2005–06 DLF Cup

2005-06 DLF Cup April 18, 2006 – April 19, 2006 UAE United Arab Emirates Series tied 1-1 Pakistan Inzamam ul-Haq India India Pakistan Pakistan India Rahul Dravid Pakistan Inzamam ul-Haq Rahul Dravid (112)Virender Sehwag (73)Mahendra Singh Dhoni (62) Inzamam-ul-Haq (119)Younis Khan (76)Shoaib Malik (57) Ramesh Powar (4)Ajit Agarkar (3)Irfan Pathan (3) Shoaib Malik (3)Naved-ul-Hasan (3)Shahid Afridi (2) 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 India DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - India Squad https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/OD_TOURNEYS/DLF/SQUADS/DLF_APR2006_IND-SQUAD.html 2022-07-28 i.imgci.comPakistan Pakistan DLF Cup in U.A.E., 18 and 19 Apr 2006 - Pakistan Squad https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/OD_TOURNEYS/DLF/SQUADS/DLF_APR2006_PAK-SQUAD.html 2022-07-28 i.imgci.com 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 daynight yes IND 197 (50 Overs) 201/4 (48.3 Overs) PAK 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 Scorecard Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Younis Khan (PAK) India won the toss and chose to bat. Pakistan leads the series 1-0. 2nd ODI 19 April daynight yes IND 269/5 (50 Overs) 218 (45.2 Overs) PAK 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 Scorecard Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) Rahul Dravid (IND) India won the toss and chose to bat. India levels the series 1-1. Notes Category:International cricket competitions in 2005–06