Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli, who was recently seen in a video hugging fellow batsman Sachin Tendulkar opened up about this alcohol addiction and has sought help, saying that wanted to undergo rehabilitation.

Appearing on The Vickey Lalwani Show, Kambli spoke about his health issues, financial troubles and alcohol addiction.

When asked whether he was drinking heavily, Kambli said "tha pehle, gaya" (I was into heavy drinking before, but his quit alcohol).

Kambli's interview with Lalwani comes days after a video went viral on social media that showed Kambli in poor physical condition. At an event held in memory of Sachin and Kambli's coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar, which was attended by both former teammates, Kambli cleared the air regarding his relation with Tendulkar.

]"Hum log bachpan se thae" (we were friends from childhood), Kambli said. Tendulkar and Kambli were close friends from childhood and trained together under Achrekar. The duo were teammates as they represented India. However, their careers took opposite trajectories. While Tendulkar broke numerous batting records and became a legend of the sport, Kambli faded away after initial success. This affected their bond.

In 2009, Kambli in a media interview has said that he was getting no help from Tendulkar. However, in the latest interview Kambli took a U-turn and said that he got all help from Tendulkar."Sab kiya usne, help bahut kiya, mere do operation hue Lilavati mein, usne sab mein help kiya, financially" Kambli added, (he did everything for me, helped me a lot, I had two surgeries in Lilavati hospital. Tendulkar provided all possible financial assistance to me at the time.)Kambli spoke about the favourite knock of his career and recalled the Test double century against England at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium as one of the best innings of his career

."Jo (innings) Wankhede stadium mein kiya, Uss samay kaun thae, Achrekar sir aur mere dost. Bahut acchi team thi humari. Itna accha team kahin nahi deka humne." (The innings at Wankhede stadium, there was, Achrekar sir and my friends at that time. Our team was very good. I had never seen such a good team anywhere).

The left-handed batter scored 224 runs in India's first innings of the Test against England in 1994. The knock was pivotal in helping India crush England by an innings and 15 runs. That Indian team composed of Kambli, Tendulkar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manoj Prabhakar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Pravin Amre, Kapil Dev, Kiran More, Anil Kumble, Rajesh Chahuhan and Venkatapathy Raju.

Kambli felt that the emergence of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid made it difficult for him to make a come-back to the team after he was dropped from the Test side."Mushkil hua, lekin comeback kia, ten comebacks kiye, mazak nahi hai, dus comeback karna Indian team mein", Kambli added. (It became tough, but I did make a comeback. I made 10 comebacks. It is not a joke to make 10 comebacks in the Indian team).

Nonetheless, Kambli confessed that he was struggling financially. "Bad, bad, bad...jis tarah se meri biwi handle karti hai sab logo ko, hats off to her." Kambi said when asked about his financial condition. (My financial condition is bad, but how my wife handles everything its hats off to her.)After the video from Ramakant Achrekar's memorial event surfaced several players, including the 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, said they were ready to support Kambli, provided he undergoes rehabilitation.

"Sure, no hesitation, " Kambli said when he asked if undergo rehabilitation.