8 Best matches from the Cricket World Cup

# 8 India Def Pakistan - 1992 World Cup

The rivalry between Pakistan and India goes all the way back to the independence of each country. Combine their already heated political rivalry with both nations intense passion for cricket leaves you with a rivalry for the ages. The rivalry made it to the World Cup in 1992 as both teams faced off against each other for the first time in the tournament's history.

India won the toss and elected to bat, with a 19-year-old Sachin Tendulkar the pick of the batsman scoring a handy 54 off 62 deliveries. The Indian batters also kept star bowler Wasim Akram wicketless, scoring 45 off of his 10 overs. Indian opener Ajay Jadeja scored a handy 46 and all-rounder Kapil Dev scored a quick 35 off 26 deliveries. India posted 216, which was a defendable but not a dominant total at the time.

Pakistan lost Inzamam-ul-Haq and Zahid Faizal early in the chase as they fell to 2/17 in reply, before opener Aamer Sohail and Javed Miandad batted together to get Pakistan back into the match. Unfortunately for Pakistan, the Indian bowlers would get on top in combination with some key run outs allowed the Indians to win the match. Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar, and Javagal Srinath would all end up with two wickets and Sachin Tendulkar would Aamer Sohail to win the man of the match award.

Despite the loss, Pakistan would eke their way into the finals in the fourth position while India would be eliminated. Pakistan would then defeat New Zealand in the semi-final and England in the final to win their first ever world cup.