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For the first time in the World Cup and ODI history, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup game played at Northamptonshire. Pakistan captain Wasim Akram won the toss and decided to field first. The decision did not pay off as Shahriar Hossain played with positive intent while Mehrab Hossain struggled against Pakistan top quality bowling. Saqlain Mushtaq got the breakthrough dismissing Hossain for 9 off 42 balls. Saqlain struck again to get rid of Shahriar Hossain. After the fall of 2 quick wickets, Aminul Islam and Akram Khan put on 50 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Shahid Afridi got the breakthrough dismissing Islam for 15. Pakistan came back strongly to reduce Bangladesh at 148 for 5. Minhajul Abedin and Khaled Mahmud put on 39 runs for the 6 th wicket. Pakistan kept on picking wickets at regular intervals to restrict Bangladesh at 223 for 9 in 50 overs. Akram Khan was the top scorer for Bangladesh with 42, Khaled Mahmud made 27. For Pakistan, Saqlain Mushtaq wrea...

On 26 th May 1999, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid created record partnership in ODIs during the Group A match against Sri Lanka played at Taunton. Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga won the toss and decided to field first. India lost an early wicket of Sadagoppan Ramesh in the first over itself. Rahul Dravid came to the crease and looked cautious at the start of the innings. Sourav Ganguly also cautious at the start and then took on the Sri Lankan bowlers. Dravid played with positive intent to complete his fifty off 43 balls. After the initial struggle, Ganguly showed his class and reached his 50 off 68 balls. Both Dravid and Ganguly smashed the Sri Lankan bowlers to all parts of the ground. They kept the scoreboard ticking by rotating the strike and hitting boundaries at will. Dravid reached the century first off 102 balls while on the other hand Ganguly also reached the milestone off 119 balls. After completing their milestone, both batsmen continued to plunder runs...