5 most glorious team comebacks in cricket

#1.Pakistan at the 1992 World Cup

If anything,it was unbelievable, unpredictable and truly, 'Imranesque'. The story of the 'cornered tigers' of the 1992 World Cup, is arguably the greatest comeback in modern cricket.

Until 11 March 1992, Pakistan's world cup campaign was a massive failure and a national shame. In five matches they had only one victory and that too against Zimbabwe, a minnow. They lost to West Indies by 10 wickets, were humbled by India and Sri Lanka and were routed for a mere 74 runs by England. Fortunately, rain saved them that game.

Two weeks later, the world cup trophy was with Pakistan. Talk about comebacks.

The last three league games were a sudden death for Pakistan and maybe that ignited the fire in them, and they rose to dominate the world. Australia was defeated by 48 runs and Sri Lanka was humbled by four wickets.

But the massive moment came in their last league game when they dominated New Zealand, who had won seven games so far. Wasim Akram unleashed his fury and grabbed four wickets and then Ramiz Raja slammed an unbeaten century to take Pakistan in the semi-finals with an authoritative and convincing win.

In the semi-finals, the world witnessed the emergence of Inzamam-ul-Huq who with his giant physique, treated world class pace bowlers as high-school boys and pulled, flicked, and whipped balls without batting an eye. His blitzkrieg fifty and Miandad's trademark calm innings took Pakistan one step closer to the world-cup and the world realized the transformation this team had gone into.

Like the tournament, the final too had ups and downs. Against England, Imran's solid fifty set the stage while the lower-middle capitalized by adding quick runs. Chasing 250, England at one stage was four down for 141, with the game tilting towards the batting team.

Then came Wasim Akram who had already scored 33 runs off 18 balls and sent back Lamb and Lewis on two consecutive balls. Two wickets in two balls and Akram had paved the way for Pakistan's triumph.

In sensational teamwork lead by a cunning captain, Pakistan defined the term 'comeback' with their efforts and the word, 'cornered tigers' became glamorous.

It was a special win.