Best knock by an Indian in a multi national final

[vvvslaxman]

We have  a lot of memorable knocks in final

 

MSD 91  vs SL WC

Gambhir 97 vs SL WC

Rohit 76 vs NZ CT

Kohli 76 vs SA 

Gambhir 75 vs Pak

Tilak 69* vs Pak

Srikkanth 67 (Benson & Hedges) vs Pak

Axar patel 47 vs SA

Dhawan 60 vs BD

Kohli 43 vs England

Srikkant 38 vs West Indies

 

 

 

Where would you place Tilak's innings?

[Gollum]

Cheeka and Gambhir so clutch, class above the others.  

[Gollum]

LHBs are disproportionately represented on the list, are they more clutch in general in KOs? 

 

Even from other teams, you have Lloyd (1975 final hero), Gilly, Dada (Nairobi final), Fakhar, Head.......and if you include SFs/QFs, you have Jayasuriya, Anwar, Yuvi, Raina, Dhawan, Sanga, Trescothik, Hussey, Bevan.....

[cricketfan28]

Top 2.

[goose]

desert storm was a multi national of course

[vvvslaxman]

27 minutes ago, goose said:

desert storm was a multi national of course

I filtered using 5 or more teams on cricinfo. Hence his name didn't show up

[Norman]

Man.. Gambhir might be a clown and has his faults but those two knocks in 2007 and 2011 were legendary and should have got him man of the match in both those finals..

[vvvslaxman]

Funnily we never have scored a century in the final. Even in Asia cup final highest is Azharuddin 90 not out way back in 1995.

[vvvslaxman]

So far Man of the matches in Asia cup final

 

1984  just 3 matches. Whoever toped the group won the cup. Surinder khanna won both man of the matches

 

ODIs

 

1988 final  Sidhu  (also won MOS)

1991  final  Mohammad Azharuddin

1995 final Mohammad Azharuddin   (sidhu MOS)

2010 final Dinesh Karthik

2018 final Shikdar Dhawan

2023 final Siraj 

 

T20Is

 

2016 final - Shikar Dhawan 

2025 final - Tilak varma 

[jf1gp_1]

Dinesh Kartik vs BD. Won that game out of nowhere.

[bowl_out]

3 hours ago, Gollum said:

LHBs are disproportionately represented on the list, are they more clutch in general in KOs? 

 

Even from other teams, you have Lloyd (1975 final hero), Gilly, Dada (Nairobi final), Fakhar, Head.......and if you include SFs/QFs, you have Jayasuriya, Anwar, Yuvi, Raina, Dhawan, Sanga, Trescothik, Hussey, Bevan.....

 

I read that as Gilly Danda 

[Prabhdeep Singh]

An underrated knock:

 

Rohit 30* of 16 balls, 2007 T20 WC VS Pak.

 

Provided an impetus to a smallish total that could be defended.

[maniac]

Kohli’s MCG knock and Tilak’s knock yesterday are my top 2. High strike rate requirement in challenging conditions against good bowling in a low turnaround game like T20 is special. Also given the pressure stakes of the games.those 2 are the best of all time.

 

special mention to: Gambhir and Rohit in 2007

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, maniac said:

Kohli’s MCG knock and Tilak’s knock yesterday are my top 2. High strike rate requirement in challenging conditions against good bowling in a low turnaround game like T20 is special. Also given the pressure stakes of the games.those 2 are the best of all time.

 

special mention to: Gambhir and Rohit in 2007

I am talking just about Final knocks.

[Lord]

From memory

 

Yuvi, Kaif in Natwest 2002

Dhoni, GG in 2011 finals

GG in 2007 WT20

Rohit in CT 2025

Sachin twin knocks in CB series 2008.

Kohli,Axar in WT20 2024

Kohli,Jaddu in CT 2013

 

[Ultimate_Game]

Gambhir is the most clutch batter 

 

Top scored in 2 ICC tourney finals - 2007 WT20 final and 2011 WC final. Also scored a 50 in 2011 WC QF. Unfortunately he didn't play too long - played from 2007 to 2012 and didn't get an opportunity to play in multiple tourneys.

 

Another clutch batter was Raina. Quite underrated and showed up in almost every knockout. Even his record in IPL knockouts is otherworldly. Raina is the sort of player you would want to have in the team.

[vvvslaxman]

9 minutes ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Gambhir is the most clutch batter 

 

Top scored in 2 ICC tourney finals - 2007 WT20 final and 2011 WC final. Also scored a 50 in 2011 WC QF. Unfortunately he didn't play too long - played from 2007 to 2012 and didn't get an opportunity to play in multiple tourneys.

 

Another clutch batter was Raina. Quite underrated and showed up in almost every knockout. Even his record in IPL knockouts is otherworldly. Raina is the sort of player you would want to have in the team.

 

 

Another guy is Sourav Ganguly

 

In the 2001 CT final he made 117. Sachin 69.  INdia should ahve won that when NZ was 132/5. But Cairns had other ideas

 

Also in  Indpendence cup  in the third final against pakistan India made history by successfully chasing 300 total for the first time   Ganguly made 124  and Robin singh 82 Sachin 41

[gattaca]

49 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

 

Another guy is Sourav Ganguly

 

In the 2001 CT final he made 117. Sachin 69.  INdia should ahve won that when NZ was 132/5. But Cairns had other ideas

 

Also in  Indpendence cup  in the third final against pakistan India made history by successfully chasing 300 total for the first time   Ganguly made 124  and Robin singh 82 Sachin 41

 

Ganguly and Sachin played very slow for the hundreds in the end. This was the cause for loss. It should have been above 300 score instead we settled for 278.

Edited September 30, 2025 by gattaca