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4. India vs Zimbabwe – 1999 Cricket World Cup, 19 May 1999

India were upset by Zimbabwe in their encounter during the 1999 Cricket World Cup

The 1999 World Cup saw one of few upsets of the tournament occurring in its 8th match that was held between India and Zimbabwe. An Indian team studded with limited-overs behemoths like Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin, Anil Kumble and Robin Singh was bettered by a Zimbabwean side, that had, arguably, few of the greatest men to have ever featured for the country in Grant Flower, Andy Flower, Alistair Campbell and Heath Streak.

India made a series of mistakes in that game, which started right at the toss, wherein they won the toss and put Zimbabwe in. Benefiting from the contributions made by the Flower brothers, Grant and Andy, who made 45 and 68 respectively, and from the 51 extras conceded by the Indian team, they posted a respectable total of 252/9 in their 50 overs. Three of India’s top batsmen faltered during the run chase, as Ganguly, Dravid and Azhar were all dismissed cheaply, leaving too much of the job in the hands of the middle order.

Although Sadagoppan Ramesh, Ajay Jadeja, and Robin Singh tried their best with knocks of 55, 43 and 35 respectively, the lack of wagging prowess of the Indian tail and Zimbabwe’s restrictive disciplined bowling meant that India fell short of the target by 3 runs, as they were bowled out for 249 runs in 45 overs.

Result: Zimbabwe won by 3 runs.