Virender Sehwag recalls Sourav Ganguly's Salman Khan moment

On this day in 2002, Sourav Ganguly led India beat England in the final of the Natwest Series chasing down a mammoth total of 326 at Lord’s cricket ground. India won the match by 2 wickets in one of the most incredible one day international matches the country had ever seen.

Indian skipper Ganguly took off his shirt in joy after the win in the final over. Sehwag on the 14th anniversary of the match associated it with Bollywood star Salman Khan, from whom taking off the shirt in his movie is a regular phenomenon.

14 years ago on this day we won the NatWestSeries & @SGanguly99 did a Salman Khan & won everyone's hearts.#NewIndia pic.twitter.com/drP7wfSjOa

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 13, 2016

Chasing 326, Sehwag and Ganguly fired on all cylinders and gave India a flying start. The skipper looked in unbelievable touch as he was even hitting sixes over cover. It was notable since that wasn’t a regular feature of his batting.

Ganguly and Sehwag were dismissed for 60 and 45 runs respectively. India were 106 for 0 before the start of the 15th over but lost 6 wickets in the next 40 runs they scored. From a comfortable position, India suddenly slipped down to 146 for 6.

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But that was not the end of the game as youngsters, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Kaif showed a lot of maturity and stood up to the task as they put on a 121-run partnership to keep the hopes alive. Yuvraj was dismissed for 69, but Kaif who was once considered to be the future Indian captain scored an unbeaten 87.

Kaif found the fence with India 6 runs behind with an over and a ball to spare. With 2 needed off the last over, Zaheer Khan missed the first two balls but collected two runs off the 3rd ball to seal an emphatic win.

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Indian’s present in the dressing room and in the stands was overwhelmed. Ganguly’s reaction showed how much the win meant to him and the team. Earlier, it was Flintoff who waved his T-shirt at the Wankhede Stadium after India lost to England at home. Sourav Ganguly had with that completed a sweet revenge.

Watch the highlights of the historical match here: