1 wicket.
Player of the match:
Mohinder Amarnath was named Player of the Match for his all-round performance to scoring a brilliant 51 off 61 balls and he taking 2 crucial wickets for 38 runs in 8 overs delivering excellent fielding.
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