March 1, 2003: Sachin Tendulkar scored a match-winning goal against Pakistan in the World Cup on this day. Trying a difficult objective of 274, Tendulkar scored a spectacular innings of 98 from 75 balls off.
Against a strong Pakistan bowling lineup including Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, and Waqar Younis, Tendulkar hit a magnificent 12 boundaries and one maximum. Akhtar yielded 72 runs over his ten overs; Waqar yielded 71 runs. This also holds as Akhtar´s costliest ten-over spell in the ODIs.
98 runs from 75 balls ✅
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) April 24, 2018
Player of the match ✅
Pass 12,000 ODI runs ✅@sachin_rt played yet another masterclass against Pakistan at the 2003 Cricket World Cup 👌#Sachin45 pic.twitter.com/AQfBc6Sgbh
Ultimately, India won with 26 balls left. On the back of the Master Blaster’s excellent fifty, India went on to win by six wickets.
Already in 1992, 1996, and 1999, the Indian cricket team had bested their arch nemesis Pakistan in prior World Cup games. Pakistan were bent on winning their fourth game in the competition’s history, but Sachin Tendulkar proved to be a key factor on the day
We look back Sachin Tendulkar’s unforgettable innings at the SuperSport Park, Centurion, as fans remember a unique victory today.
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Pakistan scored a decent total of 273 in their first 50 overs off seven hits. #s5561. Scoring 101 off 126 balls, Saeed Anwar became Pakistan’s top run-getting player of the match.
Later, younis Khan contributed a key 32-run knock of 36 balls to lead Pakistan to a respectable total. In that game, India’s pace combo of Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra got two wickets each.
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, India’s opening batters, started their run chase off on a bright note. Having hit 21 runs off 14 balls, Sehwag was first dismissed.
Sachin showed his elegance and hit Akram’s third ball for a boundary.
On the next over Akhtar bowled, he sent the fourth ball over third man for a six. He next cut the world’s fastest bowler for two extra boundaries.
Sachin Tendulkar took his brilliant batting and scored a much-platinum half century. Past the 12,000-run mark in one-day international cricket, Tendulkar sewed a 102-run opening with Mohammed Kaif.
Eventually Sachin Tendulkar missed his century by only two runs. Shoaib Akhtar let him go in the 28th over of the innings. Unbeaten on 44, Rahul Dravid shepherded India to a unique World Cup victory against Pakistan.
