Revisiting this thread after long....
The kind of chatter that used to happen in those late 90's era was something else. Those days, Pakistan were really strong and their contests with India will be electrifying. There was this chatter amongst us kids in those days that 'Pakistan cannot be beaten on a Friday' since its the day of Jum'ah (The special Friday prayer of Muslims). And inevitably to our disappointment, it will most often happen that way.
The 1999 WC was just such a bittersweet experience... Being kids, we didn't really have the maturity to understand that Sachin's dad had passed away. When that defeat to Zimbabwe happened, we argued our guts out that Sachin should not have left the team during a WC (yeah, those days when we immature kids hugely romanticized this bullcrap idea of 'national duty'). That defeat to Zimbabwe was so hurting.... but you know what? it all got blown away super soon when we yet again beat Pakistan in that Super 6 clash. Beating Pakistan in those days felt amazing since they're really good (I really miss the Pakistan of those days; the Anwars, Afridi, Ijaz, Inzy, Salim Malik, Akram, Waqar, Aquib, Saqlain, Mushtaq Ahmed, etc. Wish they get back there).