On This Day 9th April 2005: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan takes his best figures (6/27) vs India at Jamshedpur

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At Jamshedpur, April 9, 2005. Pakistan won by 106 runs. Toss: Pakistan.

The balding and uncharismatic Naved-ul-Hasan proved an effective stand-in for Shoaib Akhtar's more explosive if unreliable gifts, and took a career-best six for 27 to drag Pakistan back into the series. On a helpful pitch, he fiddled his length subtly, extracting movement and bounce. He was complemented by the skiddy nip of Mohammad Sami, who made Tendulkar his 100th one-day international victim, while Younis Khan took four catches for the second time at this level, a unique feat. The contest was all but over when India were 82 for six, though Pathan hit a lusty maiden fifty. Salman Butt, with his second one-day international century - both against India - had given Pakistan's bowlers enough runs to play with. His 101 was one of those dreamy lefthanded centuries, with strokes caressed through cover and point and occasionally flicked over square leg. An incisive 75 from Shoaib Malik and a charming but fleeting appearance from Yousuf Youhana helped to set a target of 320. Afterwards, Ganguly was fined 70% of his match fee for a slow over-rate.

Man of the Match: Naved-ul-Hasan.

Match In Discussion:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64940.html

 

[salmanno1]

Wow at my hometown

 

[imranrizvi85]

I can't believe it's been 8 years since that amazing series Rana had. I remember watching this series at my university. The series was shown on campus and at every match there would be 40-50 indian supporters and anywhere from 5-10 pakistani supporters. The performance Rana displayed in that series was unforgettable, he kept all the indian supporters on campus quiet. Even though us Pakistanis were small in numbers, we were much louder than indian supporters all because of Rana.

 

[Khabri420]

Footage of this spell:

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[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2005. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan took career-best ODI figures of 6-27 as Pakistan beat India by 106 runs in Jamshedpur. Included in Rana's wickets were Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Ganguly <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/C9LxuMtckD">pic.twitter.com/C9LxuMtckD</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1380439215675170818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[Markhor]

Great performance and one of my fondest Pakistan cricket memories.

 

[HussainZ]

Great performance and one of my fondest Pakistan cricket memories.

Rana was such an enjoyable player to watch. If he had twitter or facebook in his time, he would have been the meme guy

 

[dildilpak]

That was a great match!

 

[Mamoon]

I think this is the greatest ODI series by Pakistan. Probably even better than winning 2-1 in Australia in 2002, which we would have lost 3-2 had it been a 5 matches series.

However, winning 4 straight ODIs against India, in India, after losing the first 2 matches was an incredible effort. It was nothing short of a miracle.

It was the finest performance of Inzamam’s ODI captaincy.

Unfortunately, India took revenge with interest the following year when they thrashed Pakistan 4-1 after losing the first ODI in Peshawar in dubious D/L circumstances. They had a consecutive 4 match winning streak of their own.

Our bowlers had no answer to Dhoni and Yuvraj. A young Dhoni with that vampire helmet and long hair was a different beast.

 

[adzzy786]

I think this is the greatest ODI series by Pakistan. Probably even better than winning 2-1 in Australia in 2002, which we would have lost 3-2 had it been a 5 matches series.

However, winning 4 straight ODIs against India, in India, after losing the first 2 matches was an incredible effort. It was nothing short of a miracle.

It was the finest performance of Inzamam’s ODI captaincy.

Unfortunately, India took revenge with interest the following year when they thrashed Pakistan 4-1 after losing the first ODI in Peshawar in dubious D/L circumstances. They had a consecutive 4 match winning streak of their own.

Our bowlers had no answer to Dhoni and Yuvraj. A young Dhoni with that vampire helmet and long hair was a different beast.

How do you know we would have lost to Australia 3-2 if it had been a 5 match series?

Also we are talking about this particular Pak v India series, why bring up the next one? If that’s the car why not bring up other series. Also you want to discredit the win from the series.

I’m perplexed you compliment them on a line and insult them on the next.

It’s like how you can’t compliment them without throwing in a few digs. It’s funny how you pretend to be Pakistani.

 

[Rana]

Rana was a good bowler. Very good Yorkers and slower deliveries. He also used to get some decent Rana Banana swing up front with the new ball. A bit of joker in the field but I miss having a bowler like him.