DLF Cup 2005–06

2005-06 DLF Cup
Date April 18, 2006 – April 19, 2007 Location United Arab Emirates Result Series tied 1-1 Player of the series Inzamam-ul-Haq
Teams
India	Pakistan
Captains
Rahul Dravid	Inzamam ul-Haq
Most runs
Rahul Dravid (112) Virender Sehwag (73) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (62)	Inzamam-ul-Haq (119) Younis Khan (76) Shoaib Malik (57)
Most wickets
Ramesh Powar (4) Ajit Agarkar (3) Irfan Pathan (3)	Shoaib Malik (3) Naved-ul-Hasan (3) Shahid Afridi (2)

The DLF Cup was the name for two one-day internationals between India and Pakistan to be held in United Arab Emirates in April. The revenue of the friendship cup matches went to help the victims of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The DLF Cup also signifies the return of cricket to the Middle East after a 6-year absence.

Schedule

Date	Match	Venue
18 April	1st ODI	Abu Dhabi
19 April	2nd ODI	Abu Dhabi

1st ODI

18 April Scorecard

India 197 (50 Overs)	v	Pakistan  201/4 (48.3 Overs)
Y Venugopal Rao 61 (93) Ajit Agarkar 2/33 (10 Overs)		Younis Khan 71* (96) Shoaib Malik 3/40 (10 Overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Player of the match: Younis Khan (PAK)

• India won the toss and chose to bat.
• Pakistan leads the series 1-0.

2nd ODI

19 April Scorecard

India 269/5 (50 Overs)	v	Pakistan  218 (45.2 Overs)
Rahul Dravid 92 (116) Irfan Pathan 3/35 (10 Overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 79 (91) Naved-ul-Hasan 2/45 (10 Overs)

India won by 51 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (IND)

• India won the toss and chose to bat.
• India levels the series 1-1.

Notes