Sohail initiates , Prasad terminates.

9^th march, 1996 , it was back then in the 1996 World cup as the two arch-rivals India and Pakistan met each other at India’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  in an absolutely exciting encounter. The match was undoubtedly an eventful one. Wasim Akram , the captain pulled out of the game at the last minute and Aamer Sohail came in as the stand-in captain.

The match started as the Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin , elected to bat first after winning the toss. India posted 287/8 , Navjot Sidhu top scoring with 93 and Ajay Jadeja scoring a brisk 45 off 25 balls.

The Pakistan batsman scored heavily in the first ten overs which resulted in the local boy Venkatesh Prasad being booed by the crowd. The incident took place when Sohail prompted some thing to Prasad after he dispatched him for a four. Sohail openly lampooned Prasad, pointing to the region with the bat as if to say, "Go, fetch that".

Sohail tried to repeat the slash off the next ball, though it was on off stump, and was comprehensively bowled. A charged-up Prasad gave him a send-off ("Go home, you f****** bastard")

High fives go on as Prasad bowls Sohail.

Eventually India won the match by 39 runs and maintaining the winning streak against Pakistan in WCs. But this match will always be remembered for this incident that took place.

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