On this day, India secured a 63-run victory over England and knocked them out of the 1999 World Cup in Birmingham.
Ahead of this fixture, England had three wins in four league matches, and India had two wins in the same appearances as their opponents. However, both the teams needed a win to cruise through the Super-Six stage, with the home team having a bad net run rate as well.
Alec Stewart-led side invited Team India to bat first in overcast conditions. The openers Sourav Ganguly and Sadagoppan Ramesh provided a decent start to the team.
It was a terrific good length ball of Alan Mullally, which caught the edge of Ramesh (20) in the 13th over of the innings. Thereafter the duo of Ganguly and Dravid continued their fine form and scored boundaries in almost every over.
The unfortunate run-out of Ganguly (40) of Mark Ealham came in the 22nd over, and India were at 93/2. After that, however, the home team put pressure on Sachin Tendulkar and denied him boundaries with terrific fielding efforts.
Although Tendulkar started to get going, he was caught at the deep mid-wicket area off Ealham and could contribute 22 off 40 balls.
The pressure kept mounting on the in-form Dravid as well, as the all-rounder Flintoff dismissed him for 53 off 82 balls. Soon the captain Mohammad Azharuddin (26) was caught at the point as well.
Then, the team needed a flourish from Ajay Jadeja to post a respectable total on the board. He performed as expected and hit delightful boundaries to contribute 39 off 30 balls, which propelled India to 232.
In reply, England lost their captain Alec Stewart (2) in the fourth over, wherein he tried to drive the ball from Debasis Mohanty, but the thick edge was caught at the second slip.
In the subsequent delivery, Mohanty bowled in the area of uncertainty and brought Graeme Hick (0) in double mind, resulting in the batter chopping the ball onto the stumps.
Nasser Hussain and Graham Thorpe steered the team well and controlled the game proceedings. However, another chop-on dismissal from Hussain (33) off Ganguly in the 20th over initiated a collapse of the home team.
The rain brought an early close in the evening, and the play resumed on the next day, with England at 73/3.
In the 24th over, Thorpe was adjudged LBW off Javagal Srinath for 36 off 57 balls.
Anil Kumble bowled a floater to dismiss Flintoff (15) LBW in the 32nd over. Thereafter India kept picking wickets, and a toe cruising yorker from Srinath took the final wicket to end England's innings for 169.
Sourav Ganguly was named 'Player of the Match' for his contribution of 40 runs and three wickets.
This big win meant India improved their net run rate and sealed the Super-six spot. It was a complete turnaround from them to get three consecutive wins after losing to South Africa and Zimbabwe. On the other hand, England were knocked out of the competition.