View source for Pakistani cricket team in India in 2007–08

{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
[[File:Test Match Cricket India Vs. Pakistan.jpg|thumb|Play from the third Test Match meeting between India and Pakistan, Banglore, December 2007]]
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name              = Pakistani cricket team in India in 2007–08
| team1_image              = Flag of Pakistan.svg
| team1_name               = Pakistan
| team2_image              = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name               = India
| from_date                = 2 November
| to_date                  = 12 December 2007
| team1_captain            = [[Shoaib Malik]]<br/>[[Younus Khan]]<br/>{{small|(3rd Test)}}
| team2_captain            = [[Anil Kumble]] (Tests)<br>[[MS Dhoni]] (ODIs)
| no_of_tests              = 3
| team1_tests_won          = 0
| team2_tests_won          = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs    = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] (464)
| team2_tests_most_runs    = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (534)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Danish Kaneria]] (12)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Anil Kumble]] (18)
| player_of_test_series    = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
| no_of_ODIs               = 5
| team1_ODIs_won           = 2
| team2_ODIs_won           = 3
| team1_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] (283)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (272)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[Sohail Tanvir]] (8)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[R. P. Singh|RP Singh]] (6)
| player_of_ODI_series     = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (Ind)
}}
The [[Pakistan national cricket team]] toured India in November [[International cricket in 2007–08|2007]] and played five [[One Day International|ODIs]] and three [[Test cricket|Test match]]es between 6 November and 12 December. India won the ODI series  by a 3–2 margin,<ref>{{cite news|title=India seal Pakistan series after easy win|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/india/20071115.htm|access-date=27 January 2018|work=Rediff.com|date=15 November 2007}}</ref> while the Test series was won by a 1–0 margin.
==Background==
The tour schedule was released in mid June 2007. It was announced that the Pakistan squad would arrive on 2 November and would play five ODIs followed by three Tests, the tour that would follow [[Australian cricket team in India in 2007|Australia's India tour]] for seven ODIs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia and Pakistan face packed schedule in India|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/297811.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 June 2007}}</ref> In mid October 2007, the first three ODIs were rescheduled in that it was announced that they would be played a day each in advance, in order to accommodate the third ODI on a Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Change in Pakistan's tour itinerary|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/315268.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=13 October 2007}}</ref>
This was the fourth tour combined between the two countries in as many years. Pakistan came to India on the back of a superior record against the Indian side in both Tests and ODIs. In Tests they had a 12–8 record in their favour, while in ODIs from 1978 till the start of this series, they had won 62 per cent of the games, with the figure dropping to 57 after 2000.<ref name="Teleg">{{cite web|last1=Ahmed|first1=Issam|title=Pakistan and India embark on more mature relationship|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/nov/05/cricket.comment|website=The Guardian|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006030138/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/nov/05/cricket.comment|archive-date=6 October 2014|date=5 November 2007}}</ref> India also had a poor home record in ODIs against Pakistan having won six matches and lost 15 leading up to the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Engrossing battles owe a lot to the intensity|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Engrossing-battles-owe-a-lot-to-the-intensity/article14869087.ece|access-date=28 January 2018|work=The Hindu|date=3 November 2007}}</ref>
Issam Ahmed of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|the Telegraph]]'' felt that on the backdrop of the [[Pakistani state of emergency, 2007|declaration of emergency in Pakistan]] and the Pakistan team's "disappointing" performance [[South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08|at home against South Africa]], "enthusiasm on the street seems pretty hard to come by".<ref name="Teleg"/> The same state was echoed in India by ''[[The Hindu]]'' which dubbed this Pakistan team the "weakest ... to tour India" while adding that despite the "number of young players with proven ability [it] lacks names that inspire awe". It also attributed this to "playing each other every year, due to which the novelty of watching the two neighbours slug it out has waned" and that the "intensity ... has ... reduced".<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan expected to take it easy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Pakistan-expected-to-take-it-easy/article14868186.ece|access-date=28 January 2018|work=The Hindu|date=2 November 2007}}</ref> However, Pakistan's coach [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] called the series "bigger than the Ashes".<ref name="Teleg"/>
==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!colspan=2|ODIs
!colspan=2|Tests
|-
!{{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndODISquad"/>
!{{cr|PAK}}<ref name="PakODISquad"/>
!{{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndTestSquad"/>
!{{cr|PAK}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan bank on pace|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/321497.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]], [[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Sourav Ganguly]]
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Virender Sehwag]]
* [[Rohit Sharma]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[R. P. Singh]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[S. Sreesanth]]
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
|
* [[Shoaib Malik]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Shahid Afridi]]
* [[Shoaib Akhtar]]
* [[Kamran Akmal]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Fawad Alam]]
* [[Iftikhar Anjum]]
* <s>[[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammad Asif]]</s>
* [[Salman Butt]]
* [[Umar Gul]]
* [[Yasir Hameed]]
* [[Younis Khan]]
* [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]]
* [[Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980)|Abdur Rehman]]
* [[Sohail Tanvir]]
* [[Misbah-ul-Haq]]
* [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]]
|
* [[Anil Kumble]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Rahul Dravid]]
* [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Sourav Ganguly]]
* [[Wasim Jaffer]]
* [[Dinesh Karthik]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Murali Kartik]]
* [[Zaheer Khan]]
* [[V. V. S. Laxman]]
* [[Munaf Patel]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Ishant Sharma]]
* [[Harbhajan Singh]]
* [[R. P. Singh]]
* [[V. R. V. Singh]]
* [[Yuvraj Singh]]
* [[S. Sreesanth]]
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
|
* [[Shoaib Malik]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Shoaib Akhtar]]
* [[Kamran Akmal]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Iftikhar Anjum]]
* [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]]
* [[Salman Butt]]
* [[Umar Gul]]
* [[Yasir Hameed]]
* [[Rao Iftikhar]]
* [[Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)|Faisal Iqbal]]
* [[Danish Kaneria]]
* [[Younis Khan]]
* [[Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980)|Abdur Rehman]]
* [[Mohammad Sami]]
* [[Sohail Tanvir]]
* [[Misbah-ul-Haq]]
* [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]]
|}
A 16-member Pakistan ODI squad was named on 26 October 2007. [[Shoaib Akhtar]] who had served a ban that followed an altercation with a teammate was included in the side. From the team that [[South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08|played South Africa at home]], [[Mohammad Hafeez]] and [[Khalid Latif (cricketer)|Khalid Latif]] were dropped.<ref name="PakODISquad">{{cite news|title=Shoaib Akhtar named in 16-man ODI squad|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/317199.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=26 October 2007}}</ref> [[Younus Khan]] was appointed as their [[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Younis appointed vice-captain|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/317799.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> [[Mohammad Asif (cricketer)|Mohammad Asif]] was ruled out initially for the first three ODIs,<ref>{{cite news|title=Injury rules Asif out of first three ODIs|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/317941.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=1 November 2007}}</ref> and later the subsequent ODIs and the Test series due to an elbow injury, before being replaced by [[Mohammad Sami]] leading into the Test series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohammad Sami recalled to Pakistan squad|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320508.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=16 November 2007}}</ref> India announced their squad for the first two ODIs 27 October. [[Rahul Dravid]] and [[Dinesh Karthik]] were dropped following inconsistent performances in the preceding series and were replaced by [[Virender Sehwag]] and [[Gautam Gambhir]], with [[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]] as the only new inclusion in the squad.<ref name="IndODISquad">{{cite news|title=Sehwag replaces Dravid for first two one-dayers|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/317314.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=27 October 2007}}</ref> An unchanged side announced for the next two ODIs.<ref name="KumbleCaptain">{{cite news|title=Kumble to captain in Test series against Pakistan|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/318897.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 November 2007}}</ref>
Bowler [[Anil Kumble]] was named [[List of India national cricket captains|India's Test captain]] for the series.<ref name="KumbleCaptain"/> A 14-member squad was announced on 14 November for the first two Tests; [[Gautam Gambhir]], [[Virender Sehwag]] and [[Irfan Pathan]] made way for spinners [[Harbhajan Singh]] and [[Murali Kartik]].<ref name="IndTestSquad">{{cite news|title=Harbhajan returns for Pakistan Tests|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/319715.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 November 2007}}</ref> After [[S. Sreesanth]] and [[R. P. Singh]] were ruled out of the First Test owing to shoulder injury and an [[Abdominal external oblique muscle#Oblique strain|oblique abdominal strain]] respectively, [[Ishant Sharma]] and [[Munaf Patel]], the latter recovering from injury himself, were drafted into the squad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sreesanth and RP Singh ruled out of first Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/321346.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=21 November 2007}}</ref> After they lost [[Zaheer Khan]] to injury after the Second Test, India called in [[Irfan Pathan]] and [[V. R. V. Singh]] to their side for the Third.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pathan, VRV and Ishant drafted in|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/323852.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=5 December 2007}}</ref> Pakistan named the same side for the Test series that played the ODIs. After [[Umar Gul]] was returned home following an injury sustained in the First Test, [[all-rounder]] [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]] was named as his replacement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Umar Gul to fly home after another injury|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/322735.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=29 November 2007}}</ref> Captain [[Shoaib Malik]] was ruled out of the Third Test upon failing a fitness test following an injury he suffered in the First Test.<ref>{{cite news|title=Malik ruled out of Bangalore Test|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324050.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=6 December 2007}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Younus Khan]] was asked to lead the side.<ref>{{cite news|title=Younis to lead, deflects reports of rift|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324189.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 December 2007}}</ref>
==Tour match==
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 2 November 2007
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| score1 = 213/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 215/3 (42.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK|name=Pakistan}}
| runs1 = [[Rajat Bhatia]] 75 (107)
| wickets1 = [[Younis Khan]] 2/25 (6 overs)
| runs2 = [[Salman Butt]] 83 (84)
| wickets2 = [[Amit Bhandari]] 1/25 (7 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/14167/scorecard/302738 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Anil Dandekar]] and R. Radhakrishnan
| motm = [[Salman Butt]] (Pakistan)<ref name="tourgameTOI">{{cite web|title=Butt returns to form as Pak warm-up in style|url=http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_beat_Delhi_by_7_wickets/articleshow/2512510.cms|work=The Times of India Group|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=cricket.indiatimes.com|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103050657/http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_beat_Delhi_by_7_wickets/articleshow/2512510.cms|archive-date=3 January 2008|date=2 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding)
}}
After putting in [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] to bat first in a [[Pitch (cricket)|pitch]] that assisted [[Swing bowling|swing]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] picked quick wickets reducing the hosts to 46/4. A 91-run stand between [[Shikhar Dhawan]] and [[Rajat Bhatia]] then followed before a lower order collapse took Delhi's score to 213 after 50 overs. In reply, [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]] slammed 34 from 22 balls before he was removed by [[Amit Bhandari]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Butt and Younis star in convincing victory|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/318026.html|access-date=27 January 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=2 November 2007}}</ref> [[Salman Butt]] and [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] (39) then put together a 116-run stand, with the former [[Retired (cricket)|retiring hurt]] after brisk 83 off 84 balls. Subsequently, [[Yasir Hameed]] took the team home while remaining unbeaten on 33.<ref name="tourgameTOI"/>
==ODI series==
===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs international|
| date = 5 November
| time = 08:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 239/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 242/5 (47 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricket)|Mohammad Yousuf]] 82[[not out|*]] (88)
| wickets1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 2/33 (5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] 63 (77)
| wickets2 = [[Shoaib Akhtar]] 2/52 (8 overs)
| result = India won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297801.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] (Pak) became the eighth Pakistan player to aggregate 1,000 runs against India in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dhoni's records, and Pakistan's mid-innings slump|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/318512.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs international
| date = 8 November
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 321/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 322/6 (49.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 99 (91)
| wickets1 = [[Shoaib Akhtar]] 3/42 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Younus Khan]] 117 (110)
| wickets2 = [[R. P. Singh]] 2/59 (10 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297802.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Mohali]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Suresh Shastri]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Younis Khan]] (Pak)
| rain =
| notes = Pakistan's 322 was their highest total in a successful chase,<ref>{{cite web|title=Younis stars in thrilling win|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/318848.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> before it was surpassed in [[2014 Asia Cup#Fixtures and results|2014]] when they made 329 against [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Records tumble as Afridi gives an encore|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21550527|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs international
| date = 11 November
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 294/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 248 (47.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 77 (95)
| wickets1 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 2/26 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Salman Butt]] 129 (142)
| wickets2 = [[R. P. Singh]] 3/62 (8 overs)
| result = India won by 46 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297803.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Green Park Stadium]], [[Kanpur]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) became the third wicketkeeper-batsman to score more than 1,000 ODI runs in a year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Butt's amazing run, and India's dreaded duo|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/319415.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
===4th ODI===
{{Limited overs international
| date = 15 November
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 255/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 260/4 (46.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricket)|Mohammad Yousuf]] 99[[not out|*]] (104)
| wickets1 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 2/40 (10)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 97 (102)
| wickets2 = [[Umar Gul]] 1/42 (8)
| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297804.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]], [[Gwalior]]
| umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI) and [[Amiesh Saheba]] (Ind)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs and became the third player to complete 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs.<ref name="4ODIStats">{{cite web|title=Ganguly completes a treble, and Zaheer gets 200|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/320467.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Zaheer Khan]] (Ind) picked his 200th wicket in ODIs.''<ref name="4ODIStats"/>
*''[[Sourav Ganguly]] played his last ODI match.''
}}
===5th ODI===
{{Limited overs international
| date = 18 November
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 306/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 275 (49.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Shoaib Malik]] 89 (82)
| wickets1 = [[S. Sreesanth]] 3/52 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rohit Sharma]] 52 (61)
| wickets2 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 4/53 (9.5 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 31 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297805.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI) and [[Suresh Shastri]] (Ind)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Shoaib Malik]] (Pak)
| rain =
| notes = [[Praveen Kumar (cricketer)|Praveen Kumar]] (Ind) and [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] (Pak) made their ODI debut.
*''[[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] and [[Shoaib Malik]] (Pak) [[Partnership (cricket)|put together]] 168 runs, Pakistan's highest against India for the fourth wicket.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Fifth One-Day International, India v Pakistan|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/348087.html|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
==Test series==
===1st Test===
{{Test match |
date = 22–26 November |
team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |
score-team1-inns1 = 231 (96.2 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 =  [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 82 (243) |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 4/38 (21.2 overs) |
score-team2-inns1 = 276 (78.4 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[VVS Laxman]] 72[[not out|*]] (135) |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Danish Kaneria]] 4/59 (21.4 overs) |
score-team1-inns2 = 247 (83.1 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Salman Butt]] 67 (140) |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 3/68 (27.1 overs) |
score-team2-inns2 = 203/4 (61.1 overs)|
runs-team2-inns2 =  [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 56[[not out|*]] (110) |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shoaib Akhtar]] 4/58 (18.1 overs)|
result = India won by 6 wickets |
venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] |
umpires =[[Billy Doctrove]] (WI) and [[Simon Taufel]] (Aus) |
motm = [[Anil Kumble]] (Ind) |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297806.html Scorecard] |
rain = [[Glossary of cricket terms#bad light|Bad light]] ended play on days 1 and 4 before scheduled time.|
notes = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind) surpassed [[Allan Border]]'s aggregate of 11,174 runs to become the [[List of Test cricket records#Career runs|second-highest run-scorer in Tests]]. He became only the third Indian, after [[Sunil Gavaskar]] and [[Rahul Dravid]], to aggregate 1,000 runs in the fourth innings of Tests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar goes past Border|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/322210.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=25 November 2007}}</ref>
}}
===2nd Test===
{{Test match |
date = 30 November–4 December |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|PAK}} |
score-team1-inns1 = 616/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (152.5 overs)|
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 202 (274)|
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 2/166 (39 overs)|
score-team2-inns1 = 456 (151.1 overs)|
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 161[[not out|*]] (351)|
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 5/122 (47 overs)|
score-team1-inns2 = 184/4d (42.4 overs)|
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Wasim Jaffer]] 56 (75)|
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Shoaib Akhtar]] 2/46 (12.4 overs)|
score-team2-inns2 = 214/4 (77 overs)|
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Younus Khan]] 107[[not out|*]] (211)|
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/73 (25 overs)|
result = Match drawn|
venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]] |
umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] (WI) and [[Rudi Koertzen]] (SA)|
motm = [[Wasim Jaffer]] (Ind)|
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297807.html Scorecard]|
rain =  Bad light ended play before scheduled time on days 1, 2 and 4.
}}
===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date = 8–12 December
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 626 (150.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 239 (361)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]] 5/161 (39 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 537 (168.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 133[[not out|*]] (322)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 5/118 (33.1 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 284/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (76.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 91 (134)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]] 2/49 (13.3 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 162/7 (36 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)|Faisal Iqbal]] 51 (54)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 5/60 (14 overs)
| result = Match drawn
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen]] (SA) and [[Simon Taufel]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/297808.html Scorecard]
| rain =
| notes = [[Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1982)|Yasir Arafat]] (Pak) made his Test debut.
*''[[Ranjan Madugalle]] (SL) [[Match referee|refereed]] his 100th Test.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Third Test Match, India v Pakistan|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/348090.html|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Sourav Ganguly]] (Ind) scored his first double [[Century (cricket)|century]] in Tests. His 239 in the first innings was the highest by an India left-handed player surpassing [[Vinod Kambli]]'s 227.''<ref name="3TDay2Stats">{{cite web|title=A feast for left-handers|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324554.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
*''Yasir Arafat became the eighth Pakistan bowler to pick a [[List of cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|five-wicket haul on Test debut]].''<ref name="3TDay2Stats"/>
*''[[Salman Butt]] (Pak) reached 1,000 runs in Tests.''<ref name="3TDay2Stats"/>
*''[[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] and [[Younis Khan]] surpassed the pair of Yousuf and [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] for most runs scored while batting together in Tests (3,080),<ref name="3TDay3Stats">{{cite web|title=Yousuf-Younis break partnership records|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324706.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> before it was broken by the pair of Khan and [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] in [[West Indian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2016–17#2nd Test|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Misbah – Younis break Pakistan's all-time partnership record for most runs|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/83430/misbah-younis-break-pakistan-cricket-teams-all-time-partnership-record|publisher=CricBuzz|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref> They also surpassed [[Gordon Greenidge]] and [[Desmond Haynes]] (WI) for most runs scored together while batting against India.''<ref name="3TDay3Stats"/>
*''India conceded 76 [[Extra (cricket)|extras]] in Pakistan's first innings, the highest in a Test; it included 35 [[Bye (cricket)|byes]], the second highest.''<ref name="3TDay4Stats">{{cite web|title=Extras galore, and Arafat's near-miss|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/324954.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
*''As of 2024, this has been the last test match played between the two nations''
}}
==Broadcast==
India's public service broadcaster [[Prasar Bharati]] bought the [[Broadcasting of sports events|broadcasting rights]] of the entire series, both ODIs and Tests, in [[Doordarshan]] for {{INR}}81.25 [[crore]]. It also bought rights for radio commentary for {{USD}}10,000 for each ODI and Test.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prasar Bharati wrests marketing rights of India-Pak series|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/Prasar-Bharati-wrests-marketing-rights-of-India-Pak-series/articleshow/2514923.cms?|access-date=27 January 2018|agency=Press Trust of India|work=The Times of India|date=3 November 2007}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/297427.html Tour home] at [[ESPN Cricinfo]]
* [http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1614622.html Pakistan to India 2007-08] at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Events/6/Pakistan_in_India_2007-08.html|name=Pakistan in India 2007/08}}
{{International cricket in 2007–08}}
{{International cricket tours of India}}
{{India national cricket team}}
{{Pakistan national cricket team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakistani Cricket Team in India in 2007-08}}
[[Category:2007 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:2007 in Pakistani cricket]]
[[Category:Indian cricket seasons from 2000–01]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2007–08]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricket tours of India|2007-08]]