Pakistan v India - 1st Test 2016 - Peshawar
Pitch: 80
Toss: India
This match was a good contest for the first 2 days, but India pulled ahead on an improving pitch, amassing a big second innings score, to set Pakistan what would have been a world record run chase.
Good bowling by the Indian spinners saw Pakistan slump to defeat.
Rahat bowled well early in India's first innings, bowling 3 batsmen in an inspired spell, and with Yasir and Hafeez backing him up, India were all out shortly after Tea for 209.
Babar Azam scored 89 for Pakistan in reply, but good swing bowling by Kumar with 6 wickets restricted the home team to a 51 run lead.
Pujara set things up in the 2nd innings, though the others also found run scoring easy on a pitch that flattened out and was best for batting on Day 3.
Jadeja took 6 wickets to send Pakistan to defeat, but Man of the Match was Pujara, for top scoring in both Indian innings, his 2nd innings century putting the visitors in control.
India won by 265 runs
Man of the Match: C.A.Pujara
India 209 all out (72.4 overs)
(C.A.Pujara 37, A.M.Rahane 23, W.P.Saha 32, R.A.Jadeja 26, B.Kumar 20; Rahat Ali 3-42, Yasir Shah 3-31, Mohammad Hafeez 3-15)
Pakistan 260 all out (77.1 overs)
(Mohammad Hafeez 32, Babar Azam 89, Younis Khan 45; B.Kumar 6-70)
India 552 all out (154 overs)
(M.Vijay 37, S.Dhawan 40, C.A.Pujara 113, V.Kohli 56, A.M.Rahane 78, W.P.Saha 27, R.Ashwin 23, R.A.Jadeja 39, B.Kumar 27, A.Mishra 68*, U.T.Yadav 23; Rahat Ali 2-92, Mohammad Nawaz 2-66, Azhar Ali 2-53)
Pakistan 236 (72.5 overs)
(Mohammad Hafeez 38, Azhar Ali 20, Babar Azam 49, Younis Khan 36, Misbah-ul-Haq 22, Sarfaz Ahmed 36; R.Ashwin 2-51, R.A.Jadeja 6-64)
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