In the first of the two Sharjah finals, Sachin Tendulkar was given out LBW to a ball that appeared to be heading down leg. The decision denied fans a potentially historic innings.
The Sharjah Desert Storm matches of April 1998 are among the most celebrated in cricket history. In the first final against Australia, Sachin Tendulkar played one of his greatest innings, smashing 143 off 131 balls in what was essentially a must-win match to qualify for the second final.
However, in the actual second final, Tendulkar was given out LBW for 134 to a Shane Warne delivery. While this was a substantial score, in an earlier qualifying match against Australia in the same tournament, he was dismissed LBW by umpire to a delivery that appeared to be going down the leg side.
Tendulkar's Sharjah performances are remembered as some of the finest in ODI history, but the questionable LBW calls in the tournament were part of a pattern that frustrated Indian fans throughout the 1990s. Without DRS, batsmen had no recourse against such decisions.
These incidents from Sharjah contributed to the growing demand for technology in cricket, a movement that would eventually lead to the introduction of ball tracking and the DRS system.
No review available in that era. The decisions stood and contributed to calls for ball-tracking technology.
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