The 1997 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1997 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons was a One Day Internationalcricket series which took place between 13 and 21 September 1997.[1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by India 4–1. The matches were played in white clothing and a red ball was used.
During the 2nd ODI, spectator Shiv Kumar Thind, an Indian living in Toronto, used a megaphone to shout abuse at Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq. Thind likened Inzamam's physical size to that of several kinds of potato and The Buddha. Inzamam took offense to this and proceeded to enter the crowd and challenge Thind. When Thind threw his megaphone at him, ul-Haq borrowed a cricket bat from a teammate and attempted to attack Thind with it. The event subsequently caused a 37-minute delay in the game and later resulted in both men filing charges of assault against one another. Thind and ul-Haq later withdrew the charges, although the Pakistan Cricket Board banned Inzamam for two matches.[4]
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The 1997 Friendship Cup also known as the 1997 Sahara Friendship Cup for sponsorship reasons was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 13 and 21 September 1997 1 The tournament was held in Canada which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other The tournament was won by India 4 1 The matches were played in white clothing and a red ball was used 1997 Friendship CupAdministrator s International Cricket CouncilCricket formatOne Day InternationalHost s CanadaChampions IndiaParticipants2Matches6Player of the seriesSourav GangulyMost runsSourav Ganguly 222 Most wicketsSourav Ganguly 15 19961998 Contents 1 Teams 2 Squads 3 Warm up match 4 ODI series 4 1 1st ODI 4 2 2nd ODI 4 3 3rd ODI 4 3 1 Replay 4 4 4th ODI 4 5 5th ODI 5 Statistics 6 Spectator incident 7 References 8 External linksTeams edit nbsp Canada warm up match only nbsp India nbsp PakistanSquads edit nbsp India nbsp PakistanSachin Tendulkar C Mohammad Azharuddin Rajesh Chauhan Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Harvinder Singh Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Saba Karim Wk Nilesh Kulkarni Abey Kuruvilla Debasis Mohanty Robin Singh Rameez Raja C Aaqib Javed Azhar Mahmood Hasan Raza Inzamam ul Haq Kabir Khan Mohammad Akram Mohammad Hussain Moin Khan Wk Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Shahid NazirWarm up match edit11 September ScorecardCanada nbsp 171 6 35 overs v nbsp India176 4 34 overs George Codrington 101 97 Debasis Mohanty 2 5 5 overs Robin Singh 57 52 Barry Seebaran 3 23 7 overs India won by 6 wicketsAjax Cricket Club Ajax Umpires Nizam Baksh Colin Harvey and Ken PatelIndia won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to rain ODI series edit1st ODI edit 13 September ScorecardIndia nbsp 208 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan188 44 2 overs Mohammad Azharuddin 52 87 Saqlain Mushtaq 5 45 10 overs Saleem Malik 64 87 Harvinder Singh 3 44 8 2 overs India won by 20 runsToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Rudi Koertzen SA Player of the match Ajay Jadeja Ind Pakistan won the toss and elected to field Pakistan innings limited to 49 overs due to their slow over rate Harvinder Singh and Debashish Mohanty Ind made their ODI debuts Mohammad Azharuddin equalled the record for most catches by an India fieldsman 4 2nd ODI edit 14 September ScorecardPakistan nbsp 116 45 overs v nbsp India119 3 34 4 overs Saleem Malik 36 58 Debasis Mohanty 3 15 7 overs Sourav Ganguly 32 86 Saqlain Mushtaq 1 24 8 overs India won by 7 wicketsToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Steve Randell Aus Player of the match Sourav Ganguly Ind Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat Crowd trouble and Inzamam ul Haq s Pak scuffle with the crowd delayed play by 40 minutes after 16th over of India s innings 3rd ODI edit 17 September ScorecardPakistan nbsp 169 3 31 5 overs v nbsp IndiaSaeed Anwar 74 84 Sourav Ganguly 2 39 7 5 overs No resultToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Rudi Koertzen SA and Steve Randell Aus India won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced Pakistan innings to 31 5 overs and India s target was set to 141 runs in 25 overs by Parabola method 2 Subsequent rain led to abandoning of the match and called for a replay Replay edit 18 September ScorecardIndia nbsp 182 6 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan148 36 5 overs Mohammad Azharuddin 67 110 Mohammad Akram 2 28 10 overs Shahid Afridi 44 38 Sourav Ganguly 5 16 10 overs India won by 34 runsToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Rudi Koertzen SA and Steve Randell Aus Player of the match Sourav Ganguly Ind Pakistan won the toss and elected to field 4th ODI edit 20 September ScorecardPakistan nbsp 159 6 28 overs v nbsp India162 3 25 3 overs Azhar Mahmood 33 24 Harvinder Singh 2 25 5 overs Sourav Ganguly 75 75 Shahid Nazir 3 38 6 overs India won by 7 wicketsToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Steve Randell Aus Player of the match Sourav Ganguly Ind India won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 28 overs per side due to rain India innings limited to 26 overs due to their slow over rate 5th ODI edit 21 September ScorecardIndia nbsp 250 5 50 overs v nbsp Pakistan251 5 41 5 overs Sourav Ganguly 96 136 Azhar Mahmood 2 27 10 overs Inzamam ul Haq 71 86 Sourav Ganguly 2 33 9 overs Pakistan won by 5 wicketsToronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto Umpires Rudi Koertzen WI and Steve Randell Aus Player of the match Sourav Ganguly Ind Pakistan won the toss and elected to field Pakistan innings limited to 48 overs due to slow over rate Statistics editMost runs 3 Most wickets 3 nbsp Sourav Ganguly 222 nbsp Sourav Ganguly 15 nbsp Mohammad Azharuddin 197 nbsp Harvinder Singh 9 nbsp Shahid Afridi 145 nbsp Saqlain Mushtaq 8 nbsp Saeed Anwar 140 nbsp Debasis Mohanty 8 nbsp Saleem Malik 132 nbsp Abey Kuruvilla 7Spectator incident editDuring the 2nd ODI spectator Shiv Kumar Thind an Indian living in Toronto used a megaphone to shout abuse at Pakistan batsman Inzamam ul Haq Thind likened Inzamam s physical size to that of several kinds of potato and The Buddha Inzamam took offense to this and proceeded to enter the crowd and challenge Thind When Thind threw his megaphone at him ul Haq borrowed a cricket bat from a teammate and attempted to attack Thind with it The event subsequently caused a 37 minute delay in the game and later resulted in both men filing charges of assault against one another Thind and ul Haq later withdrew the charges although the Pakistan Cricket Board banned Inzamam for two matches 4 References edit Tournament fixture list Archived from the original on 2012 10 23 Retrieved 2017 09 08 India v Pakistan Sahara Friendship Cup 1997 3rd ODI CricketArchive Archived from the original on 2006 07 18 Retrieved 4 August 2017 a b Averages by Team The Worst of Cricket 2008 p 68 69 External links edit1997 Friendship Cup Archived 2012 10 23 at the 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