Indian national cricket team against Pakistan in the 1997 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team against Pakistan in the season 1997 took place from 13 to 21 September 1997 in Canada . The international cricket tour was part of the 1997 international cricket season and included five ODIs . India won the series 4–1.

prehistory

India previously played a tour in Sri Lanka , Pakistan the Asia Cup in 1997 . The two teams had already competed in a comparable series in Canada the year before .

Stages

Toronto

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club Ground	Toronto	4,875	1st - 5th ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

ODI
India	Pakistan
Mohammad Azharuddin Rajesh Chauhan Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Vinod Kambli Saba Karim Nilesh Kulkarni Abey Kuruvilla Debasis Mohanty Ajay Jadeja Harvinder Singh Robin Singh Sachin Tendulkar	Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Hussain Moin Khan Shahid Nazir Rameez Raja Hasan Raza Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi

One-day internationals

First ODI in Toronto

September 13th scorecard	Toronto	India 208 (50)	-	Pakistan 188 (44.2 / 49)
		India wins with 20 runs

Second ODI in Toronto

September 14th scorecard	Toronto	Pakistan 116 (46)	-	India 117-3 (34.4)
		India wins with 7 wickets

In the game there was an incident in which the Pakistani player Inzamam-ul-Haq went into the stands to silence a spectator who had insulted him via megaphone. In addition, the Pakistani substitute brought him a cricket bat from the bank, which Inzamam was only unable to use thanks to the use of security forces. Inzamam-ul-Haq was subsequently suspended for two games.

Third ODI in Toronto

September 17th scorecard	Toronto	Pakistan 169-3 (31.5)	-	India
		No result

September 18 scorecard	Toronto	India 182-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 148 (36.5)
		India wins with 34 runs

Fourth ODI in Toronto

September 20 scorecard	Toronto	Pakistan 159-6 (28/28)	-	India 162-3 (25.3 / 26)
		India wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Toronto

September 21 scorecard	Toronto	India 250-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 251-5 (41.5 / 48)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Williamson: Inzamam and the Canadian aloo ( English ) Cricinfo. April 22, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2017.