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India vs Pakistan 1997

Rajesh Chauhan stable after suffering major heart attack, still under observation

Former India cricketer Rajesh Chauhan is said to be stable though he is still in the ICU.

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Sourav Ganguly’s 5 for 16 against Pakistan helps India convert a near-certain defeat to an unlikely win

On September 18, 1997, Sourav Ganguly hogged the limelight not for his delightful shots through the off-side, neither for scoring big but for his bowling heroics at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. He single-handedly won the match for India with his medium pace coupled with a little movement off the deck to which the Pakistan batsmen had no answers. Sarang Bhalerao looks back at the day when Ganguly rattled the arch rivals with his decisive bowling spell.

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Saeed Anwar beats heat and cramps to score 194

Saeed Anwar beat Viv Richards' 13-year record of 189* (then the highest score in ODI history) by scoring 194 against India.

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When Inzamam-ul-Haq almost smashed a provocative spectator’s head with a bat!

Fifteen years ago, the perennially gentle and largely lethargic Inzamam-ul-Haq leapt into the crowd, bat in hand, charging towards a megaphone wielding heckler. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day when cricket was faced with a hot-potato situation.

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