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And all the way back to Manchester, England

 

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Rahul Dravid and Mohammmad Azharuddin's half-centuries may have lifted India to a total of 227/6 in the 1999 Super Six match, but it was Venkatesh Prasad who was back to haunt Pakistan again. Saeed Anwar had been India's tormentor in the past and he was at it again as he got off to a quick-fire start, despite a couple of wickets going down at the other end. However, the introduction of Prasad, who came on first change, completely changed the game in favour of India. While he bowled the sixth over of the innings, his next appearance was only in the 14th over, in which he sent back Saleem Malik. His next scalp was that of the big fish, Anwar, which left Pakistan in further trouble. Prasad though was not finished yet. Moin Khan and Inzaman-ul-Haq's attempts to revive the innings were thwarted and it was Prasad, with his menacing cutters, who produced the crucial breakthroughs. He also dismissed Wasim Akram to finish with excellent figures of 5/27 to bowl India to a 47-run win. This was Prasad's best bowling performance in ODIs and he was aptly named the Player of the Match.

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... then, on to South Africa

 

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Some moments in cricket are destined to stay etched in people's memory for ages to come. SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa provided one such moment on March 1, 2003, in a World Cup game featuring traditional rivals, Pakistan and India.

The game between the subcontinent giants was earmarked as the marquee fixture of the 2003 World Cup's group stage long before the tournament in the rainbow nation got under way. India-Pakistan clashes generally provide images that find their way into cricketing folklore. Javed Miandad's last-ball exploits against Chetan Sharma, in the final of the Australasia Cup in Sharjah in 1986 had been passed on to the next generation of both the nations. Seventeen years later, Sachin Tendulkar wrote a script for the generation to follow.

The moment in question came in the second over of the chase, after Pakistan, opting to bat, had notched up 273 in their fifty overs, thanks to a Saeed Anwar hundred. A cagey opening over from the legendary Wasim Akram, saw Tendulkar take strike to shield the relatively inexperienced Virender Sehwag. The master batsman gave an early indication of the mood he was in, square-cutting the left-arm pacer off his third ball. Nine runs came off the first over. Captain Waqar Younis threw the new ball to express fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

Nervous energy filled the stadium as Shoaib got into his stride with three quick deliveries. Then, the fuse blew off. Akhtar steamed in and bowled a short delivery outside the off-stump. The speed gun clocked it at 150.9 kmph. Tendulkar, made a trigger-movement towards the delivery and seeing the delivery climb up, threw his hands at it. Leather and wood exchanged pleasantries for a brief moment before the former flew, over the third-man fielder and into the stands.

The next two deliveries were met with a roll of the wrists and a front-foot punch and the ball sped away to the fence. The din reached new levels, causing Ravi Shastri, on commentary, to bellow 'anyone still having lunch may as well throw their plates and get into their seats'. A fast bowler's ego had been hurt. Shoaib had conceded 18, India were 27/0 after 2 overs. The match followed the ebbs and flows of a typical India-Pakistan clash. Incidentally, Shoaib came back to dismiss Tendulkar, two short of his century. But Tendulkar's opening assault on the speedster had the set the tone for a famous India win.

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Eight years later, in Mohali, India

 

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By the time the 2011 World Cup headed towards its business end, the Decision Review System had already become India's nemesis. While the 2.5 metre rule that gave Ian Bell a reprieve in Bangalore left them aggrieved, India, in the other matches, got it wrong most of the times when it came to referring decisions. In fact, before the semi-final match against Pakistan, they had reviewed 11 times and got it right only twice. However, they did review one successfully in the all-important game against their arch-rivals and that review, along with some dropped catches, proved crucial for India's success.

For the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali, there could not have been a bigger match, when India and Pakistan locked horns in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup. Any game between the arch-rivals results in everything else taking a back seat in both countries, and when it is a World Cup match, and that too one of such magnitude, with Prime Ministers of both countries also present at the stadium, riveting cricket was definitely expected.

Opting to bat first, India posted a competitive total of 260/9, thanks to Sachin Tendulkar's 85 off 115 balls. India may not have even reached that total had Tendulkar not decided to use the DRS in the 11th over. India had only one review available at that stage as Virender Sehwag had earlier made an unsuccessful attempt at using the technology for his benefit. When Saeed Ajmal struck Tendulkar on the pad, it looked plumb and umpire Ian Gould had no problems in raising his finger straight away. However, what happened after that left Pakistan ruing their luck.

The ball pitched on line and it appeared as though it would crash on to the leg stump. However, Hawk-Eye suggested that the ball was missing leg and the umpire, who shook his head with disbelief, overturned his decision. The Pakistan players were shocked at the decision as was the umpire, who all thought that the ball was headed only one way - onto the stumps.

Having received a reprieve, Tendulkar went on to make a sizable contribution to help India to a good score. Pakistan then lost their way in the chase and had to bow out of the competition after their fifth loss against India in a World Cup match.

Ajmal later claimed that he had bowled an arm ball and said the system misread it. "I don't know how the television replays showed my delivery turning towards the leg side because I had bowled an arm ball and it went straight." Conspiracy theories also made rounds, claiming that replays showed a different delivery which was superimposed deliberately to save the batsman.

However, Hawk-Eye Innovations defended the accuracy of its tracking technology by publishing details of Tendulkar's reprieve on its website. Stephen Carter, the managing director of Hawk-Eye, said: "The path Hawk-Eye showed was accurate and the Decision Review System was used correctly to overturn the umpire's original decision. The Hawk-Eye track lines up perfectly with the video of the real ball from release to impact point."

"The commentators said on air that Tendulkar had been 'caught on the crease'. From the front-on angle it does look like Tendulkar has been hit when batting in his crease. However, Tendulkar was almost two metres out of his crease when struck," he further stated.

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Gates have opened and crowd streaming in.
 
Large and noisy Indian contingents assembled outside the oval on the southern plaza and also at the Rotunda in Elder Park over the river.
 
Hot day, unrelenting sun, temperature hovering around 35C.
 
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