4. India versus Pakistan, Group Stage, 2003
India and Pakistan faced in a Group A match played at Super Sports Park, Centurion on 1st March 2003. Pakistani captain Waqar Younis won the toss and elected to bat first. A brilliant 101 by Saeed Anwar, Younis Khan 32, Mohammad Yusuf 25, Rashid Latif 29* helped Pakistan to post 273 for 7 in 50 overs. For India, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra took 2 wickets each, while Dinesh Mongia and Srinath took 1 wicket each.
Chasing the target of 274 runs to win, the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag added 53 runs for opening wicket in quick time. Mohammad Kaif and Tendulkar created pressure on Pakistani bowlers adding 102 runs for the 3rd wicket. Sachin played a brilliant knock scoring 98 off 75 balls. Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid put on 99 unbeaten runs for the 5th wicket. India won the match by 6 wickets with 26 balls to spare.
