Pakistan won by 7 wickets

Delhi 213 for 9 (Bhatia 75, Dhawan 52)

Pakistan 215 for 3 (Butt 83) in 42.4 overs

Rajat Bhatia hit 75 and Shikhar Dhawan 52 as no other batsman could get past 16 and three run outs blighted their chances.

Rajat Bhatia hit 75 and Shikhar Dhawan 52 as no other batsman could get past 16 and three run outs blighted their chances.

Butt, who lost his place in the side during the South Africa series, then made 83 before retiring, by which time Pakistan were well on course for the win.

Misbah-ul-Haq was dismissed for a patient 39 from 93 balls before Yasir Hameed (33 not out) and Fawad Alam (10 not out) guided Pakistan to victory.

Man of the Match: Salman Butt

Delhi vs Pakistan, Tour Game

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, November 2, 2007

Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) & R Radhakrishnan (Ind)

Toss: Pakistan (Elected to field)
Match Status: Pakistan won by 7 wkts
Batting: Delhi Innings
Total:(213 for 9 in 50 overs)
Run Rate: 4.26

Fall Of Wickets
1/7 (Gautam Gambhir, 1.5 ov.), 2/41 (Aakash Chopra, 11.2 ov.), 3/41 (Mithun Manhas, 11.3 ov.), 4/46 (Virat Kohli, 12.5 ov.), 5/136 (Shikhar Dhawan, 34.1 ov.), 6/157 (Mayank Tehlan, 39.4 ov.), 7/173 (Puneet Bisht, 43.6 ov.), 8/191 (Rajat Bhatia, 47.3 ov.), 9/200 (Gaurav Chabra, 48.5 ov.)

Batting: Pakistan Innings
Total:(215 for 3 in 42.4 overs)
Run Rate: 5.04

Fall Of Wickets
1/13 (Kamran Akmal, 0.6 ov.), 2/66 (Imran Nazir, 6.2 ov.), 3/182 (Misbah Ul-Haq, 36.3 ov.)

The Teams

Delhi: Aakash Chopra, Gautam Gambhir (c) , Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Virat Kohli, Rajat Bhatia, Mayank Tehlan, Puneet Bisht (w) , Gaurav Chabra, Aditya Jain, Pradeep Jaiveer Sangwan, Chetanya Nanda, Amit Bhandari, Kunal Lal, Ishant Sharma (sub) , Yogesh Nagar (sub) , Ashish Nehra (sub)

Pakistan: Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (w) , Salman Butt, Misbah Ul-Haq, Yasir Hameed, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik (c) , Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar, Rao Iftikhar, Abdur Rehman

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