Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq won the toss and elected to bat against Board President's XI in the three-day tour opening match at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala [Images] on Thursday.

Play was stopped in the three-day tour match due to rains.

Taufeeq Umar [Images] was batting on four while Salman Butt [Images] was on one when rains intervened with just 2.4 overs being bowled after Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul Haq had won the toss and elected to bat.

Earlier, the start of the match, scheduled for 0930 IST, was delayed by 50 minutes due to bad light and a heavy cloud cover made things appear bleak.

But despite the poor weather, people turned out in large numbers to witness the match. There was huge support for the Pakistanis with a straight driven four by Umar receiving thunderous applause from the crowd.

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Teams:

Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] (captain), Taufeeq Umar, Salman Butt, Yousuf Youhana, Younis Khan, Asim Kamal, Abdul Razzaq [Images], Kamran Akmal, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Sami [Images], Naved-ul-Hasan Rana.

Board President's XI: Mohammed Kaif (captain), Satyajit Parab, Dheeraj Jadhav, Parthiv Patel, Y Venugopala Rao, Suresh Raina, Niraj Patel, Ramesh Powar [Images], Gagandeep Singh, Shiv Shankar Paul, Rudra Pratap Singh.

Umpires: Sameer Bandekar, Sudhir Asnani.

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