The ultimate rivalry: Reliving India's World Cup victories against Pakistan

#2 M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, 1996 (Quarter-final)

The World Cup returned to the subcontinent after nine years, and the stakes of an Indo-Pak game could not get much higher when both sides met at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore during the quarter-finals of the 1996 edition. Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar helped ease early nerves for India with a first wicket stand of 90. The latter was dismissed by Ata-ur-Rehman for 31.

Sidhu scored 93 and carried on the momentum with sizeable partnerships with Azharuddin as well as Vinod Kambli. The game-changing innings was however played by Ajay Jadeja as he plundered Waqar Younus for 18 and 22 runs in his last two overs to lift India to a formidable total of 8-287.

In reply, Pakistan got off to a blistering start as Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad to all corners of the ground. The former was the primary victim as the openers took a particular liking to India's spearhead. By the time Anwar got out, Pakistan had already amassed 80 runs off the first ten overs. Sohail carried on with his merry ways as he brought up his fifty with an extra cover boundary.

A fired up Sohail looked at Venkatesh Prasad pointing towards the extra cover boundary. In the tall seamer's next ball, the left-hander tried to complete an encore of the previous ball. But he saw his stumps rattled. Prasad gave Sohail a fiery send-off and the wicket proved to be a pivotal moment in the game, as it triggered a middle order collapse giving India a 39-run win over the then defending champions.

Result: India won by 39 runs

Player of the Match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (93 runs)