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Chennai: Opener Nasir Jamshed led from the front as he cracked an unbeaten 101 to help Pakistan register comfortable six-wicket victory over India in the first ODI at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai.
Shoaib Malik smashed a boundary off Ashok Dinda to take Pakistan to victory target of 228 in 48.1 overs. Pakistan lead the three-match series 1-0. The second and third ODI will be played on January 3 and 6 in Kolkata and Delhi respectively.
Jamshed and Malik shared an unbroken 56-run stand for the fifth wicket to lead the successful run chase for the visitors.
India got a huge sigh of relief with Younus Khan's dismissal, who notched up 58 off 60 balls. Ashok Dinda struck to give India a crucial breakthrough, removing Younus who played towards mid wicket on low full toss where Ravichandran Ashwin pouched a low catch to end the blistering knock.
Pakistan picked the pace as Jamshed and Younus started targeting part time bowlers by hammering fours and sixes all over the park.
The duo produced a good batting display to resurrect Pakistan innings, stitching 112-run stand to set the foundation for Pakistan after Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck for the second time to dent visitor's run-chase by dismissing Azhar Ali.
Making his ODI debut, Bhuvneshwar struck on the first delivery of his career to bowl out Mohammad Hafeez. Kumar forced Ali (9) to play a shot straight to Rohit Sharma at mid wicket to leave Pakistan struggling at 21/2 in 10.2 overs.
Earlier, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni single-handedly resurrected India's innings with a defiant unbeaten century as the hosts recovered from a top-order collapse to post a fighting 227 for 6.
MS Dhoni is the Man of the Match for his hundred.
Pacer Junaid Khan had justified his captain Misbah-ul-Haq's decision to bowl first in damp conditions with a four-wicket haul, which cleaned up the Indian top order, before Dhoni (113 off 125 balls) got going and brought the home team back into the match.
The under-fire skipper, who also completed 7,000 ODI runs during the course of his innings, rescued the hosts with some fine support from Suresh Raina (43) and R Ashwin (31 not out) down the order.
Dhoni and Ashwin shared the best-ever seventh-wicket partnership for India, adding 125 runs.
Big guns such as Gautam Gambhir (8), Virat Kohli (0) and Yuvraj Singh (2) made blink-and-miss appearances as Junaid worked his magic, getting ample support from Mohammed Irfan and pace spearhead Umar Gul.
Brief scores
India 227 for 6 (Dhoni 113*, Raina 43, Junaid 4-43)
Pakistan 228 for 4 (Jamshed 101*, Younis 58, Kumar 2-27)
Result Pakistan won by six wickets
MOM MS Dhoni (India)
