5 Instances when India won a game by 1 run

New Zealand v India at Wellington, 6 March 1990

Kapil Dev won the man of the match award

It was the 4th game of Rothmans Triangular Series in which New Zealand and India faced each other at Wellington. Azharuddin and late Martin Crowe were the captains in that match. India won the toss and chose to bat. Indian opener Woorkeri Raman was dismissed for a duck. Prabhakar and Manjrekar scored 36 each. Sachin Tendulkar came at number 6 and also made 36, while Kapil Dev added 46 runs.

India did not have any major partnership except for the 58 for 2nd wicket and made 221 runs in 48.2 overs. Danny Morison, now renowned for his commentary skills, got 3 wickets in that game. In the 2nd innings, Martin Crowe was removed for 18 by Kapil Dev and Andrew Jones was run out for only 9. New Zealand were in deep trouble at 68-3 when they lost Jeff Crowe.

An 80 run partnership between Greatbatch and Rutherford brought New Zealand in control of the chase. The two made 53 and 44 respectively. Sir Richard Hadlee made a handy contribution of 46 runs and New Zealand were cruising to victory when they were at 210-6. However, two wickets fell on 210 and 211 and New Zealand were 8 down with 11 to win from last over.

Much like the last game where Mushfiqur Raheem hit two fours, Hadlee hit 4, 2, 2 and New Zealand needed 3 from 3 balls with 2 wickets in hand. But Snedden was run out of the fourth ball, which produced a single. Kapil Dev then bowled the perfect yorker as Hadlee tried to hit the winning runs and was bowled. India completed their first one-run victory in an international game. Kapil Dev for his all-round performance was given the man of the match award.