Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005-06
| Indians in Pakistan in 2005-06 | |||
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| India | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 7 January – 20 February 2006 | ||
| Captains | Rahul Dravid | Inzamam-ul-Haq | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Virender Sehwag (294) | Younis Khan (553) | |
| Most wickets | Zaheer Khan (10) | Abdul Razzaq (9) | |
| Player of the series | Younis Khan (Pak) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Yuvraj Singh (344) | Shoaib Malik (314) | |
| Most wickets | Irfan Pathan (9) |
Mohammad Asif (5) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (5) |
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| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | ||
The India national cricket team toured Pakistan for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. Both India and Pakistan had already played Test matches during this season; India were coming off a 2–0 series win at home over Sri Lanka, while Pakistan beat England by the same margin. In ODI cricket, India's last series, in November 2005, ended in a 2–2 draw with South Africa, while Pakistan beat England 3–2 in December 2005. The tour began on 7 January 2006 with India playing Pakistan A in a non-first class game, and continued till 19 February.
Pakistan's captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, said that India started as favourites in the Test series, while former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said that "it's easy to get them (Indian batsmen) out". The official ICC Test Championship had India in second place and Pakistan in fourth, while the ICC ODI Championship had Pakistan in the third place and India in the fifth place, at the end of 2005.
Pakistan won the Test series, claiming the third Test after 36 wickets fell in the first two games combined, while India took the ODI series by a comfortable 4–1 margin.
Match drawn
The Indians won the toss and chose to bat at the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore, and in 77 overs on the first day, they made 298 for four after half-centuries from Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. V. V. S. Laxman and Yuvraj Singh retired after making half-centuries on the second day, and after 27 second-day overs the tourists declared 414 ahead. The Indian seamers Ajit Agarkar and Irfan Pathan got a wicket each in their opening spell, but a 162-run stand between Imran Farhat and Hasan Raza closed the gap. Pathan eventually broke the partnership when Raza, the captain of Pakistan A, was caught behind for 75 off 62 balls, and Farhat was also out shortly afterwards, ending with 107. Faisal Iqbal made 87 for Pakistan A on the final day before they declared on 358 for 9, and Gambhir and Jaffer batted out 13 overs before the game was declared a draw.
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