On This Day: February 20, 1999 - Pakistan beat India by 46 runs in a Test match at Eden Gardens

[Saj]

was 16 February 1999 when Pakistan defeated them by 46 runs.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63830.html

8 wickets in the match for Shoaib Akhtar

A crucial 70 by Moin Khan in Pakistan's first innings and then the magician Saeed Anwar carrying his bat for 188 in Pakistan's second innings.

 

[The Dark Corner]

Ah yes. Srinath was quite good in that match. I was worried until Saeed Anwar played that brilliant knock. Shoaib Akhtar was very entertaining as well. T'was a good test match.

 

[SL_Fan]

That was a great game

 

[Desi_Joker]

Is this the match where Sachin and Akhtar collided? (resulting in Sachin's dismissal)

 

[IgnitedMind]

Great game...13 wickets for srinath

game is more remembered for Akhtar though

 

[Dhaka]

I think this was the match when Shoib bowled Dravid with a ball which according to a lot of experts is one of the best deliveries of 20th century....

 

[W63L35]

Is this the match where Sachin and Akhtar collided? (resulting in Sachin's dismissal)

...resulting in Kolkatians throwing stones, bottles and objects at Pakistani players....
...resulting in interruption in play.
...resulting in Dalmiya asking Sachin to go around the crowd and try to convince them to stop being stupid....which Sachin did (see the picture below) and match resumed.

yes.. that was the game......

 

[GentleMan]

oh so we lost to the law of averages..otherwise impossible to defeat us at Edens.

 

[W63L35]

oh so we lost to the law of averages..otherwise impossible to defeat us at Edens.

We know, because as soon as Indian team starts to lose at Eden.... crowd gets the match abandoned! :1996

 

[GentleMan]

don't know what you mean, because that abandoned match counted as an indian loss and sri lankan win.

 

[PakPrince]

Been a while since Indians lost today
Things could get ugly today

 

[hafeezrocks]

Have read , heard and seen a lot about Edens .

I remember the incident both in 96 and when Tendulkar got out against Pakistan . Must have something to do with the air in Bengal . Even Bangladeshis start rioting and stoning buses of opposition team after a loss , very Bongoliseque .

Sunil Gaveskar once created controversy by saying that Eden Crowd / Bongoli are most uncivilized lot in India , even his wife was once mistreated by the crowd IIRC .

 

[Momin Baig]

Does anyone have highlights of this match?

 

[Pak_Lover]

What an epic test match that was . Thanx Saj fo bringing up the memories

 

[saiyan0312]

Epic match loved it. Was alot of fun.

 

[Sidilicious]

Great test match, and some amazing performances
1. Srinath's 13 wickets
2. Moin Khan's 50 in the first innings
3. Anwar 150+
4. Akhtar's 2 deliveries

Shame about the Tendlya/Akhtar collission and the crowd riot. This test match could have been remembered for some great cricket instead of unsavoury incidents.

 

[Tekcirc]

This was the era when we had Azhar as captain and no fixed openers. S Ramesh

Dada changed all that.

 

[Napa]

This was the era when we had Azhar as captain and no fixed openers. S Ramesh

Dada changed all that.

Azhar as captain and Dungarpur as his patron, the very worst things to happen to Indian cricket.

 

[Tekcirc]

Azhar as captain and Dungarpur as his patron, the very worst things to happen to Indian cricket.

The days when we used to have jokes about making 12th man the Captain so that his batting doesnt suffer

 

[Abdullah719]

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[Railu Katta]

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Watched this live when I was 10. We were all so pumped after these 2 deliveries.

 

[shokz1408]

Perhaps pakpassion should have some sort of similar to Facebook a separate notification page for "on this day".. since there are so many events that have occurred .

 

[giri26]

I remember this game very well and it was such a disappointing test for India. Pakistan bowling was brilliant though and India just did not have the answers.

 

[Savak]

We beat India in very embarrassing circumstances when they had us 26/6 and 39/6 in test matches

 

[Kohrodha123]

Ah yes. Srinath was quite good in that match. I was worried until Saeed Anwar played that brilliant knock. Shoaib Akhtar was very entertaining as well. T'was a good test match.

I was only remember sachin bowled by shoib akhtar first ball its heart break for me BTW good spell by akhtar he become a hero after that test in india

 

[Kohrodha123]

Remember thay support S.Africa against India when ganguly drop from team if ganguly bigger then India in their contrast