Published 17:12 IST, November 22nd 2020
Inzamam-ul-Haq picks Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's best innings on the 22 yards
Former Pakistani skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq picked Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's best innings on the 22 yards during a recent interaction with Ravi Ashwin
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Inzamam-ul-Haq picked Sachin Tendulkar's kck of 98 in 2003 World Cup against Pakistan as his best innings. arch-rivals h locked horns in group st match of 2003 World Cup. Men In Blue kept ir winning streak in World Cups intact over ir arch-rivals as y registered ir fourth straight win in qurennial event.
Sachin h hit Shoaib for 18 runs in his first over and in same over, he h slashed 'Rawalpindi Express' for a six over backward point which is etched in memories of die-hard cricket fans even today.
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'Best Innings': Inzamam-ul-Haq
While interacting with veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on his official Youtube channel ‘DRS with Ash’, Inzy went on to say that he has seen Sachin play a lot but at same time, also mitted that he h never seen Master Blaster play like that (referring to that WC match) way he h batted in that contest where he hit terrific trio of Wasim Akram, skipper Waqar Younis, and Shoaib Akhtar to all parts of ground.
“I feel that was Sachin’s best innings. He broke all pressure. He played a top-quality innings against genuine quality fast bowlers like ours. way he hit those boundaries, pressure got released on batsmen who came after him", former Pakistani skipper ded.
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When India registered a famous win at Centurion
India and Pakistan h locked horns on March 1, 2003, at Supersport Park in Centurion where Men In Green h set India a stiff target of 274 runs. However, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag smashed Pak bowlers to all corners of ground and seemed to be in a hurry to finish off proceedings. But, Waqar brought Pakistan right back into contest by accounting for Sehwag and skipper Sourav Ganguly off successive deliveries. Sachin and Kaif kept scoreboard ticking.
Unfortunately, Tendulkar was done by an awkward bouncer from Shoaib Akhtar and was caught at point for a well-me 98. It could have been anyone's match from reon but, stellar middle-order contributions from Rahul Dravid (44*) and Yuvraj Singh (50*) helped eventual runners-up of that tournament pull off a famous win by six wickets.
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Ganguly & Co. h an outstanding campaign as y me it to finals. However, y were defeated by n mighty Australians who were also title-holders back n in a lop-sided contest.
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17:12 IST, November 22nd 2020