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

#3 Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, 1999

Venkatesh Prasad picked up a five-wicket haul and ripped Pakistan to shreds

The off-field political turmoil and the eventual Kargil war dominated the subplots of the third World Cup encounter between India and Pakistan, played at the Old Trafford in 1999.

Pakistan had won nine of their previous ten encounters against the Indians and went into the Super six game as clear favorites. India batted first and thanks to some pristine batting by Rahul Dravid (61) and Azharuddin's (59) against arguably the best bowling attack in the tournament posted a respectable 6-227 in the allotted 50 overs.

It was a must-win game that too against their arch-rivals and the off-field tensions brought the best out of the Indians as they shot Pakistan out for 180, setting up their third consecutive World Cup over them in the process. Venkatesh Prasad was again the scourge for Pakistan as his accurate bowling ripped the heart out of their middle order. The seamer was duly awarded the player of the match for his career-best figures of 5-27.

Result: India won by 47 runs

Player of the Match: Venkatesh Prasad (5/27 from 9.3 overs)