OnThisDay in 1999, Chennai witnessed an INDvPAK Test for the ages 🙌

This test match between India and Pakistan is still remembered for the most exciting test match.

In this Test match between India and Pakistan, Pakistan scored 238 runs in the first innings while batting, in which Moin Khan scored 60 runs. But from India, Anil Kumble took 6 important wickets. After this the Indian team came to bat in the first innings and batting was not easy, Saqlain Mushtaq took five important wickets from Pakistan. India also took a crucial 16-run lead in the first innings with the help of half-centuries from Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

After taking a 16-run lead in the first innings, India had dominated Pakistan in this match. But in the second innings, no one would have thought that Pakistan would make such a great comeback and in the second innings, Shahid Afridi scored a brilliant 141 for Pakistan, which also proved to be useful in winning the match. In the second innings, Venkatesh Prasad also took 6 useful wickets for India, Pakistan scored 286 runs in the second innings, according to which a huge target of 270 runs stood in front of India.

Chasing the target, the Indian team was constantly out of wicket and only Sachin Tendulkar was seen batting brilliantly at one end and he was supported by wicket-keeper batsman Nayan Mongia. Sachin played an excellent inning of 136 runs in the second innings, but it did not prove useful to win the match. Mustaq, who took 5 wickets in the innings, also took five important wickets in the second innings to help Pakistan win the match by 12 runs. For this excellent inning, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Man of the Match award even after losing the match.

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