Khaleej Times

FIVE GREAT INDIA-PAKISTAN ODI CLASHES

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Pakistan won by one wicket

Pakistan, needing four runs off the last ball to lift the Australasi­a Cup, sailed through as Javed Miandad pulled a full toss from seamer Chetan Sharma for six. Instantly, Miandad became a national hero

India won by six wickets

A classic confrontat­ion between two global stars in India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Tendulkar smashed a 75-ball 98 to help his team achieve a 274-run target in the World Cup match

Pakistan won by three wickets

Rana Naved and Akhtar took four wickets apiece to restrict India, without Tendulkar, to 200 in the Champions Trophy tie. Yousuf Youhana (later known as Mohammad Yousuf) saw them to victory with an unbeaten 81

India won by 29 runs

A World Cup semifinal which India won after the visitors dropped Tendulkar four times during his knock of 85. Pakistan’s chase slowed in the face of a tight fielding effort, with Misbah-ul-Haq taking 76 balls to make 56

Pakistan won by one wicket

Pakistan needed 11 off the last 10 balls with four wickets in hand to overtake India’s 245 for eight. Three wickets fell but Shahid Afridi smashed the next two balls off Ravichandr­an Ashwin for sixes to seal victory

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