India clinches world series
NZPA-AAP Melbourne India won the World Championship of Cricket final by eight wickets over Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last evening. India scored 177 for the loss of two wickets from just 47.1 overs in reply to Pakistan’s earlier total of 176 for nine from its maximum 50 overs. The not out batsmen for India were the opener, Ravi Shastri, on 63, and Dilip Vengasarker, on 18. The man of the match was awarded to the Indian opener, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who hit a brilliant 67 from 78 deliveries, including six fours and two sixes. His teammate, Ravi Shastri, was named champion of champions for the series. Last evening’s win for India followed up its controversial win in the 1983 Prudential World Cup in England when it beat the West Indies. Scoreboard: PAKISTAN Mudassar Nazar c Viswanath b Kapil Dev 14 Mohsin Khan c Azharuddin b Kapil Dev 5 Ramiz Raja c Sikkanth b Sharma 4 Qasim Omar b Kapil Dev 0 Javed Miandad stpd Viswanath b Sivaramakrishnan... 48 Imran Khan run out. .. . 35 Salim Malik c Sharma b Sivaramakrishnan... 14 Wasim Raja not out. .. . 21 Tahir Naqqash c Viswanath b Shastri . 10 Anil Dalpat c Shastri b Sivaramakrishnan... 0 Azeem Hafeez not out. . . 7 Extras (b 7 lbB, wl, nb2). 18 Total (for 9wkts) 176 Fall: 17, 29, 29, 33, 101, 131, 131, 142, 145. Bowling.—Kapil Dev 9,1, 23, 3 (wl, nbl); Chetan Sharma 7,1, 17, 1 (nbl); Madan Lal 6,1, 15, 0; Mohinder Amarnath 9,0, 27, 0; Ravi Shastri 10, 0, 44, 1; Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 9,0, 35, 3. INDIA R. Shastri, not out 63 K. Srikkanth c Raja b Imran 67 M. Azharuddin b Naqqash 25 D. Vengasarkar not out. . 18 Extras (2w, 21b) 4 Total 177 Fall of wickets: 103, 142. Bowling: Imran Khan 10, 3, 28, 1; Azeem Hafeez 10, 1, 29, 0; Tahir Naqqash 10, 2, 35, 1; Wasim Raja 7.1, 0, 42, 0; Mudassar Nazar 8,0, 26, 0; Salim Malik 2,0, 15, 0. Batting time: 191 min. Overs: 47.1.
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