The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1984–85 cricket season. They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team; the series was drawn 0–0. The Third Test was cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.
Test matches
1st Test
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17–22 October 1984
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428/9d (158 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 168 (341) Ravi Shastri 3/90 (46 overs) |
156 (72.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 48 Azeem Hafeez 6/46 (23 overs) |
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371/6 (f/o) (156 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 101* Jalaluddin 2/61 (24 overs) |
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Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Shakoor Rana (Pak) Player of the match: Azeem Hafeez (Pak) |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
- Chetan Sharma (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
- 20 October was a rest day.
2nd Test
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24–29 October 1984
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500 (163 overs)
Ravi Shastri 139 (270) Abdul Qadir 4/104 (38 overs) |
674/6 (224.5 overs)
Qasim Umar 210 (442) Anshuman Gaekwad 1/75 (27 overs) |
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Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Amanullah Khan, Mahboob Shah Player of the match: Qasim Umar (Pak) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Manzoor Elahi (Pak) made his debut in Tests.
- 27 October was a rest day.
3rd Test
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4–9 November 1984
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Match cancelled
National Stadium, Karachi |
- No Toss
- Test was cancelled because of assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984.
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
Pakistan won the Wills Series 1-0 by winning the first match. The second match was abandoned following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the third cancelled when the tour was called off.[2]
1st ODI
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12 October 1984
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Pakistan
199/7 (40 overs) |
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India 200/3 (37.1 overs) |
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Zaheer Abbas 55 (56)
Kapil Dev 3/36 (8 overs) |
SC Khanna 31 (37)
Manzoor Elahi 2/18 (4 overs) |
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India won by 7 wixkets
Ayub National Stadium, Quetta Umpires: Javed Akhtar and Khizer Hayat Player of the match: Manzoor Elahi (PAK) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Manzoor Elahi (PAK) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
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31 October 1984
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India
210/3 (40 overs) |
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DB Vengsarkar 94* (102)
Mudassar Nazar 2/27 (8 overs) |
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No result
Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Shakoor Rana |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Sajid Ali (PAK) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI[edit]
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2 November 1984
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Match cancelled
Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar |