Sachin Tendulkar defended 6 runs for Team India in Hero Cup: In the year 1993, Team India’s legend Sachin Tendulkar had bowled a magical over in the semi-finals of the Hero Cup against South Africa.

New Delhi: A blockbuster match will be played between India and South Africa in the Super-8 of the ICC T20 World Cup today i.e. on Sunday. Both the teams will enter the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad for this match. Both the teams will face each other for the first time in T20 World Cup 2026. Whenever there is a clash between India and South Africa in an ICC event, the excitement crosses all limits. Who can forget the final of the T20 World Cup of 2024?

At the same time, once again the India-South Africa team will clash in the T20 World Cup, but before this Super-8 match, let us take you back 33 years, when India had achieved a miraculous victory over South Africa in the semi-finals of the Hero Cup, when the great Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar had turned the match in just 6 balls.

Sachin Tendulkar did a magical over

Although the world knows Sachin Tendulkar as a great batsman, but the Master Blaster was amazing not only in batting but also in bowling. Sachin had done something similar in the Hero Cup also. All the hopes of Team India were lost in that match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, but then captain Mohammad Azharuddin did not know what came to his mind, he handed the ball to Sachin Tendulkar.

South Africa needed only 6 runs to win in the last over. As soon as the fans saw the ball in Sachin’s hand at Eden Gardens, everyone’s breath stopped. Everyone assumed that India would lose this match, because Sachin was bowling his first over in that match, but who knew that a miracle was going to happen on the field. Sachin turned the tables for Team India in the last over. Sachin gave only 3 runs in his last over, due to which Team India won the match. Three South African batsmen were run out after scoring 6 runs in the last over.

Team India batted first in the match

The Indian team batted first in the semi-finals of the Hero Cup. The Indian team had a very bad start in batting. The team lost three wickets on the score of just 18 runs, but captain Azhar took charge of the innings in the middle order. During this period he also got excellent support from Praveen Amre. Azhar played an inning of 90 runs, while Amre contributed 48 runs, due to which Team India was restricted to 195 runs in 50 overs.

In response, South Africa also had a bad start, but opener Andrew Hudson kept the innings under control amidst the continuous falling of wickets. In the end, Anil Kumble bowled Hudson on the personal score of 60 runs. Brian McMillan also played an inning of 48 runs in the middle order for South Africa, but could not lead the team to victory. In bowling, Anil Kumble took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 10 overs for Team India. Apart from this, Ajay Jadeja also took 2 wickets. Javagal Srinath and Kapil Dev also took 1 wicket each.