On Wednesday, former Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Kiran More took to Twitter to share pictures of his Team India jersey from the 1992 World Cup. More uploaded four images, with the cricketer seen wearing the jersey in three of them. The Indian team will be donning the same jersey during the upcoming ODI series in Australia.
Captioning the pictures on Twitter, Kiran More wrote: “Look what I found myself! The original jersey of the 1992 @ICC@cricketworldcup, still fits me very well. It brought back all the fond memories, what a tournament it was, as the great Richie Benaud would say on air: simply superb! #cricket”.
Look what I found myself! The original jersey of the 1992 @ICC @cricketworldcup, still fits me very well. It brought back all the fond memories, what a tournament it was, as the great Richie Benaud would say on air: simply superb! #cricket pic.twitter.com/puqpXauUk5
— Kiran More (@JockMore) November 25, 2020
More had previously shared a picture on the social media platform from the inauguration ceremony of the 1992 World Cup in Sydney.
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Captioning his earlier tweet, Kiran More wrote: “Remember this inauguration of the 1992 @ICC@cricketworldcup in Sydney, good to know that @BCCI will be wearing a similar jersey during the upcoming ODI series against @CricketAus @azharflicks @RaviShastriOfc @sanjaymanjrekar @pravin__amre @sachin_rt@vinodkambli349#AjayJadeja”.
Remember this inauguration of the 1992 @ICC @cricketworldcup in Sydney, good to know that @BCCI will be wearing a similar jersey during the upcoming ODI series against @CricketAus @azharflicks @RaviShastriOfc @sanjaymanjrekar @pravin__amre @sachin_rt @vinodkambli349 #AjayJadeja pic.twitter.com/faCnyIjfj6
— Kiran More (@JockMore) November 24, 2020
The 1992 Cricket World Cup was combinedly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Pakistan won the tournament for the first time, defeating England in the final by a margin of 22 runs. While Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the semi-final, England reached the final following a win against South Africa.
New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe finished as the leading run-getting in that season of the tournament as he had amassed as many as 456 runs. Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram accounted for the highest number of dismissals, as he had scalped 18 wickets.
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India finished seventh in the round-robin stage of the tournament, just above Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Mohammad Azharuddin was the highest run-scorer in the edition for the Indian team, scoring 332 runs.
