In this difficult times of a pandemic, it was a great gesture by Star Sports to broadcast the World Cup matches between India and Pakistan. It was a great trip down the memory lane, refreshing some of the great moments like Sachin Tendulkar’s classic performances in 2003 and 2011 World Cup, the epic Aamir Sohail- Venkatesh Prasad moment, Javed Miandad’s frustration in 1992, the immense threat of Pakistan’s bowling in 1999 and how India overcame it, and the modern-day thrashing by Virat Kohli in 2015 and Rohit Sharma in 2019. Over the years, there has been a belief that India vs Pakistan World Cup history is all about India’s superior batting versus Pakistan’s deadly bowling attack. It would seem that it is high class cricket from both batsmen and bowlers that decided the fate of the games. But on a deeper analysis of these 7 epic one-day games, we realize that Indian bowlers have won their innings against Pakistan comprehensively, negating the highly anticipated battle between Pakistan bowlers and Indian batsmen. The quality of Indian bowlers was not matched by Pakistani batters and they could not handle their temperament and succumbed under pressure to India’s skilful bowling.
In the 1992 World Cup, Indian team batted first in Sydney. The fast bowling trio of Wasim Akram, Aaqib Javed and Imran Khan along with Mushtaq Ahmed were faced against quality Indian batting . India managed to score 216 with Sachin Tendulkar being the highest run scorer. It seemed as if the target was easy and Pakistan team was very strong at that time. Indian batsmen who failed to score big were compensated by brilliant tactful bowling. Pakistan, being a shaky chaser, lost 2 quick wickets but then had a brilliant partnership. But then as fate would have it, Javed Miandad got distracted by Kiran More’s sledging and got bowled by Javagal Srinath. The lower order simply collapsed to India bowling, losing 5 wickets for mere 32 runs. India won by 44 runs.
In the 1996 World Cup match, India had elected to bat. It was a high scoring flat wicket at Bangalore. Since it was a knockout game, the intensity was high. The openers Sidhu and Sachin had a splendid start but after few quick wickets, we saw plundering hitting from Ajay Jadeja to Waqar Younis. Pakistan needed 288 runs to win. It was difficult in a knock out match but Pakistani batters were up for it. The score was 84 for 0 in 10 overs. The Indian bowling had no answer. But then all of a sudden, the overconfident Aamir Sohail lost his cool and challenged Venkatesh Prasad to hit his ball for four to extra cover boundary. What happened next? Aamir’s off stump went flying and Pakistan lost the momentum. Then there was some excellent piece of fast bowling and Pakistan lost 3 quick wickets in just 22 runs. The lower middle order was exposed to the hometown boy Anil Kumble for whom it was a piece of cake and he picked 3 wickets. Indian bowlers put so much pressure on them that even part timers like Sachin Tendulkar and Ajay Jadeja chipped in a few overs. India won the game by 49 runs. Navjot Singh Sidhu was the Man of the Match but the combination of Indian bowlers and their dominance on Pakistani batters was the game changer.
It was the summer of 1999 in Manchester. The emotions of both the teams were high after the unfortunate Kargil War. India were up against one of the fastest bowling attacks, and Shoaib Akhtar was on absolute fire when he rushed into bowling. Even Stephen Fleming later says that the Pakistani bowling attack of 1999 was the fastest he had ever played. Sachin Tendulkar was on the counterattack, being watchful to Wasim Akram and cleverly using the pace of Shoaib Akhtar. Later in the innings, an important role was played by Rahul Dravid who made sure India reached a decent total. Pakistan needed 228 to win. This was a small score by any standard and Pakistan should have won it. But the ball was swinging both ways. The partnership of Javagal Srinath’s inswingers and Venkatesh Prasad’s outswingers was too much for Pakistani batsmen to deal with. They never managed to come out of their shell and lost the match by 47 runs.
The 2003 World Cup match at Centurion was a contest which was hyped as Sachin Tendulkar versus Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. This was one of the greatest bowling trios. Pakistan put a huge total of 273. Indian bowling managed to keep the Pakistani batsmen quiet but since they couldn’t get wickets the innings went away from them. One of the rare India-Pakistan World Cup games where Pakistani batsmen stood up, but the Indian batting completely annihilated Paksitani bowlers. Sachin Tendulkar played a timeless classic and India won the game by 6 wickets.
The semi final of 2011 World cup at Mohali was one of the most hyped matches in the history of Cricket. The Prime Ministers of both the countries were present, media was everywhere and the expectations were sky high. Sachin delivered, scoring 85 runs but Pakistani spinners restricted India to 260 which was 40 runs short. Pakistani openers started well, but the pressure of quality bowling made them play a lot of dot balls and eventually they lost a lot of wickets. On an average, every 23 runs a wicket went down and they just failed to build a partnership with the run rate soaring in the background. Ashish Nehra bowled splendidly, picking up 2 wickets and conceding only 33 runs. Yuvraj Singh picked up the key wickets of Asad Shafiq and Younis Khan. No one scored more than 56 and India won by 56 runs. India entered the finals and eventually won their 2nd World Cup.
As we enter into the modern era, India being the world champion had become a force to reckon with; contrastingly, Pakistan cricket was on a decline as the economy suffered. The 2015 World Cup encounter between India and Pakistan was a one-sided affair. Virat Kohli rose to the occasion and scored a 100 and India managed to score 300. The Indian bowling was top class. The most experienced Younis Khan was dismissed for 6 runs by a well-directed short ball from Mohammed Shami. The required rate was 6 runs per over but Indian bowlers kept them at 4.76 runs per over. Mohammed Shami was the star bowler, picking up 4 wickets in 9 overs, giving only 35 runs. Top 3 Pakistan batsmen scored 47,36 and 76, but the other 8 batsman could only score 53 runs between them. India won by 76 runs.
Coming back to Manchester, India Vs Pakistan World Cup 2019 match was a no-contest. Rohit Sharma played a gem of an innings of 140, accompanied by Virat Kohli’s 77. India scored 336 and Old Trafford was transformed into a sea of blue as Pakistanis lost all hope. There was a bit of scare in the second innings as Pakistanis made a 104 run partnership for the 2nd wicket. But then in a span of 3 overs they lost 4 wickets for 12 runs. There was no coming back. The rain interfered a bit, but India eventually won it by a record margin of 86 runs.
Thus, the World Cup saga will continue. India has from time to time displayed that winning pressure games is about being a unit and utility of every single player is equally important. When on the field, there are no stars, it is all about strengths and weaknesses and ability to understand the game. Overemphasizing of Indian batting by Pakistan, blinded them towards India’s threatening bowling attack.There are no miracles, only preparation.
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