Lord's Cricket Ground pays tribute to 2002 NatWest series finals hero Mohammad Kaif

'Mecca of Cricket' Lords has witnessed a lot of historic matches over years. first two World Cup triumphs of mighty West Indies, India's maiden World Cup triumph under leadership of charismatic Kapil Dev, recent edge of seat thriller World Cup final between England and New Zealand, etc. However, among m, re is ar iconic match which was NatWest tri-series final between India and England that was played in year 2002.

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Lord's Cricket Ground pays tribute to Mohammad Kaif

Lord's Cricket Ground paid tribute to Mohammad Kaif who was celebrating his 39th birthday on Sunday. Taking to micro-blogging site, Lord's Cricket Ground wished Kaif a happy birthday and posted a video of Zaheer Khan hitting winning runs for India and Kaif urging Zak to come back for risky second run off an overthrow as India completed a famous win. 

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India pull off an impossible task

It was a day to remember for Indian cricket fans when India lifted NatWest series trophy after beating England on July 13, 2002, in finals of triangular series at Lord's in London. This day marked famous celebrations of former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly who was seen twirling his shirt at balcony of Lord's after India made a comeback from brink of defeat to beat England, an iconic visual that is still instilled in hearts of fans of Men in Blue. Chasing a target of 325 runs set by English side, India began ir chase with a quickfire partnership between openers Virender Sehwag (45) and Sourav Ganguly (60) before y fell short. Dinesh Mongia, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar were dismissed cheaply following which Yuvraj Singh and M. Kaif had more than half an innings to bat out. Kaif-Singh duo put on a 121-run sixth-wicket partnership that saw India home to victory. Mohammed Kaif went on to guide India to victory with an unbeaten 87-run kck. It was a rare and huge feat achieved by India as chasing targets about 300-plus runs were unheard of during that time and a successful chase down meant a new team was in rising, led by skipper Sourav Ganguly. team comprised of cricketing legends such as Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Anil Kumble and more. 

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