4 underrated knocks in the history of World Cup finals

3) Javed Miandad in 1992

Rated by many as the greatest batsman that Pakistan has ever produced, Javed Miandad was one of the most mentally toughest cricketers. Although a legend in his own right, he had never featured in a World Cup final in his career till 1992. However, he waited patiently and was featuring in the 1992 World Cup along with his longtime teammate, the flamboyant Imran Khan.

Pakistan had a dismal start to their campaign and it barely seemed like they would eventually end up being one of the finalists. But, as they say, cricket is a game full of uncertainties. And suddenly out of nowhere, Pakistan landed themselves into the final after beating high spirited Martin Crowe's New-Zealand in the semi-finals.

It was one last shot at World Cup glory for Javed and Imran who had defied age all their career. After an early batting collapse, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad did what they had done all throughout their career i.e. to save the Pakistani sinking ship.

Imran Khan and Javed Miandad scored 72(110) and 58(98) respectively. But, much to Javed's dismay, Imran Khan and his young prodigy Wasim Akram stole the limelight even though Javed was Pakistan's highest runscorer in that tournament with 437 runs.

Wasim was awarded the Man of the Match. Imran's famous speech holding that glass trophy was etched into every Pakistani cricket fan's memories.