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KARACHI: Right on this day in 1992, Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup. Imran Khan led them to a famous 22 run win over England in front of 87,182 people at the MCG.
Pakistan is celebrating 25th anniversary of 1992 World Cup victory today. Man of the Match, Wasim Akram Also celebrating the day.
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) March 25, 2017
The Pakistani team took part in the cup without its some of key players like Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar and the captain Imran Khan was also injured.
Pakistani team was not among the favorites of the tournament. Also the team did not perform very well in start as it lost three of their first five matches.
Then captain Imran Khan famously told the team to play as "cornered tigers", after which Pakistan won five successive matches, including, most famously, the semi-final against hosts New Zealand and the final against England.
