Rashid Latif takes a blinder behind the stumps to dismiss Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin

In the second quarterfinal of the 1996 World Cup, the sides met each other for the second time in the mega-event.

No contest matches the intensity levels of an India-Pakistan cricket encounter. The tension only multiplies in crucial fixtures like the World Cup.

In the second quarterfinal of the 1996 World Cup, the sides met each other for the second time in the mega-event. The knockout clash was being played in Bangalore and the need for the moment was to keep the nerves. Pakistani wicketkeeper Rashid Latif exactly did that when he effected a brilliant caught behind to send back the dangerous looking Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin.

Azharuddin had shifted gears as India had reached to a score of 200. On the third delivery of the 42nd over from Waqar Younis, Azharuddin tried to roll one down the third man in search of a boundary but eventually just managed to get a thick edge. The ball was rocketing through the slip region when Latif stretched his body and dived towards his right to pocket the leather. It was a display of brilliant wicket-keeping skills and he maintained his balance and composure to perfection.

Latif’s brilliance couldn’t stop India from getting a big total of 287, as Pakistan stumbled to a 39-run defeat.