India-Pakistan is probably the most exciting match in the cricket world. Since the two teams play each other only in multi-team events, the excitement and anticipation for each match is at its peak. The ODI World Cup is back in India after 12 years and ever since the release of the schedule, the India-Pakistan match at the world’s largest cricket stadium is at its peak.
India and Pakistan last met each other in an ODI match in World Cup 2019 and since then they have only played each other in T20Is. India have won all World Cup matches over Pakistan in the 50-over format and the most memorable victory was probably in the 2011 World Cup semi-final, which India won by 29 runs.
Although the bowlers played an important role in the victory. Sachin TendulkarHis innings of 85 helped India reach a respectable score of 260. However, it was no surprise innings from Tendulkar as he got five chances including a dropped catch and an LBW call survival.
Tendulkar was batting on 23 when Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal got him out lbw in front. Umpire Ian Gould raised his finger before the master blaster immediately sent him up for review. The decision was overturned as Hawkeye showed that the ball was spinning too much and going outside leg stump.
Now, 12 years later, Ajmal has alleged foul play in the dismissal, saying that the last two frames were cut to make it look like the ball was missing the stumps. “I played the 2011 World Cup in India. If you remember the controversial call of Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket. Umpire and I still say he was out. He cut the last two frames to let the ball miss the stumps. Otherwise, it would have hit the middle stump straight,” Ajmal said on the Nadir Ali podcast, mentioning that he received a lot of abuse from Indian fans after finally getting the great batsman out.