A Rest of the World 1980s team stunned Mumbai's cricket followers by beating India's finest from the 2010s by 5 runs.
On an incredible 5th morning of their Test match, 6 Indian wickets tumbled for 23 runs. The locals were strangely muted as Kapil Dev, India's greatest cricketer of the 20th century, tore through the home batting line up with high class swing bowling. Imran marshalled his bowling attack adroitly, so much so that this unlikely win in the end looked inevitable.
Arguably pivotal was the 1st day fightback by Javed (158) and Hadlee (70), who added 114 from 137 balls after their side had slumped to 171-7. Ashwin bowled his off breaks beautifully in that 1st innings for 6-71, but crucially was not as effective 2nd time round.
Perhaps as significant was that Kohli came out of the Test match with a pair? Pujara (118 and 80) was technically flawless and unlucky to be on the losing side. But ultimately this was a tremendous team effort from Rest of the World, led superbly by their inspirational captain.
Kapil Dev was player of the match for his brilliant bowling spell on that last morning and now the Rest of the World move on to the Semi Finals to face the 1960s South Africans.
India 2010s: S Dhawan; CA Pujara; V Kohli [c]; AM Rahane; PA Patel [w]; RA Jadeja; R Ashwin; Mohammed Shami; Bhuvneshwar Kumar; UT Yadav; K Yadav
Rest of the World 1980s: Mudassar Nazar; DB Vengsarkar; Javed Miandad; MD Crowe; M Azharuddin; Imran Khan [c]; Kapil Dev; RJ Hadlee; RJ Shastri; Abdul Qadir; Wasim Bari [w]
Rest of the World 1980s 1st Innings 323-10 (101.1 Ov)
Javed Miandad 158, RJ Hadlee 70, R Ashwin 6-71, UT Yadav 2-46
India 2010s 1st Innings 306-10 (111.2 Ov)
CA Pujara 118, S Dhawan 78, PA Patel 48, Mudassar Nazar 4-51, RJ Hadlee 3-49
Rest of the World 1980s 2nd Innings 222-10 (77.1 Ov)
RJ Shastri 73, M Azharuddin 51, Javed Miandad 35, Mohammed Shami 3-28, RA Jadeja 2-31, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-50
India 2010s 2nd Innings 234-10 (87.2 Ov)
CA Pujara 80, PA Patel 59, S Dhawan 41, Kapil Dev 5-37, RJ Shastri 2-39, Imran Khan 2-49
Rest of the World 1980s win by 5 runs
Man of the Match: Kapil Dev
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