Mighty fall Prasad's 5-27 bowls over Pakistan Click here for more on this story Posted: Wednesday September 22, 1999 09:44 AM   Sachin Tendulkar became the first Indian to pass 1,000 World Cup runs. Graham Chadwick/Allsport MANCHESTER, England (CNN/SI) -- Some timely hitting by Rahul Dravid and skipper Mohammed Azharuddin helped India to beat Pakistan by 47 runs in the Super Sixes at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Fighting half centuries by Dravid and Azharuddin and outstanding medium pace bowling by Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad inspired India to hammer its arch-rivals. India had struggled early in the day accumulating only 227 for the loss of six wickets. However, Pakistan also collapsed and never recovered after falling to 78 for five, and was eventually dismissed for 180 in 45.3 overs. The confidence-boosting win gave India an outside chance to qualify for the semifinal while Pakistan must win its final match against Zimbabwe at the Oval on Friday to guarantee a place amongst the last four. It was a soul-searching performance by the rejuvenated Indian team that had been soundly beaten in the first game of the second round by Australia at the Oval on June 4. It is still mathematically possible for India to squeeze through although it will depend on how well it beats New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Saturday. After Azharuddin had produced a long overdue captain's innings of 59 runs off 79 balls, Srinath and Prasad bowled in tandem to cleanup the Pakistan top order to inflict its third consecutive defeat. Srinath took 3-37 in eight overs while Prasad, who had skipper Wasim Akram caught on the square leg boundary to complete the Pakistan demolition, finished with a career-best 5-27 in his 117th one-day international. He won the Man of the Match award. Since losing to tournament newcomers Bangladesh by 62 runs, Pakistan also lost to pre-tournament favorites South Africa by three wickets in the second round. It is also Pakistan's worst losing streak in a World Cup. The win was India's third against Pakistan in as many World Cup matches following wins in Sydney in '92 and in the quarterfinal in Bangalore in '96. "People always want us to win against Pakistan, and they will be very happy," Azharuddin said. "In the beginning it was touch and go, [but] we kept getting wickets and that put pressure on the opposition." Wasim conceded his side was going through a bad patch and said Friday's game against Zimbabwe will be crucial. "Our batting is struggling we are going through a bad patch but we'll come back," Wasim said. "We're a bit disappointed but we'll pick ourselves up. "They bowled well. They played better cricket than us." After racing to 34 in five overs, Pakistan, the new favorites to win the Cup, lost 4-34 in an abysmal display of top-order batting. Azharuddin switched his bowlers around intelligently, using them sparingly in short bursts to strike crucial blows. Apart from Saeed Anwar's 36 off 44 balls opening the innings, the next three -- Shahid Afridi, Ijaz Ahmed and Salim Malik -- managed just 23 runs between them. Inzamam-ul-Haq, 41 off 92 balls, and the in-form Moin Khan, 33 off 37 balls, threatened briefly in a 46-run sixth wicket stand. But Prasad returned to break the backbone of the batting revival as Pakistan stumbled to 124 for six. Khan, with a six and two boundaries to his credit, miscued a pull off Prasad to give Sachin Tendulkar a simple catch at long leg much to the relief of the Indians and their noisy supporters. Inzamam, who bruised his left index finger while catching Ajay Jadeja, was uncharacteristically subdued while his fellow batsmen capitulated. Having taken 84 balls to hit his first boundary, Inzamam was trapped leg before wicket by Prasad in a telling blow to Pakistan victory hopes. Tendulkar and Dravid appeared to vindicate Azharuddin's decision to bat first as India raced to 95 for one in the 21st over before disaster struck. Azhar Mahmood, who rekindled his bowling form with 3-24 against South Africa a few days ago, removed Tendulkar and vice captain Jadeja as India lost its way to 158 for four. Tendulkar, looking ominous in his 65-ball innings for 45 runs, hit once too often in the air and holed out to Saqlain Mushtaq at long off after hitting five boundaries. On two he became the first Indian and only the third batsman to complete 1,000 runs in the World Cup and when he pulled Mahmood for his second boundary to move past 14, he passed Viv Richards of the West Indies 1,013 runs in 23 World Cup matches in four tournaments. Tendulkar's 1,043 runs in 21 matches placed him second behind Pakistani Javed Miandad's World Cup aggregate of 1,083 runs in 33 matches. Dravid continued with his prolific form with the bat, hitting his third half century -- 61 runs off 87 balls -- to add to his successive centuries to take his tournament aggregate to 432 runs. The stylish right-hander helped Tendulkar put on 58 for the second wicket and was the fourth dismissed as Afridi pulled off a brilliant catch at extra cover to give Wasim the first of his two wickets. With the innings perilously placed on 158 for four after 40 overs, Azharuddin, despite taking 16 balls to get off the mark, pieced together a half century to boost the total in the company of Robin Singh (15).   Related information Stories Heavy security set for India-Pakistan duel Old enemies Pakistan, India to meet in Super Six Notebook: Klusener; ticket scalpers War of words at Old Trafford Multimedia India battles Pakistan in a match that means much more than just advancing in the World Cup.   • Start(2.38 M .MOV) Click here for the latest audio and video Search our site Watch CNN/SI 24 hours a day Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel. To receive CNN/SI at your home call your cable operator or DirecTV. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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