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The biggest fiesta of Cricket is just a fortnight away. Building upto the world cup, I am starting a couple of regular columns on this blog. The first one being "kiss of luck". Here I will talk about some minor or trivial event changed fortunes of a team. Also, we will discover, more kisses of luck during the tournament as well. Here goes the first one.....
The Rain At Adelaid
Imran Khan was playing his last World cup in 1992. With a desperate ambition to win he started building up the team a year ago. From his own talent hunt he identified batsmen like Amir Sohail and Inzamam-Ul-Haq. Who both turned out to be key players for not just in World cup but for several years to come. However, Pakistan started horribly in the world cup. They lost to West Indies humiliatingly by 10 wickets. When they faced England at Adelaid on 1st March, they were bundled out for 74 runs. One of the lowest team totals in a world cup game. England, one of the favorites of the tournament, were expected to finish the game off without much trouble and rain interrupted. An ill-timed world up with some farcical interruptions of the rain till the end, proved extremely lucky for Pakistan. Despite putting up a pathetic performance, Pakistan walked away with a point. In subsequent matches they were handed comprehensive defeats against India and South Africa. However, they won their last three games (including against both the hosts, Australia and New Zealand), in the end the single point earned in the rain-interrupted game proved crucial and Pakistan booked a place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Inzamam played the innings of his life to turn the match and the fortune of Pakistan. The rest, as all the clichéd writers write, is history….. 
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