2005–06 DLF Cup

2005-06 DLF Cup
2005-06 DLF Cup
Date	April 18, 2006 – April 19, 2006
Location	United Arab Emirates
Result	Series tied 1-1
Player of the series	Inzamam ul-Haq
India
Teams
India	Pakistan
Captains
Rahul Dravid	Inzamam ul-Haq
Most runs
Rahul Dravid (112); Virender Sehwag (73); Mahendra Singh Dhoni (62)	Inzamam-ul-Haq (119); Younis Khan (76); Shoaib Malik (57)
Most wickets
Ramesh Powar (4); Ajit Agarkar (3); Irfan Pathan (3)	Shoaib Malik (3); Naved-ul-Hasan (3); Shahid Afridi (2)
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The DLF Cup (named after sponsor DLF) was the name for two one-day internationals between India and Pakistan to be held in United Arab Emirates in April. The revenue of the friendship cup matches went to help the victims of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. The DLF Cup also signifies the return of cricket to the Middle East after a 6-year absence.

Schedule

Date	Match	Venue
18 April	1st ODI	Abu Dhabi
19 April	2nd ODI	Abu Dhabi

Squads

India ^[1]	Pakistan ^[2]
Rahul Dravid (c) Virender Sehwag (vc) Robin Uthappa Yuvraj Singh Mohammad Kaif Suresh Raina MS Dhoni (wk) Irfan Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ramesh Powar Ajit Agarkar Munaf Patel Venugopal Rao Sreesanth R. P. Singh	Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Younis Khan (vc) Imran Farhat Shoaib Malik Mohammad Yousuf Kamran Akmal (wk) Shahid Afridi Danish Kaneria Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Asif Rao Iftikhar Anjum Naved-ul-Hasan Faisal Iqbal Abdur Rehman

ODI Series

1st ODI

18 April
Scorecard

India 197 (50 Overs)	v	Pakistan 201/4 (48.3 Overs)
Y Venugopal Rao 61 (93) Ajit Agarkar 2/33 (10 Overs)		Younis Khan 71* (96) Shoaib Malik 3/40 (10 Overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
Player of the match: Younis Khan (PAK)

India won the toss and chose to bat.
Pakistan leads the series 1-0.

2nd ODI

19 April
Scorecard

India 269/5 (50 Overs)	v	Pakistan 218 (45.2 Overs)
Rahul Dravid 92 (116) Irfan Pathan 3/35 (10 Overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 79 (91) Naved-ul-Hasan 2/45 (10 Overs)

India won by 51 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (IND)

India won the toss and chose to bat.
India levels the series 1-1.

Notes

^ "DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - India Squad". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
^ "DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - Pakistan Squad". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

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[1] "DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - India Squad". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

[2] "DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - Pakistan Squad". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

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