TORONTO, Sept 12: Javagal Srinath marked his return from injury lay-off in telling fashion as India restricted Pakistan to 189 for nine in the allotted 50 overs in the opening match of the Sahara cup five-match cricket series here today.The lanky paceman took three wickets for 37 runs and Ganguly claimed three for 33 with their young counterpart Ajit Agarkar (2-47) chipping in well as the Indian seamers rattled the Pakistan line-up after skipper Mohammed Azharuddin inducted them on a seaming track under thickly overcast skies.After a spell of rain in the morning which delayed start by 40 minutes after the toss at the Toronto Skating and Curling Club Ground, the Indian bowlers picked up wickets at regular intervals to take full advantage of the conditions.Left-hander Saeed Anwar compiled 35 and veteran Salim Malik, inducted into the team despite the match-fixing charges he is embroiled in with Ijaz Ahmed, top-scored with 41. But the Indian bowlers who tasted early success, kept pegging away torestrict Pakistan to well under the 200-run mark.Srinath struck the first blow by having big-hitter Shahid Afridi, who began by smashing Agarkar for a huge six, caught in the second slips by Azharuddin. Skipper Aamir Sohail contributed 21 before Ganguly trapped him leg before.ScoreboardPakistan: S Anwar lbw b Kanitkar 35, S Afridi c Azhar b Srinath 9, A Sohil lbw b Ganguly 21, Inzamamul-Haq c Dravid b Ganguly 20, S Malik c and b Srinath 41, A Razzak c Mongia b Srinath 3, Ijaz Ahmed c Azhar b Srinath 21, Moin Khan not out 14, A Mahmood c Joshi b Agarkar 1, Aaquib Javed b Agarkar 1, Mohammed Zahid not out 7; Extras (b12, lb2, nb3) 17.Total (for nine wickets, 50 overs) 189.Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-70, 3-73, 4-121, 5-129, 6-124, 7-164, 8-164, 9-180.Bowling: Javagal Srinath 10-0-37-3, Ajit Agarkar 10-0-47-2, Venkatesh Prasad 10-0-36-0, Sourav Ganguly 10-0-33-3, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 5-1-12-1, Sunil Joshi 5-1-22-0.
