5 unsung last over heroes for Team India

Hrishikesh Kanitkar

Saqlain Mushtaq was on the receiving end of another nail-biting finish featuring India and Pakistan, this time in Dhaka in early 1998.

Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who retired from cricket last year after a 17-season long career, hit a boundary off the penultimate ball of Mushtaq, resulting in a world record chase.

Needing 315, India were cruising along at 250-1 in 39 overs. A dramatic batting collapse followed, leaving Kanitkar and Javagal Srinath to face Mushtaq in the final over. Kanitkar’s boundary gave India the Independence Cup, and obliterated some of the pain of the Miandad six.