That match - Through the Eyes of the players | An Eye for an Eye | Natwest 2002 I India v England

The 2001 England tour of India had ended in a humiliating draw
With Flintoff dancing in Wankhede
Dada s team seemed to have lost all motivation as proved by another close encounter against Zimbabwe at home

& So started the journey

India resurging through a historic win in west indies and England dominating its way through New Zealand and Sri Lanka

To finally meet again on the English soil

For the NatWest cup

Old rivals were to meet again
Old enemies to face each other
Flintoff and ganguly were to stand again on the same field

And so it started

From the win in the first match due to Flintoff 3 wicket haul;
To Rahul Dravid – Yuvraj combo in the second
India looked poised for revenge – going on an undefeated run

That came crashing down on the dress rehersal to the finals
Ganguli’s heroics amounted to nothings
With the tag of chokers raised itself again
Having lost the finals of all multi nation tournaments from 1999

A change for revenge
And payback
Seemed to be going away
Especially with Sachin Tendulkar and Kumble injured
Even coach john wright couldn’t muster up the morale

That was then followed up by a thrashing at the hands of Naseer Hussain and tectonic followed by Flintoff to take the score to 325

Then when dada fell in spite of an amazing half century

All hope seemed lost

But then
Rose the youngster
Mohammad kaif and Yuvraj Singh

And started India off on one the greatest comebacks in ODI cricket
A comeback
A payback A thriller
That was capped by dada removing his shirt at the balcony of lords

A moment that went on to become an icon in world cricket

Link to Part 1 : https://youtu.be/UmuJqr1i91o

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