Best Moments of Indian Cricket

There are certain big and great moments in Indian Cricket which we cherish for...There seems to be a lot of happy moments on and off the fields which we can't afford to forget so easily..I thought of some and here it is...

• The First moment that comes into mind when we think of great moment is the 1983 World cup...Indians were underdogs going into the final against the mighty West Indies...I learnt from various sources that On the eve of the match,News Papers carried the headlines as A match between David and Goliath...But,Indians awestruck the West Indians by their gritty nature and won the World Cup for the First Time....
  

• The incident which happened in the 1996 world cup at Bangalore against Pakistan between Prasad and Sohail happens to be the best moment to have seen by me...And even if i think of it today,there will be goose bumps...I still remember it happened in the 14th over of the match when Sohail struck an excellent four on the off side and shows a gesture with his bat to Prasad that he would strike him again,if he bowls the same delivery and the very next delivery was a striking reply from the bowler by ripping his stump off and this made each and every Indian proud...And Prasad was known for this incident than his bowling...

• In the same match stated above,None can forget Jadeja's brilliance with the bat...He made every bowler felt that he was just another bowler...Waqar's yorker were famous those days and to hit a six off the yorker needs more brilliance...Jadeja had it and scored massively in the final overs against Waqar and seemed unstoppable...The Indians were already celebrating the victory even when the first ball being bowled in the second innings,thanks to Jadeja...
  

• First time 300 runs scored by India against the Pakistanis is yet another one...Indians were 280 odd runs in the 48th over and Azhar was out of form in that series and he was persuaded and pushed by Sachin to bat during that circumstance...And Azhar was at his aggressive best and he smashed a bowler named Atta-ur-Rahman for 24 runs in the final over and helped India go past the 300 Run mark for the first time...
  

• None can forget the onslaught of Sachin on Warne in 1996 and then in 1998...I still remember that in 1996 Warne said that he would rip off Tendulkar by his spin and get him cheaply...But,what happened at chepauk in 1996 was a rip off for Warne...He was smashed all round the parts by Sachin and Warne couldn't just control him...So,he started to bowl negative line for Sachin but couldn't contain the Genius...Those who witnessed this blitzkrieg will never ever forget in their life time...

• The next unforgettable moment again is the incident involving the Bombay Bomber Sahin Tendulkar...It was again the Australians who were on the other side...It was the Sharjah cup in 1998...India need some 250 runs off 40 overs to get into the finals and Sachin played a blinder and made us to the Final...He scored 143 runs in 120 deliveries...Next comes the final,Sachin did not stop,he continued from where he had left the other night...Bowlers couldn't stop him scoring,though there were great bowlers like Warne,Fleming,Kasprowicz..He was lethal on them that day...And as a Sachin Fan and a Indian Fan,none can forget this...

• 1999 World Cup in England was not well known for India's March but for a partnership between Ganguly and Dravid,where they amassed 300 runs for the second wicket against Sri Lanka...It was the first time ever in the history of ODI a Partnership has accumulated such huge runs...

• It was in 2001 at Kolkata against the Australians,where India won a match from nowhere...Indians were asked to follow on by the Aussies and they paid the money for it...It was only the third occasion a team asked to follow on won a match...This sounds impossible but it did happen...The Protagonists being V.V.S.Laxman and Rahul Dravid..They played an entire day and made sure that Indians crossed the follow on mark and had a lead more than 300 runs...Laxman scored a flawless 281 and Dravid played a brilliant knock of 180...Harbhajan made sure that the knocks of the two doesn't go in vain by his Brilliant Bowling...
  

• The other incident which comes across my mind is the Natwest Final in 2002 in England..Indians were chasing a target of more than 300 runs..To be Precise,327 runs...As Indians were known as the Chokers in Finals,none thought they would chase this mammoth total...As their Tag Line"CHOKERS" suggested,Indians were 100 runs for the loss of 4 wickets losing all Big Guns and it was up to the youngsters Kaif and Yuvraj to help them make a respectable total..But the youngsters jelled well and made the Victory possible by their talent,endurance and confidence..

• 2003 World cup was also a memorable for the Indians where they went up to finals but couldn't seal it off..But,it was an entertaining WC...

• Sehwag scored a massive 300 runs against the Pakistanis at Multan in 2004 and this was the first time an Indian crossing such a mark...He did it again in 2008 against SA at Chennai...Thereby being the only Batsman after Don and Lara to have scored 2 300's..
  

• Ganguly's comeback in the team could also never been forget by anyone...He was dropped from the team following the spat between Chappel Greg..He made a roaring come back into the side and cemented his place with great ease...He,too,won four man of the match in row after his comeback...

• The year 2007 began as a bad year for Indian Cricket as they had a early exit in the World Cup but the latter part of the year proved to be fruitful...Indians won the inaugural T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Dhoni at South Africa...This was totally unexpected from the young guys,who made it to the squad...The euphoria after the team won the world cup was inexplicable...IT was a great moment for Indian Cricket after the 198 World Cup...Both the winning sides possessed identical similarities...Both were treated as Underdogs in the beginning but ended on a high note...It was the moment to cherish for by each and every Indian...

• The other big thing that happened in T20 World Cup was the Six massive 6's struck by Yuvraj in an over off Stuart Broad...This blast comes as an anger towards Flintoff,who had a chat with him in the middle of the overs,but Broad Paid for Flintoff...
  

• The next big thing that happened in Indian Cricket was the triumph in Australia...The squad for this series had a bunch of youngsters by dropping Ganguly and Dravid...Everyone thought that this team would struggle against the Australians and would be packed before reaching the finals...But,the fortunes turned on the side of Youngsters accompanied by Sachin and won the series for the first time in Australia...
  

These are some of the moments that came to my mind....