1993 Hero Cup
The Hero Cup was an International Cricket tournament played in India in 1993 to commemorate the Cricket Association of Bengal's diamond jubilee. India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and Zimbabwe took part in the multi-nation tournament. India beat West Indies in the finals of the tournament to win the Hero Cup.[1] Hero Cup was the first cricket event to be sponsored by Hero Honda.[2]
Notable efforts
Notable cricketing contributions include Sachin Tendulkar's match winning last over for India against South Africa in the Semi-finals (also the first match under lights at the Eden Gardens),[3] Anil Kumbles 6/12 for India against the West Indies in the final – a match winning effort and then the best bowling figures by an Indian in limited overs cricket,[4] Sanath Jayasuria opening the batting for the first time for Sri Lanka[5] and Jonty Rhodes's world record five catches for South Africa against the West Indies.[6]
Winning Team
India won the tournament beating the west indies.
Winning Team of 1993 Hero Cup – Cricket
Controversies
Two of the matches involved crowd trouble, first in Ahmedabad, where crowd trouble interrupted play and in Calcutta, where a firecracker exploded in West Indian Keith Arthurtons face.[1]
Hero Cup was the first tournament to be broadcast live on a satellite channel, Star TV.[7][8] Until the Hero Cup in 1993, state terrestrial broadcaster Doordarshan had a monopoly on broadcast of cricket matches in India. Doordarshan claimed violation of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 act, claiming the broadcast right was public property and had to be uplinked from India (Star TV uplinks from Hong Kong).[7] The matter went up to the Supreme Court in 1995, which held that broadcast rights could not be treated as public property.[8]
Fixtures
Venues
Ten different venues were used for each of the ten league games, with the semi-finals and finals being held at Calcutta.[9]
Cricket grounds which hosted the Hero Cup
Points Table
Points table at the end of the tournament:[10]
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T |
NR |
Points |
NRR |
 West Indies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.055 |
 South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +0.543 |
 India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +0.082 |
 Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.478 |
 Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1.260 |
League matches
- India, who chose to field
West Indies 268/8 (50 overs) |
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- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
- Rain reduced the match to 37 overs a side and the match was thereafter called off when it rained during the first innings
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West Indies139 all out (37 overs) |
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- West Indies, who chose to field
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- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
West Indies 202/7 (50 overs) |
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India100 all out (28.3 overs) |
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- West Indies, who chose to bat
- Crowd trouble after India lost 6 wickets, match reduced by 12 overs
- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
West Indies 233/9 (50 overs) |
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- West Indies, who chose to bat
India 221 all out (49.2 overs) |
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- South Africa, who chose to field
Semi-finals
India 195 all out (50 overs) |
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West Indies190/3 (41.5 overs) |
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- West Indies, who chose to field
Finals
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West Indies123 all out (40.1 overs) |
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- West Indies, who chose to field
References
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