World Cup (cricket): 1999
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1999
Venue: The United Kingdom (mainly England but also Ireland and Scotland) and the Netherlands.
Participating teams: twelve (as below).
Full Members: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Zimbabwe
Associate Members: Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland
Winners: Australia, who defeated Pakistan in the final.
India vs Pakistan
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JUNE 9,1999
(Super Sixes)
Old Trafford, Manchester.
India (227/6) Pakistan (180 all out), India won by 47 runs
Man Of The Match: Venkatesh Prasad (5/ 27)
Pakistan were done in by the Bangalorean quartet of Rahul Dravid, Venkatesh Prasad (527), Javagal Srinath (337) and Anil Kumble (243).
India batted first for the third consecutive Cup game and posted a respectable total of 227 for six wickets. Their total was driven by useful knocks from Tendulkar (45), Rahul Dravid (61) and skipper Mohammed Azharuddin (59).
Pakistan's hopes evaporated soon as Srinath got the early breakthroughs and then Prasad swung the game India's way with a five-wicket haul.Pakistan's batting once again let them down, getting dismissed for 180 in 45.3 overs. They crumbled to the pace duo of Venkatesh Prasad (5/27) and Javagal Srinath (3/37).
Venkatesh Prasad ripped through the Pak batting line-up.Venkatesh Prasad ripped through the Pak batting line-up.
Defending India's 227/6, Venkatesh Prasad took the center stage and got the important wickets of Salim Malik, Saeed Anwar, Moin Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and finally captain Wasim Akram to win the match for India.
Brief scores:
India 227/6 (S Tendulkar 45, R Dravid 61, M Azharuddin 59; W Akram 2/27, A Mahmood 2/35)
Pakistan 180 (S Anwar 36, I Haq 41, M Khan 34; V Prasad 5/27, J Srinath 3/37, A Kumble 2/43).
Fascinating facts about World Cups
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1999: A very very emotional hundred Sachin Tendulkar returned from his father's funeral in India the day before and hit a splendid 100 against Kenya at Bristol in the 1999 World Cup. He was given a standing ovation when he made his entry into the ground. He went on to record an unbeaten 237-run stand with Rahul Dravid, then the highest partnership for the third wicket in ODIs.
1999: Umpires ask Cronje to remove ear piece used for communicating with coach During South Africa's 1999 World Cup opener against India, captain Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald wore ear pieces to get instructions from their coach Bob Woolmer. India's Sourav Ganguly noticed Cronje talking to himself and referred the case to the on-field umpires, who then asked both Cronje and Donald to remove the equipment after consulting with the match referee. However, the act was not considered to be against the laws of the game.
Yagya
A prayer for our players
May 24, 1999/ India Today
Two former BJP MLAs from Bhopal, Ramesh Sharma and Shailendra Pradhan, performed a yagna for India's World Cup cricket team.
See also
World Cup (cricket): history <>World Cup (cricket): 1975 <>World Cup (cricket): 1979 <>World Cup (cricket): 1983 <>World Cup (cricket): 1987 <>World Cup (cricket): 1992 <>World Cup (cricket): 1996 <>World Cup (cricket): 1999 <>World Cup (cricket): 2003 <>World Cup (cricket): 2007 <>World Cup (cricket): 2011 <>World Cup (cricket): 2015
