1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket Final
The 1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played on 10 March 1985 between India and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.[1] Popularly known as World Championship of Cricket, this ODI tournament was held from 17 February to 10 March 1985 in Australia and it marked the culmination of the only World Championship of Cricket with India defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets.[2][3]
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| Event | World Championship of Cricket | ||||||||
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| Date | 10 March 1985 | ||||||||
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Krishnamachari Srikkanth (Ind) | ||||||||
Road to the Final
India reached the final by defeating New Zealand by seven wickets,[4] while Pakistan reached the final by defeating West Indies by seven wickets.[5]
Details
Heading into the match, Pakistan had to play Azeem Hafeez instead of Wasim Akram, from their semi-final victory over West Indies while India made one change with Chetan Sharma replacing Roger Binny from their victory over New Zealand. Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad won the toss and elected to bat. Kapil Dev had Pakistan reeling at 29/3 as he dismissed Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan and Qasim Umar. Soon Rameez Raja was dismissed by Sharma cheaply, but Captain Javed Miandad and Imran Khan steadied Pakistan with 68 runs partnership after both had been controversially given not out by umpire Raymond Isherwood, having edged deliveries to the wicketkeeper. Ironically for India, Imran was yet to open his account. Finally the partnership was broken as Imran was run out for 35. Later Saleem Malik and Javed Miandad, both got dismissed by L Sivaramakrishnan with the same score reading 131.
At one stage, Pakistan were 145/9 in 42 overs, but Wasim Raja, the last official batsman for Pakistan remained unbeaten on 21 as he pushed the score with the help of tailender Azeem Hafeez. At the end of the stipulated 50 overs, Pakistan made only 176 for 9, a below par score in a final. For India, Kapil Dev claimed three wickets, While Sharma, Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath had economical spell of under 3 runs per over. 19-year-old leg spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan had been a revelation during the tournament and produced another superb spell in the final claiming 3 wickets. It was the first time, in the tournament, that India had failed to bowl out the opposition. India bagged 49 out of a maximum possible 50 wickets in the tournament.
Indian openers Ravi Shastri and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, each had wonderful tournament and chasing the target of 177 to win, their century opening stand did most of the work for their strong batting line-up. Finally Srikkanth was dismissed for 67 by Imran. Azharuddin had a 39 runs partnership with Shastri before being dismissed for 25. Ravi Shastri and Vengsarkar remained unbeaten on 63 and 18 respectively as Indian chased down 177 in 47.1 overs. None of the Pakistan bowlers threatened Indian batsmen, even though Imran Khan, Azeem Hafeez, Tahir Naqqash and Mudassar Nazar had economical spells. For their consistency, at the end of the match, Srikkanth won the Player of the Match award, while Shastri was named the player of the tournament, or as it was known, the Champion of Champions.[6][7] He was awarded his prize of an Audi 100 motor car, valued at A$35,000 and immediately drove it around the MCG with his entire team sitting either in or on the car[8][9] The attendance of 35,296 in the match was the highest in Australia at a match in which the home side was not involved
Scorecard
| Pakistan batting | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mudassar Nazar | c Vishwanath b Kapil Dev | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 35.89 | |
| Mohsin Khan | c Azharuddin b Kapil Dev | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| Rameez Raja | c Srikkanth b Sharma | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Qasim Umar | b Kapil Dev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Javed Miandad * | st Vishwanath b Sivaramakrishnan | 48 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| Imran Khan | run out | 35 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 52.23 | |
| Saleem Malik | c Sharma b Sivaramakrishnan | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Wasim Raja | not out | 21 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 80.76 | |
| Tahir Naqqash | c Vishwanath b Shastri | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
Anil Dalpat |
c Shastri b Sivaramakrishnan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Azeem Hafeez | not out | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 7) (lb 8) (nb 2) (w 1) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 176 | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mohsin Khan), 2-29 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-29 (Qasim Umar), 4-33 (Ramiz Raja), 5-101 (Imran Khan), 6-131 (Saleem Malik), 7-131 (Javed Miandad), 8-142 (Tahir Naqqash), 9-145 (Anil Dalpat)
| India bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2.55 | |
| Chetan Sharma | 7 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2.42 | |
| Madan Lal | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2.50 | |
| M Amarnath | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Ravi Shastri | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | 9 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 3.88 | |
| India batting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Ravi Shastri | not out | 63 | 148 | 3 | 0 | 42.56 | |
| K Srikkanth | c Wasim Raja b Imran Khan | 67 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 87.01 | |
| M Azharuddin | b Tahir Naqqash | 25 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 96.15 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | not out | 18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| SM Gavaskar * | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Mohinder Amarnath | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Kapil Dev | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Madan Lal | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Chetan Sharma | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Sadanand Viswanath |
did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 47.1 overs) | 177 | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-142 (Mohammad Azharuddin) and James Anderson (2-21
| Pakistan bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Imran Khan | 10 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 | |
| Azeem Hafeez | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2.29 | |
| Tahir Naqqash | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Wasim Raja | 7.1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5.86 | |
| Mudassar Nazar | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.25 | |
| Saleem Malik | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | |
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