PAK used to be Scared by the name of these Indian Players, Whenever they Play
The cricket match between India and Pakistan is no less than a festival for both countries. Whenever these two countries clash, the thrill is at its peak. On October 24, once again both the teams are going to face each other. Let us tell you about some Indian players before this great match, whose performance was amazing against Pakistan.
Venkatesh Prasad
Team India's former fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad used to appear in a different rhythm whenever he played against Pakistan. Who can forget the story of Amir Sohail's wicket in the 1996 World Cup? Venkatesh took three wickets in this match and India won the match by 39 runs. In the 1999 World Cup, once again this player made Pakistan's condition worse. Batting first in the match, Team India scored 227 runs in 50 overs.
Chasing this target seemed easy for Pakistan's batting line-up, but Venkatesh Prasad was in a different color that day. He walked Pakistan's most dangerous batsman Saeed Anwar for 36 runs. Then Venkatesh broke the back of the entire Pakistan middle order by dismissing Salim Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, and Wasim Akram. In the match, he took 5 wickets for 27 runs and became the man of the match.
Laxmipati Balaji
Balaji's name comes in the list of players who created a ruckus in Pakistan with their bowling and batting. Balaji's game and his smile made Pakistani fans crazy. Balaji took 5 wickets in the last two matches of the 2004 series and played a key role in India's series win. In the fifth ODI of the series, Balaji hit a tremendous six off Shoaib Akhtar, which everyone was surprised to see.
This player also bowled amazingly against Pakistan in the 2012 T20 World Cup. In this match, Pakistan's team was all-out for just 128 runs. Balaji took 3 wickets for 22 runs in the match.
Irfan Pathan
In 2006, when Irfan Pathan went to tour Pakistan, former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad's statement came that bowlers like Pathan roam the streets of Pakistan, but in the very first over of the Karachi Test, this bowler stopped his speaking by taking a hat-trick. was given.
Irfan Pathan was the man of the match in the final of the 2007 World Cup. He took 3 wickets for 16 runs in this match. Pathan did not allow the middle-order batsmen of Pakistan to survive. Team India became the champion of the T20 World Cup for the first time only on the basis of his brilliant performance.
Ajay Jadeja
Ajay Jadeja played an amazing inning in the quarter-final played between India and Pakistan on 9 March 1996. Team India was batting first in the match. Team India scored 236 runs in 47 overs. The team had 6 wickets down. One of Pakistan's dangerous bowlers, Waqar Younis was bowling amazingly in the match, but Ajay Jadeja beat him fiercely. Jadeja scored 45 runs in 25 balls in this match. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. His strike rate was 180.
Jadeja had scored 23 runs in one over of Waqar. After taking three runs in the first ball of the over, Ajay hit two fours and two sixes in the next four balls. He got out on the last ball, but before that took India to a big score. Team India won this match by 39 runs.
