India's Past World Cup Crusades Against Pakistan

1992 - India won by 43 runs at Sydney        

It was the first encounter in this tournament for both the teams, India won the toss and elected to bat. After the departure of K.Srikkanth who was jittery, saw Azharuddin coming in to join Ajay Jadeja who then put up a solid partnership. It was arrayed and carried on by the young Sachin Tendulkar sending the fielders to the covers to post a target of 216, though a meager total it held back Pakistan.

This match reminds us of Javed Miandad mimicking Kiran More by jumping high like a monkey thrice, but his efforts with the bat couldn’t owe them win. Indian pace department with likes of Kapil, Prabhakar and Srinath proved quite hefty for the Pakistani batsmen to handle. But it was Tendulkar who again with his remarkable performance with the ball, removing Aamir who was in form and set to blaze.
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