Sourav Ganguly – 5/16 against Pakistan
The Sahara Cup used to be a friendship series played between arch rivals India and Pakistan for three years. It was during the second edition where Sourav Ganguly’s all-round performances stood out and guided India to win the series 4-1.
India and Pakistan met each other in The Sahara Cup on September 18, 1997. Sachin Tendulkar was captaining the Indian side during the series and they managed to score only 182 runs batting first. Pakistan began to chase quite aggressively. Ganguly came in the 19th over when Pakistan was smoothly moving towards victory and with his golden arm ‘Dada’ completely turned the course of the game. The Prince of Calcutta finished his spell with mind-blowing figures of 10-3-16-5 and was also awarded the Man of the Match.