July 13, 2002, marked the dawn of a new age in Indian cricket 🙈with the historic triumꦿph at Lord’s in the Natwest Trophy final.
In the high-octane thriller, India chased down ꦆan improbable target of 326 against a strong England attack at home. The tournament also featured Sri Lanka as the third team who could not find a place in the final.
The Indian team received a major thrashing upfront as Nasser Hussain notched up his maiden and only ODI ton. Along with opener Marcus Trescothick, who also ꦬscored a sublime ton, captain Hussain helped the host set a targetꦐ of 326 in front of India.
A determined Indian captain in Sourav Ganguly gave his team a flying start along with Vi📖render Sehwag but lost their way in the middle. The ‘Men in Blue’ were reduced to 146 for the loss of five wickets at the halfway stage when two young guns played the innings of their lives.
India was in no contention to win the match when newcomers, Yuvraj Singh an⛄d Mohammad Kaif, came in and stitched a pricele🌞ss partnership of over 100 runs.
Yuvraj scored a fluent 69 while Kaif took India across to the finishing line wi⛎th his memorable knock of 87. This chase was the highest in the world unt🔯il then.
Also, the win was special for the Indian tea🧸m as it got its revenge for the lossꦺ against England in the preceding home series.
After Zaheer Khan scored the winning runs off overthrows, Ganguly performed one of the most iconic celeb🌞rations by swirling around his jersey at the Lord’s balcony.
Earlier, the Indian team was renowned for capitulating under the pressure of reaching hi𝓀gh-targets. However, the win at Lord’s 18 years back changed the course of the Indian team, by bringing in a fearless mentality while chasing.
in 2002.. scripted history by winning the Natwest Trophy final at Lord's 🇮🇳👏
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