Venkatesh Prasad and Aamir Sohail
Reflexes
- There was a fight between the two players during the 1996 World Cup quarter-final match.
- Both players relived that moment after 26 years.
- The India Pakistan match is going to take place on 28th August in the Asian Cup.
India vs Pakistan: Everybody is interested in the India Pakistan match whether he is a cricket lover or not. The people of both countries are watching this match. The pressure of this match is more on the players than any other match. Therefore, it often happens that players are not able to control their emotions and get confused with each other. The excitement of the India-Pakistan match is at its peak and many times, even among the players, there is a lot of excitement on the pitch. Something similar happened in the 1996 World Cup between Venkatesh Prasad and Amir Sohail.
Even today that fight between Venkatesh Prasad and Aamir Sohail is famous.
This is the incident from the 1996 World Cup when both arch-rivals India and Pakistan met in the second quarter-final. Winning this match was very important for both teams. During Pakistan’s innings, Amir Sohail pointed Venkatesh Prasad to the limit with the bat after hitting Venkatesh Prasad for a four. On the next ball, Venkatesh Prasad threw Amir Sohail cleanly and moved towards Sohail, pointing him back and showing him the way to the pavilion. This incident brought back memories of the Kiran More and Javed Miandad fight that happened four years ago and added another chapter in the history of this match between the two countries.
Today both players laugh after remembering that incident.
Both players laugh remembering that incident today. They are both good friends now, and they say that what happened only happened on the field and ended on the field itself and nothing else. Recently they both relived that moment, the only difference was this time Venkatesh Prasad was batting and Amir Sohail was bowling.
India had defeated Pakistan.
In this 1996 World Cup match, India defeated Pakistan by 39 runs. Navjot Singh Sidhu played the highest innings of 93 runs for India and Venkatesh Prasad and Anil Kumble took 3-3 wickets in bowling. Amir Sohail scored the most runs for Pakistan and Waqar Younis and Mustaq Ahmed took the most wickets. Let us tell you that to date India has not lost any match against Pakistan in the ODI World Cup. Both teams have met in the world seven times and India has won seven times.
