1996 'Friendship' Cup

The 1996 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1996 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 14–23 September 1996. The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 3-2. This was the first edition of the annual event.

Squads

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Sachin Tendulkar (C) Mohammad Azharuddin Anil Kumble Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Aashish Kapoor Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Nayan Mongia (Wk) Sunil Joshi Javagal Srinath Venkatesh Prasad	Wasim Akram (C) Aamer Sohail Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mushtaq Ahmed Moin Khan (Wk) Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shadab Kabir Waqar Younis

Records

• Dravid and Mohammad Azharuddin put on a partnership of 161 runs in the second ODI- highest third wicket partnership for India in ODIs eclipsing the previous best of 158 runs put up by Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mohinder Amarnath against New Zealand.
• Azhar and Saleem Malik crossed 6000 runs in ODIs during the series.

External links

• Tournament home at ESPN Cricinfo