Put in to bat first, the Indians made 197 for six from their 40 overs and then managed to restrict the Pakistanis to 181 for eight in yet another close encounter between the two sides. Rahul Dravid, who made 66 (82b, 1x4, 2x6) for the Indians, was adjudged Man of the Match.

Other Indian batsmen who shone in the match were Ajay Jadeja (58) and opener Saurav Ganguly (33). Dravid and jadeja, who came together when the Indians were reeling at 58 for four, put on 109 for the fifth wicket.

For the Pakistanis, Ijaz Ahmed topscored with 56 while opener Shahid Afridi made 37 and Mohammed Hussain 28.

The Indians had won the first match in Dubai on Friday by 14 runs. The last engagement will be played here tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD
Azharuddin XI:Sachin Tendulkar c Khan b Mahmood 8, Saurav Ganguly c Afridi b Hussein 33, Robin Singh run out 0, Mohd Azharuddin b Mahmood 4, Rahul Dravid c Zahid b Mahmood 66, Ajay Jadeja b Hussein 58, Hrishikesh Kanitkar not out 9, Saba Karim not out 3; Extras: (4lb, 10w, 2nb) 16. Total:(for 6 wkts in 40 overs) 197

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-15, 3-24, 4-58, 5-167, 6-187
Bowling: Javed 8-0-30-0, Mahmood 8-1-34-3, Hussein 8-0-44-2, Afridi 6-0-38-0, Sohail 7-0-26-0, Zahid 3-0-21-0

Latif XI: Aamir Sohail c Karim b Prasad 18, Shahid Afridi st Karim b David 37, Mohd Hussein c Laxman b David 28, Inzamum-ul Haq st Karim b David 4, Moin Khan run out 14, Ijaz Ahmed c Azhar b Singh 56, Rashid Latif run out 0, Basit Ali not out 5, Azhar Mahmood run out 0, Aaqib Javed not out 5; Extras (6lb, 7w, 1nb) 14.

Total: (for 7 wickets in 40 overs) 181
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-77, 3-92, 4-103, 5-151, 6-151, 7-170, 8-173
Bowling: Srinath 8-0-40-0, Prasad 8-1-20-1, Robin Singh8-1-37-1, David 8-1-38-3, Kanitkar 5-0-19-0, Tendulkar 3-0-21-0