Awesome Anjum
31st January 2005, 15:12
1999
The first Test between Pakistan and India for nine years ended today at Chennai, and it was a classic. A see-saw game went this way and that, and when 18-year-old Shahid Afridi belted 141 to take Pakistan to 275 for 4 (a lead of 263), the tourists were in charge. Then Venkatesh Prasad took 5 for 0 in 18 balls, and India were left to chase 271. They collapsed to 81 for 5 before Sachin Tendulkar, with a glorious 136, took them to 254 for 6 – just 17 away from victory. Then Tendulkar holed out off Saqlain Mushtaq and the tail was swept away. Saqlain finished with ten wickets as Pakistan won by 12 runs.
The first Test between Pakistan and India for nine years ended today at Chennai, and it was a classic. A see-saw game went this way and that, and when 18-year-old Shahid Afridi belted 141 to take Pakistan to 275 for 4 (a lead of 263), the tourists were in charge. Then Venkatesh Prasad took 5 for 0 in 18 balls, and India were left to chase 271. They collapsed to 81 for 5 before Sachin Tendulkar, with a glorious 136, took them to 254 for 6 – just 17 away from victory. Then Tendulkar holed out off Saqlain Mushtaq and the tail was swept away. Saqlain finished with ten wickets as Pakistan won by 12 runs.