India v Pakistan @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
14 December 1997
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire: BC Cooray
Match Referee: PJP Burge
Match Result: Pakistan won by 4 wickets
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Saba Karim | run out (Wasim Akram > ) | 18 | 30 | 37 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Sourav Ganguly | b Wasim Akram | 90 | 128 | 193 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3. Navjot Sidhu | run out (Inzamam-ul-Haq > Moin Khan) | 54 | 64 | 97 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Robin Singh | c Moin Khan b Azhar Mahmood | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| *5. Sachin Tendulkar | c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Manzoor Akhtar | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| 6. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Wasim Akram b Saqlain Mushtaq | 39 | 57 | 73 | - | - | |
| 7. Ajay Jadeja | b Saqlain Mushtaq | 6 | 10 | 17 | - | - | |
| 8. Anil Kumble | not out | 11 | 11 | 8 | - | 1 | |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | |||||||
| 10. Abey Kuruvilla | |||||||
| 11. Rajesh Chauhan |
| FOW | 1-31 (Saba Karim), 2-143 (Navjot Sidhu), 3-143 (Robin Singh), 4-147 (Sachin Tendulkar), 5-200 (Sourav Ganguly), 6-224 (Ajay Jadeja), 7-239 (Mohammad Azharuddin). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wasim Akram | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (2w,3nb) |
| Aaqib Javed | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Azhar Mahmood | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Manzoor Akhtar | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Saeed Anwar | c Saba Karim b Javagal Srinath | 104 | 128 | 213 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2. Shahid Afridi | c & b Rajesh Chauhan | 19 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3. Ijaz Ahmed | lbw b Anil Kumble | 16 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Akhtar Sarfraz | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Rajesh Chauhan | 7 | 16 | 19 | - | - | |
| 5. Manzoor Akhtar | lbw b Anil Kumble | 5 | 12 | 10 | - | - | |
| 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Saba Karim b Sourav Ganguly | 19 | 29 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| +7. Moin Khan | not out | 49 | 52 | 82 | 2 | 1 | |
| *8. Wasim Akram | not out | 9 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Azhar Mahmood | |||||||
| 10. Saqlain Mushtaq | |||||||
| 11. Aaqib Javed |
| FOW | 1-48 (Shahid Afridi), 2-79 (Ijaz Ahmed), 3-93 (Akhtar Sarfraz), 4-102 (Manzoor Akhtar), 5-144 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-226 (Saeed Anwar). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 47.2 ovs) 243 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (3w,1nb) |
| Abey Kuruvilla | 8 | 1 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 9.2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
India: Saba Karim, Sourav Ganguly, Navjot Sidhu, Robin Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Abey Kuruvilla, Rajesh Chauhan
Pakistan: Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Ijaz Ahmed, Akhtar Sarfraz, Manzoor Akhtar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Wasim Akram, Azhar Mahmood, Saqlain Mushtaq, Aaqib Javed
