- 29th Aug 1999, 23 years ago on this Day.
- Aiwa Cup
- India vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC)
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly played one of their Best Knocks in ODI Cricket. It was a rare game during those days where both of them didn’t open (Ganguly at 4) but they put up a 127 runs stand for the 3rd wicket, in a must win game for India by improving the NRR, to qualify into the Final of that Tournament.
- Tendulkar 120 (141 Balls 11 Fours 2 Sixer )
- Ganguly 85 (73 Balls 7 Fours 3 Sixer)
India won the match but failed to qualify into the Final and very surprisingly Robin Singh was the Man of the match by scoring 4* & picking up 2 wickets which was unexpected.
- SL 247/9 (42) (Target 271 in 42 Overs)
- Ind 296/4 (50)
- India won by 23 Runs (DL Method)
- Man of the Match: Robin Singh
Hard fight battle.. But in this game I clearly remember target to qualify 264 .. bt sudden stoppage change the dl system .