The Final
At the final at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, Desmond Haynes scored 107 as West Indies totalled 273-5. But Pakistan overhauled it, scoring 277-6, thanks to Wasim Akram's six in the last over and half centuries from Saleem Malik and captain Imran Khan who was also Man of the Series.
Pakistan had won the Sharjah Champions Trophy in the United Arab Emirates a week and a half earlier and won the Nehru Cup despite having to play their seven games in eleven days.
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