: Data check: What makes Sourav Ganguly and Co’s epic win in Natwest Series 2002 final so special #IndiaNEWS For the generation of cricket fans who grew up witnessing the brilliance of MS Dhoni and

Data check: What makes Sourav Ganguly and Co’s epic win in Natwest Series 2002 final so special #IndiaNEWS
For the generation of cricket fans who grew up witnessing the brilliance of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli-led Indian sides, clinically finishing off run-chases must be a normal feeling. Almost taken for granted, the rare occasions that India does not manage to chase down a score feels like a punch to the gut. India, simply put, are expected to chase down any score in the 50-overs format.Of course, that was not always the case. And, if ever there was a match that can be decisively considered to be the turning point in a team’s history, for India it was the Natwest Series final in 2002 at Lord’s. Pause, rewind, play: Kaif and Yuvraj’s chase, Ganguly’s shirt twirl in the 2002 Natwest Trophy final18 years ago at Lords....What are your memories of this day?pic.twitter.com/Eb0OuxdcxH— The Field (@thefield_in) July 13, 2020 An epic turning pointSample this, according to ESPNCricinfo: “In a four-year span against teams not named Zimbabwe or Bangladesh, India only had two wins chasing when Tendulkar failed to score a fifty. Between January 31, 1999, and July 13, 2002, India lost nine successive ODI finals. Five of those defeats were while chasing. Cometh the big game, choketh the side, it seemed.???So much so that even Sourav Ganguly thought...Read more

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