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Whether the ground is of war or cricket…. Pakistan has always knee in front of India. Macchester in 2019, Birmingham in 2017 and Manchester in 1999 became witness to this. On Sunday, a chance has come again when the teams of India and Pakistan are face to face on the cricket field after the war.
Now it remains to be seen who kills in this match to be held at Dubai International Stadium. In the last four occasions, India has dusted Pakistan every time in the first match after the war. In this story, we have brought the story of similar matches played after the war… Read further
India-Pakistan teams have been playing matches in the history of cricket since 1952. The match was won by the Indian team by an innings and 70 runs. In that match, Veenu Mankad took a total of 13 wickets. He took 8 wickets in the first innings and 5 wickets in the second innings. However, this match is not part of our story, as the match was played in 1952 after the attack of Pakistani tribal and subsequent war.
Story of India-Pakistan match first after war
No match was played between India and Pakistan after the 1965 war. Both teams did not play any match till 13 February and 30 September 1978. In cricket history, the teams of India and Pakistan have come face to face during the war or after a few months later on 4 occasions.
First opportunity: 1971 first match after war
This was the first match between the India-Pakistan war. Pakistan had to face a crushing defeat in the 1971 war. Then more than 90 thousand Pakistani soldiers surrendered to India. After this war, the cricket teams of India and Pakistan faced in Quetta. The Indian team then visited Pakistan.
In the first match of the 3 -match ODI series, India won the toss and batting. The team lost the wicket of opener Chetan Chauhan (2 runs) for 7 runs. Anshuman Gaikwad also could not perform special performances. At one time the team’s score was 60/3. In such a situation, Mohinder Amarnath (51 runs) played a half -century innings, while Kapil Dev scored an unbeaten 13 runs and reached 170 runs.
Pakistani opener Majid Khan played a 50 -run half -century innings in the counter -innings. But due to the remaining batsmen not getting together, Pakistan’s team could only manage 166 runs for 8 wickets in the prescribed 40 overs. Zaheer Abbas could only contribute 26 runs. Bishan Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amarnath got 2-2 wickets from India.
Second chance: 1999 first match after Kargil War
It is on 3 May 1999, a local shepherd to the Indian Army reported infiltration. After patrolling, it was found that Pakistan soldiers had infiltrated the Indian border. Several troops of the Pakistani army reached the Indian posts by reaching the high peaks of Kargil district with heavy ammunition. In such a situation, the Indian Army started Operation Vijay on 26 May.
There was a war between India and Pakistan in Kargil district. On the other hand, India and Pakistan teams were face to face on 8 June 1999 on the grounds of Old Trafford in Manchester. The fourth match of the World Cup’s Super-6 stage was being played between the two. India won the toss and chose batting. The team scored 227 for 6 wickets with the innings of Rahul Dravid (61 runs), captain Mohammad Azharuddin (59 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar (45 runs).
In that match, Venkatesh Prasad’s fatal bowling had all out Pakistan for 180 runs in 45.3 overs, scoring a target of 228 runs. Venkatesh Prasad took 5 wickets, while Jawagal Srinath got 3 wickets. Anil Kumble also got a wicket. Venkatesh was elected Player of the Match.
Third chance: first match after surgical strikes 2016
On September 18, 2016 at 5 am, terrorists attacked the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. 18 Indian soldiers were killed in this attack. In response, the Indian Army crossed the LoC midnight on September 28 within 10 days and carried out a surgical strike and piled 40 terrorists.
After this surgical strike, the cricket teams of India and Pakistan encountered on June 4 next year on the grounds of Birmingham. Champions Trophy was being played in England. In the fourth match, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed won the toss and chose bowling.
After losing the coin, the Indian team, which came out to batting, targeted Pakistan 320 runs with the help of top-4 batter half-centuries. Opener Rohit Sharma scored 91 runs, Shikhar Dhawan scored 68 runs, Virat Kohli scored 81 not out and Yuvraj Singh scored 53 runs.
In response, Pakistani opener Azhar Ali tried to give a strong start to the team by playing an innings of 50 runs. However, he did not get the support of any other batsman. Babar Azam 8, Shoaib Malik 12 and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed were dismissed for 15 runs. Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja took 2-2 wickets for India. Yuvraj Singh was the Player of the Match. However, in the final of this tournament, Pakistan won the trophy by defeating India by 180 runs.
Fourth chance: 2019 first match after Balakot surgical strike
On 14 February 2019, militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Lathpora area of Pulwama district. 40 soldiers were killed in this suicide attack. After this, on 26 February 2019, the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes in Balakot, Pakistan and destroyed several terrorist bases and killed about 300 terrorists.
Four months after the Pulwama attack, the teams of India and Pakistan faced the ODI World Cup. In this match played in Manchester on 16 June 2019, Indian batters played explosive innings. It seemed as if they were taking revenge for Pulwama attack from Pakistani bowlers. KL Rahul scored 57 runs with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. While Rohit Sharma scored 140 runs on the basis of 14 fours and 3 sixes.
After Rahul was dismissed on the score of 136, Virat Kohli scored 77 runs with the help of 7 fours. Hardik Pandya also scored 26 runs on 19 balls. On the basis of these innings, India scored 336 runs for 5 wickets.
In response, Pakistan lost 6 wickets for 212 runs. Fakhar Zaman scored 62 runs. Babar Azam scored 48 and Imad Wasim scored an unbeaten 46 runs. Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav got 2-2 wickets. India won the match by 89 runs under DLS method.
