Sports Desk brings you everything you need to know about the sporting world. While the Indian Express' sports team excels in extensive coverage of disciplines like cricket, badminton, football and chess, they are also known for round-the-year...Read More
Sports Desk brings you everything you need to know about the sporting world. While the Indian Express' sports team excels in extensive coverage of disciplines like cricket, badminton, football and chess, they are also known for round-the-year coverage of Olympic sports like athletics, hockey, boxing, shooting and every other discipline that falls under the umbrella of the five rings. You will find news, analysis, interviews, features and minute-by-minute live blogs from the Indian Express' sports team.
After Kapil Dev ran back to take a brilliant catch and dismiss Viv Richards, West Indies lost their next three wickets for just 19 runs and from thereon lost the plot and ultimately fell short by 43 runs.
Wasim Akram gave his best performances in 1992, 1996 and 1999 World Cups. His most influential bowling performance came in 1992 when he helped Pakistan clinch the World Cup title after taking crucial three wickets with his mind blowing in-swingers.
It was then a record partnership in ODIs. It has since then been surpassed by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels who put together 372 runs and in 1999 itself by Sachin Tendulkar and Dravid by stitching 331 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar, then 24 years old, smashed a thunderous 143 vs Australia in Sharjah on April 22, 1998. This knock would come to be known as 'Desert Storm' in coming years.
On April 23 in 2013, Chris Gayle produced the most brutal batting innings in the history of the IPL. Some records created that day - like the fastest 100, the highest team total - have remained unbroken since then.
