North India Statesman
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IND vs SL World Cup Semi Final 1996 : Something happened in the history of Indian cricket 28 years ago, which no Indian cricket fan or veteran cricketer would like to remember. March 13, 1996 will always be remembered as a day that left a bad impression. The semi-final match of the ODI World Cup 1996 was played on this day between India and Sri Lanka.
The spectators became aggressive due to the poor performance of the Indian team.
Thinking about this semi-final match played in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, I still remember the angry spectators and the crying face of Vinod Kambli. After the Indian batting failed, the crowd became aggressive and due to their misbehavior the match could not be completed and the match was awarded to Sri Lanka.
World Cup was held in India
In the year 1996, India co-hosted the ODI World Cup. In this tournament, the Indian team under the leadership of Mohammad Azharuddin performed brilliantly and made it to the semi-finals. But unfortunately they had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the semi-finals. In this match, the Indian team won the toss, but had to face defeat in the match.
Indian team got into trouble after Sachin's dismissal.
Under the captaincy of Arjun Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan team, batting first, scored 251 runs for 8 wickets. Arvind de Silva played an inning of 66 runs in this match. While Javagal Srinath took 3 wickets and Sachin Tendulkar took 2 wickets. After this the worst thing that was to happen happened in the second innings.
Indian team lost 8 wickets for 120 runs
Chasing the target of 252 runs, the Indian team was in a good position at one time after losing one wicket for 98 runs, but after the dismissal of Sachin Tendulkar, the team's batting order collapsed. After this the Indian team lost 8 wickets for 120 runs. The 35th over was left and the Indian team needed 132 runs from 156 balls, which seemed impossible.
Kambli started crying on the field
Vinod Kambli was at the crease on 10 runs and Anil Kumble on zero runs. After this the spectators started throwing bottles on the field and set them on fire. Spectators set fire to the seating area in a part of the stadium. After this the match had to be stopped there. After which match referee Clive Led declared Sri Lanka the winner. Seeing this condition of the match, Ajay Kambli started crying on the field itself. Many of his pictures went viral. The match is now remembered for the fire at Eden Gardens and the bottles, slippers and shoes thrown on the field by spectators.
