Watch the highlights of India vs Pakistan 16th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 16th ODI match played between Pakistan and India at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 04th March 1992.
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| Sachin Tendulkar drives through the offside © Getty Images |
Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev's all-round display, Manoj Prabhakar and Javagal Srinath's each two wickets helped to India comprehensive 43-run victory over Pakistan and India marked their first win of the campaign in a high-voltage game of the 16th match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
* This is the first meeting between India and Pakistan in a World Cup tournament.
India scored 216-7 in the allotted 49 overs - match reduced from 50 to 49-overs per a side due to a slow over rate by Pakistan - with top scorer by Sachin Tendulkar cracked a unbeaten 54 off 62-balls including 3-fours, Ajay Jadeja hit 46 off 77-balls included 2-fours.
Kapil Dev hammered a 35 off 26-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 134.61, Mohammad Azharuddin struck 32 off 48-balls including 4-fours and Vinod Kambli scored 24 off 41-balls without a boundary.
Pakistan best bowler by Mushtaq Ahmed picked up 3-wickets, Aaqib Javed took 2-wickets and one for Wasim Haider.
Pakistan bowled out for 173 in 48.1 overs with top scorer by Aamer Sohail struck 62 off 95-balls including 6-fours.
Javed Miandad cracked a 40 off 110-balls including two boundaries and Wasim Haider scored 13 off 24-balls without a boundary.
India best bowler by Manoj Prabhakar captured 2-wickets for 22-runs in 10-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 2.20, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath both took 2-wickets and one for Sachin Tendulkar - Venkatapathy Raju.
Sachin Tendulkar named Player of the match for his all-round performance to took one key wicket for 37-runs in 10-overs after scoring a unbeaten 54 off facing 62-balls including 3-fours.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
Another Pakistan batting collapse provided India with its first win of the cricket World Cup and Australia with further incentive to beat England in Sydney on Thursday.
The Pakistanis were 2-105, but lost 8-68 to be all out for 173, chasing India's 7-216 off 49 overs at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Man of the match Sachin Tendulkar, who finished on 54 not out and took 1-37 from his 10 overs, set up the Indian win, and all-rounder Kapil Dev (2-30 from 10) and his opening partner Manoj Prabhakar (2-22 from 10) condemned Pakistan to an uphill struggle to qualify for the tournament semi-finals.
Both India and Pakistan now have just three points from their four Cup games, Australia is on two and can scurry to a mid-table position if successful against England on Friday.
The Indians' long summer in Australia may have made them homesick, but gave them a decided edge against a Pakistan side which is clearly still trying to find its feet.
The Pakistan batsmen have yet to fire against quality opposition on the bouncier Australian wickets.
Captain Imran Khan believed his team's surrendering to England to be all out for 74-on Sunday was a one-off, but today's performance proves the Pakistani batting needs surgery.
India, which has played without a hint of luck in this tournament, might have turned the corner with the 43-run victory, although another slow start could have. caused problems against the leading teams.
The Indians had flagged their intention to get off to a swift start by dumping Ravi Shastri and promoting youngster Ajay Jadeja up the order to open with Kris Srikkanth.
But the usually aggressive Srikkanth had extraordinary difficulty getting bat to ball before he finally departed for just five from 40 balls, caught behind from the bowling of Aaqib Javed to have India at 1-25 in the 10th over.
Wasim Akram strayed-bowling five wides and two no-balls but veteran Imran Khan and Aaqib kept the brakes on.
Mohammad Azharuddin, fresh from his 93-run thrashing of the Australian attack, joined Jadeja and the pair went about their task efficiently.
Good running and some splendid driving from Azharuddin helped the pair put on 61 before leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed had the Indian captain caught behind for 32. India was 2-86.
Jadeja (46) went in the 28th, caught by a diving Zahid Fazal at midwicket off the bowling of Haider, but that brought Tendulkar to the wicket for a 46-run partnership with his former schoolmate, Vinod Kambli (24).
Sanjay Manjreker (0) came and went, playing on from a Mushtaq delivery to have India stumbling at 5-148 in the 40th over.
Enter Kapil Dev. The champion all-rounder scurried between wickets like a youth, knocked up two fours and clubbed a six over deep mid off. He departed in the 48th, but India was breathing a little easier at 6-208.
The Pakistanis also found the going tough early, with Manoj Prabhakar beating the bat repeatedly.
Kapil Dev broke through first by trapping Haq (2) in front when the score was just eight.
Zahid Fazal went soon after, caught behind by Kiran More off the bowling of Prabhakar for two. In the sixth over Pakistan was 2-17 when the man most likely to succeed in a crisis.
Javed Miandad. joined opener Aamir Sohail. The pair put on 88 before Sohail (62 off 103) clipped a full toss from Tendulkar to Srikkanth at midwicket. Miandad was defiant and talkative.
The umpires had to have a word with Indian captain Azharuddin after Miandad and wicketkeeper Kieran More had words after an appeal for caught behind.
Miandad survived the appeal and the argument, but watched as Pakistan collapsed, losing the last eight wickets for 68. Four of those wickets went for just 14- Miandad among them, bowled by Javagal Srinath for 40.
Some fine fielding, which provided two run-outs, and some exceptional bowling, particularly from Prabhaker, meant the result was never in doubt when Miandad departed with the score on 141.
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