World Cup History: Four iconic moments from the India-Pakistan rivalry

#2 World Cup 1992: The mimicry

This is where it all started as India and Pakistan were playing against each other in a World Cup for the first time. Given the nature of the battle and that too on the biggest platform, the stakes were obviously high and there was immense pressure on players.

India opted to bat first, with contributions from Sachin Tendulkar (52) and Kapil Dev (25), the team put up a total of 216 runs. In response, the Pakistan team didn’t start off well as they lost a couple of early wickets and were looking very shaky. But with the experience and talent of Aamir Sohail and Javed Miandad, they started to stabilize the innings.

It was during this partnership that one of the most peculiar, funny yet iconic moment took place. Miandad was constantly disturbed with Kiran More’s enthusiasm and words from behind the wickets. Even though the batsman addressed this issue with umpires, his plea was not heard.

It reached the threshold point for Miandad as immediately after surviving a run-out chance, the Pakistan batsman jumped up and down with the bat in his hands trying to emulate More’s over-enthusiasm. Even though India won that match, the occasion will always be remembered for this particular instance.