India and West Indies met for the first time on Australian soil on this day, 1991, at Perth.
And they produced one of the greatest ODIs of all time.
In those days the WACA pitch used to produce incredible pace and bounce (it still does, but not as much).
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So West Indies picked Marshall, Patterson, Ambrose, and Cummins.
India went in with Kapil, Prabhakar, Srinath, and debutant Subroto Banerjee.
Richardson opted to field, and Srikkanth was out caught in the fifth over.
Now Manjrekar joined Shastri.
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Both had scored hundreds on West Indian soil three seasons ago.
But while they did not throw it away, runs did not come either.
Manjrekar did not look particularly pleased when he was given out caught behind off Cummins. 35/2. 18th over.
Then Tendulkar was caught mid off.
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Then Shastri flicked Cummins for the first over of the match.
Ambrose had Azhar caught behind, but Shastri stepped out to drive Hooper straight for four.
I described the two fours because these were the only ones in the 284-ball Indian innings.
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Then one Brian Lara took a flying catch off a Shastri edge.
His 33 had taken Shastri 110 balls. It would remain the highest score of the match.
Kapil holed out to mid wicket, but Amre and Prabhakar added a crucial 23 for the seventh wicket.
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