Back in the late 90s when Pakistan had a strong unit, they used to win a lot of games against India. Now things have changed and Pakistan clearly struggles against team India and in the recent past. They have not won any game against them.
This here is one of the most astonishing wins Pakistan ever had against their arch rivals India. It was a low scoring game and Pakistan nailed it down on the final ball of the match.
This match was played in Australia and India batted first. Pakistani bowlers did a great job and knocked out team India for just 195 runs on the board. It was an easy total but the Pakistan batting line also crumbled.
Pakistan had 8 wickets down when Waqar entered the ground. He and Saqlain then hit a wonderful partnership which gave Pakistan the hope of getting closer to the total.
It all went down to the final ball of the game. The scores were level and Pakistan needed one run to win the match. Prasad the bowler bowled a decent over and had just one ball to save and tie up the match.
Prasad came charging in to bowl the final ball but he went for a mankind. Waqar was pretty clever that he did not leave his crease and hence saved himself from getting out. Prasad had to go back to his bowling mark again.
He came back and bowled a good short delivery. Saqlain could not connect it from the middle of his bat and the ball went to the wicket-keeper. Waqar already started running towards the batting end and Saqlain after looking a them left his end too. The throw from the fielder missed the stumps and Saqlain then completed the winning run.
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