What if: India had won the 1996 World Cup at Lahore

5. Shane Warne would have got nightmares about Tendulkar hitting him for sixes in 1996 itself

Shane Warne bowling to Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was in tremendous form in the 1996 World Cup, to put it mildly. He was the highest scorer of the tournament, and in the league match against Australia at his home ground in Bombay (now Mumbai), he had scored a flawless 90.

Given his liking for the Australian bowling, he would have definitely gone for the kill in the final at Lahore. And Shane Warne, who had admitted after the 1998 Coca-Cola Cup in Sharjah that he got nightmares about Tendulkar hitting him for sixes, could have got these nightmares earlier.

A punishing hundred from Tendulkar in the World Cup final would have been enough for Warne to get some serious nightmares about the little champion. Warne would be thankful that the now famous ‘Desert Storm’ happened two years later, and he had two more years of peaceful sleep.