Indian national cricket team in Pakistan in the 2003/04 season

The tour of India's national cricket team to Pakistan in the 2003/04 season took place from March 13 to April 16, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003/04 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . India won the Test Series 2–1 and the ODI Series 3–2.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour in New Zealand , India a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in India in the 1998/99 season . The big issue before the tour was safety. An Indian team examined the venues and accepted the conditions found. Peshawar and Karachi in particular were questionable until the end, but both cities received an ODI.

Stages

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 15, 2003.

Karachi Lahore Multan Peshawar Rawalpindi

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	1. ODI
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	60,000	2. test; 4th & 5th ODI
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	30,000	1st test
Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	20,000	3. ODI
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	25,000	3rd test; 2. ODI

Squad lists

Pakistan named its roster on February 7, 2004. India named its roster on March 22, 2004.

test		ODI
Pakistan	India	Pakistan	India
Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Asim Kamal Danish Kaneria Fazl-e-Akbar Imran Farhat Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Moin Khan ( wk ) Saqlein Mushtaq Shabbir Ahmed Shoaib Akhtar Taufeeq Umar Umar Gul Yasir Hameed	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Rahul Dravid ( UK ) Ajit Agarkar Lakshmipathy Balaji Aakash Chopra Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Parthiv Patel ( wk ) Irfan Pathan Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh	Inzamam-ul-Haq ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Imran Farhat Mohammad Sami Mohammad Yousuf Moin Khan ( wk ) Naved-ul-Hasan Shabbir Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Taufeeq Umar Yasir Hameed Younis Khan	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Hemang Badani Lakshmipathy Balaji Rahul Dravid ( wk ) Mohammad Kaif Murali Kartik Zaheer Khan VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Irfan Pathan Ramesh Powar Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh

Tour matches

March 11th scorecard	Lahore	Indians 335-6 (50)	-	Pakistan A 336-4 (46)
		Pakistan A wins with 6 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Karachi

March 13 scorecard	Karachi	India 349-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 344-8 (50)
		India wins with 5 runs

Second ODI in Rawalpindi

March 16 scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 329-6 (50)	-	India 317 (48.4)
		Pakistan wins with 12 runs

Third ODI in Peshawar

March 19 scorecard	Peshawar	India 244-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 247-6 (47.2)
		Pakistan wins with 4 wickets

Fourth ODI in Lahore

March 21 scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 293-9 (50)	-	India 294-5 (45)
		India wins with 5 wickets

Fifth ODI in Lahore

March 24th scorecard	Lahore	India 293-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 253 (47.5)
		India wins with 40 runs

Testing

First test in Multan

March 28th - April 1st Scorecard	Multan	India 675-5d (161.5) & 216 (77)	-	Pakistan 407 (126.3)
		India wins with one innings and 52 runs

Second test in Lahore

April 5-8 Scorecard	Lahore	India 287 (64.1) & 241 (62.4)	-	Pakistan 489 (160.1) & 40-1 (7)
		Pakistan wins with 9 wickets

Parthiv Patel was fined for openly showing dissatisfaction with a referee's decision.

Third test in Rawalpindi

April 13-16 Scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 224 (72.5) & 245 (54)	-	India 600 (177.2)
		India wins with one innings and 131 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Virender Sehwag	India	3	4th	438	109.50	309	1	1
Rahul Dravid	India	3	4th	309	77.25	270	1	0
Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan	3	5	280	56.00	112	1	1
Yuvraj Singh	India	3	4th	230	57.50	112	1	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	3	5	219	43.80	118	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Anil Kumble	India	3	130.3	15th	25.93	6/72	1	0
Irfan Pathan	India	3	134	12	28.50	4/100	0	0
Lakshmipathy Balaji	India	3	106	12	30.75	4/63	0	0
Danish Kaneria	Pakistan	2	81.5	7th	35.42	3/14	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	3	86.2	7th	42.42	3/47	0	0
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	3	123	7th	62.14	2/92	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	5	5	340	68.00	123	2	0
Rahul Dravid	India	5	5	248	62.00	99	0	2
Yasir Hameed	Pakistan	5	5	238	47.60	98	0	2
Sachin Tendulkar	India	5	5	213	42.60	141	1	0
Sourav Ganguly	India	5	5	165	33.00	45	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	5	49.4	11	27.18	3/41	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	5	48	9	29.33	3/49	0	0
Irfan Pathan	India	3	30th	8th	17.87	3/32	0	0
Zaheer Khan	India	5	45	7th	41.57	3/66	0	0
Lakshmipathy Balaji	India	5	45.1	6th	45.00	3/62	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Virender Sehwag
ODI	Inzamam-ul-Haq

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Inzamam-ul-Haq
2. ODI	Sachin Tendulkar
3. ODI	Yasir Hameed
4. ODI	Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. ODI	VVS Laxman
1st test	Virender Sehwag
2nd test	Umar Gul
3rd test	Rahul Dravid

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BCCI team to inspect security in Pakistan ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Indian delegation happy with arrangements ( English ) Cricinfo. February 11, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
3. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Karachi and Peshawar to get atleast one match each ( English ) Cricinfo. February 20, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
4. ↑ Bangladesh tour schedule announced ( English ) Cricinfo. July 15, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
5. ↑ Waqar left out of provisional squad ( English ) Cricinfo. February 7, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
6. ↑ Agarkar and Kumble in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 22, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
7. ↑ Anand Vasu: Patel fined 60% of match fee ( English ) Cricinfo. April 6, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / India in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
9. ↑ Records / India in Pakistan Test Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
10. ↑ Records / India in Pakistan ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
11. ↑ Records / India in Pakistan ODI Series, 2003/04 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 1, 2017.