The bat Javed Miandad hit final ball six off Chetan Sharma in 1986 with belonged to Wasim Akram

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad struck a final ball six off Chetan Sharma's bowling to help the Green Brigade beat Kapil Dev-led Team India by 1 wicket in the final of the Austral-Asia Cup and clinch the title at the jam-packed Sharjah stadium in 1986.
In fact that match was played exactly 34 years ago, on April 18 1986.
The day is still remembered by every ardent cricket fan in both India and Pakistan.Pakistan needed four runs off the final ball to win the title and Miandad sealed the deal in his team's favour with a magnificent six off Chetan Chauhan.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, who was part of that historic match, took to Twitter on Saturday and revealed that it was his bat that Miandad was batting with when he hit the match winning six.
"Some moments are etched in ur memory and @I_JavedMiandad hit that epic six against India at Sharjah is 1 of them. It's a piece of cricket beauties. Whenever you watch it, it gives you real joy and tells how great a batsman he was. BTW the bat from which that 6 was hit was mine," Akram wrote on his Twitter handle.

Miandad, who remained unbeaten on 116 chasing India's 245/7, struck three fours and as many sixes in his 114-ball knock.
For Pakistan, Akram scalped three wickets. He dismissed Dilip Vengsarkar, Kirti Azad and Ravi Shastri in the match.