February 27, 2015, was the day when De Villiers inscribed his name with gold in the history of cricket as he broke many records with his explosive batting.
Shikhar Dhawan’s dazzling 137, Ajinkya Rahane’s quick-fire 79, fantastic bowling and some outstanding work in the field helped India break the World Cup jinx against South Africa and win by 130 runs.
It was a day scripted in the history of New Zealand cricket when their skipper Brendon McCullum made Indian bowlers toil by smashing a triple hundred during the second innings of the second Test at Wellington.
On this day, in 2015, India and Pakistan faced each other for the sixth time in the World Cup. Once again, it was India who had the last laugh.
Brian Lara’s 116 from 134-balls changed the game’s tone and why it was more remarkable? He was returning from a serious illness.
Kapil Dev went past Richard Hadlee's record 431 wickets when he dismissed Hashan Tillakaratne
On this day, in 1981, New Zealand and Australia were engrossed in the third final of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup at MCG.
On this day, 23 years ago in 1993 Australia were on the receiving end when Ambrose steamed in and chipped seven wickets for 25 runs in the fifth and the final Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy at Perth in 1993.
On this day, in the history of cricket, four great players of the game played their first international match for their respective teams and later went on to become legends.
Opening the innings with Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly benefited from his partner’s belligerent approach.