1997 'Friendship' Cup

Administrator(s)International Cricket Council

Host(s)

Champions

1997 Friendship Cup
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Host(s)	Canada
Champions	India
Participants	2
Matches	6
Player of the series	Sourav Ganguly
Most runs	Sourav Ganguly (222)
Most wickets	Sourav Ganguly (15)
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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.

Canada - warm-up match only
India
Pakistan

Squads

India	Pakistan
Sachin 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 Nazir

Warm-up match

11 September
Scorecard

Canada 171/6 (35 overs)	v	India 176/4 (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 wickets
Ajax Cricket Club, Ajax
Umpires: Nizam Baksh, Colin Harvey and Ken Patel

India won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to rain.

ODI series

1st ODI

13 September
Scorecard

India 208 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 188 (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 runs
Toronto 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

14 September
Scorecard

Pakistan 116 (45 overs)	v	India 119/3 (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 wickets
Toronto 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

17 September
Scorecard

Pakistan 169/3 (31.5 overs)	v	India
Saeed Anwar 74 (84) Sourav Ganguly 2/39 (7.5 overs)

No result
Toronto 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

18 September
Scorecard

India 182/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 148 (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 runs
Toronto 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

20 September
Scorecard

Pakistan 159/6 (28 overs)	v	India 162/3 (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 wickets
Toronto 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

21 September
Scorecard

India 250/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 251/5 (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 wickets
Toronto 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

Most runs^[3]		Most wickets^[3]
Sourav Ganguly	222	Sourav Ganguly	15
Mohammad Azharuddin	197	Harvinder Singh	9
Shahid Afridi	145	Saqlain Mushtaq	8
Saeed Anwar	140	Debasis Mohanty	8
Saleem Malik	132	Abey Kuruvilla	7