25 Unbelievable facts about Indian cricket

10. The uncanny similarities between the World Cup and the Lord's Test

England v India: 2nd Investec Test - Day Five

In won the World Cup in 1983 for the first time. Three years later, they won a Test match against England at Lord's Cricket Stadium. Nearly 28 years later, the side won a World Cup yet again and a Lord's win followed it up three years later in 2014. Some of the similarities between the 1986 and 2014 Lord's wins are listed below.

The similarities between the 1986 and 2014 Lord's win:

1. Both the captains are World Cup winners.
2. A Sharma picked up 5 or more wickets - Ishant and Chetan.
3. A Binny scored 9 off 19 balls in the first innings - Roger and Stuart.
4. A Mumbai batsman scored a century - Dilip Vengsarkar and Ajinkya Rahane.
5. Both the wins about three years after the World Cup triumph.
6. The FIFA final was played between Germany and Argentina in both those years.