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that’s funny ha ha ha…but seriously, some issues are clear cut leaning towards one side. this issue is far less debateable than others…i’m sure in private conversations, most pakistani cricket fans will admit it.
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we all know how umpires have helped india get their home stats a hell lot better than away stats, dont bring it up....
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God bless Indian cricket fans... I was long bored of this website but this thread has interested me enough that I will add a post......
India fans, I beleieve that the all time India vs PAk ODI record is roughly 60-33 now..... That is a lot of LBW's - no? LOL
Seriously guys, any honest Indian fan would tell you that historically the Pakistani team has always been better than the Indian team, both ODI's and Tests. Although I will certainly admit the current Indian team is a better Test team than the current Pakistani Test team (wouldnt say the same about ODIs though)
P.S Game I saw ur post on Pakpassion 2
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Aejaz bhai, its not me, its the cricinfo staff…
and the ten best r according to their opinion as well…
but given that most (if not all) of the cricinfo staff r indians, they’ll get back with memories of matches that will have ur grin running east to west… 
just wait…
pakistan failing to chase 125 will not be far…
4 ducks including miandad and imran… sigh
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No. 3 - Fifth Test, Bangalore, 1986-87
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A dour series characterised by safety-first tactics and lack of initiative exploded into life on a Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch that might have been prepared by Pol Pot’s henchmen rather than a curator. But all these years later, despite the eyebrows raised over the diabolical playing surface, memories of that Test centre around one of the great pyrrhic efforts in the history of the game.
Sunil Gavaskar’s 320-minute vigil spanned 264 balls, on a pitch where only one other batsman – Imran Khan – lasted more than two hours. More importantly, it held the fabric of the final-innings chase together despite periodic incisions from Wasim Akram, Iqbal Qasim and Tauseef Ahmed. But once Gavaskar fell for 96, adjudged caught after the ball brushed his arm-guard, India folded to leave Pakistan victorious by the wafer-thin margin of 16 runs.
Pakistan had made their luck after being skittled out for 116 at the first time of asking. On one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it opening days, Maninder Singh picked up seven of 12 wickets to fall as India appeared to take an iron-fisted grip. After Kapil Dev had made the early breakthroughs, Maninder’s beguiling loop and guile flummoxed the batsmen on a surface where the ball was already starting to turn at alarming angles.
But Qasim and Tauseef, slow left-arm complemented by sharp offspin, then triggered a stunning collapse that saw India lose their last six wickets for just 19. And with the destiny of the series in the balance, Pakistan dug deep in the second innings, even promoting Javed Miandad to open in a bid to thwart Maninder and friends. Rameez Raja, Imran, Saleem Malik and even Qasim chipped in with gritty contributions, but Indian shoulders really sagged after Salim Yousuf, the wicketkeeper, ground out a priceless 41, adding 51 for the ninth wicket with the stonewalling Tauseef.
Needing 221 for the win, India went into the rest day on 99 for 4, with Gavaskar having compiled a masterly 51. More than the shots he played, or the precision of his footwork, what took the breath away was his judgement of which balls to leave and which to smother with that straightest of defensive bats.
The following evening, he threw a party at the team hotel, mere hours before he would once more step onto the burning deck, as he had done countless times during his halcyon years. Facing him would be Qasim, who had been given invaluable tips on the line and length to bowl by that prince among left-arm spinners, Bishan Singh Bedi.
Qasim teased both Azharuddin and Shastri into lofting back return catches, and when he then bowled a restless Kapil, the momentum had swung irrevocably away from India. Gavaskar followed soon after, and as he trudged off, many teary eyes knew that he would never again step into the breach for an Indian side. But the exit of one living legend prompted another, Imran, to cajole his courageous side towards an epochal victory, and a first series triumph on Indian soil.
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**No. 4 - World Cup quarter-final 1995-96 **
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For subcontinental fans, every World Cup has two narratives: the one about who actually wins the tournament; and the equally important one of who wins the encounter between India and Pakistan. For that one match, the tournament goes beyond sport and into nationalism. A defeat in the tournament can be forgiven; a loss against the neighbour cannot.
In 1996, controversy set in before the match began, when Wasim Akram, Pakistan’s captain, decided not to play because of injury. (His house was to be stoned later after the defeat.) Aamer Sohail took over the captaincy and promptly lost the toss. Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s captain, chose to bat.
Waqar Younis began with a hostile spell first up, as Sachin Tendulkar batted with a restraint befitting of the importance of the occasion. But the longer innings he set himself up for did not materialise. Instead, it was Sidhu who was to be the fulcrum of India’s innings. Batting with a runner because of a leg injury, he gritted his way to an invaluable 93 before Mushtaq Ahmed got him with a flipper.
A score of 250 seemed likely, but all that was transformed at the end of the innings. Ajay Jadeja, who had once harboured dreams of opening the innings for India, came in at No. 6 and seized the day, and the momentum. He smashed 45 off 25, as Waqar’s last two overs went for 40. Those were decisive runs.
India’s 287 was a daunting total in those days, but Pakistan began well. Sohail and Saeed Anwar added 84 in 10 overs before Anwar was out for 48, off just 32 balls. Then came a defining moment of the game, as hothead met hothead. Sohail, having smashed Venkatesh Prasad for a four to extra-cover, indicated to the bowler that the next ball would disappear there as well. Prasad, a mild-mannered man outside the field of cricket, glared at him, strode back to his mark, and rushed in. Sohail tried to make room for the shot he had promised, and the ball middled the off stump.
That was the decisive turning point. Prasad, mixing it up beautifully, then took the wickets of Ijaz Ahmed and Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Anil Kumble had Pakistan on a leash after that. Javed Miandad, playing his last one-day international, came out at No. 6, but his day was done, and so was the game. India won, in the end, by 39 runs.
Firecrackers went off across India. A different kind of welcome awaited the Pakistanis at home.
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This is where the word ‘True bowling legend’ is justified and well suited for the warrior Akram and that also against Indian umpiring ! Priceless.
ps; India never give up cursing so called biased umpiring in Sharjah, where Pakistan showed complete dominance with bat and ball. match after match after match after match after match , inspired by Duracell.
Game bro,jaldi jaldi re-load please I got a see it one more time,aweeeee 