Nasir Jamshed scored the highest number of runs while team-mate Saeed Ajmal claimed the highest number of wickets in the just concluded three-one day match series between Pakistan and in India which former won 2-1
The Pakistani opener scored 241 runs at an average of 120.50 and a strike rate of 75.31 with two centuries in three innings of as many matches. He hit 22 fours and three six in this series. Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the number one position for hosts. The Indian skipper, scored 203 runs at 203.00 and a strike rate of 75.46 with one century and one fifty in three innings of as many matches. He hit just 12 fours and seven sixes in three innings.
Saeed Ajmal shared the first sport with team mate Junaid Khan amonth the bowlers. The Pakistani off spinner claimed eight wickets at an average of 10.75 and a economical rate of 2.89 in three matches while left arm medium fast bowler, Junaid Khan took same number of wickets at 12.37 and a economical rate of 3.66.
Ishant Sharma was the most successfull bowler for the hosts The right arm fast medium claimed seven wickets at 15.57 with a economical rate of 3.71 in three matches.
As many as three centuries were scored, two from Pakistan side and one from the hosts. Nasir Jamshed scored both hundreds for Pakistan while India’s lone hundred was scored by their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the second match at Kolkata
Two bowlers,both from Pakistan, claimed a four-wicket haul. Saeed Ajmal record his best bowling in one day internationals by taking five for 24 in 9.4 overs in the third and final match at Delhi. It was second best bowling performance by a Pakistani bowler against India in India after Naved-il-Hasan’s six for 27 at Jamshedpur on April 7,2005 and best by a spinner against India. Mushtaq Ahmed’s five for 36 at Toronto on September 23,1996 was the previous best by a Pakistani spinner against India Saaed Ajmal’s previous best was five for 43 against England at Abu Dhabi on February 13,2012. Junaid Khan’s four-wicket haul, four for 43, came in the first match at Chennai.
