Former Team India player Vinod Kambli is in the news these days. He came into limelight after meeting his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar amid his ill health. However, these days he is doing rehab and his life is back on track. He is also celebrating his 53rd birthday today i.e. on 18th January. Kambli, who is slowly recovering, also looks quite happy. But today we are going to tell you such an incident, when he was forced to cry in front of about one lakh spectators in the match of Team India. Along with him, the entire country had received such a wound which they could not forget even if they wanted to.

Who forced Kambli to cry?

This is from the year 1996. India got the opportunity to host the Cricket World Cup. Team India had performed brilliantly in the entire tournament under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin. It entered the semi-finals by defeating its arch-rival Pakistan in the quarter-finals. The expectations of the entire country from the Indian team had increased. More than 1 lakh spectators had gathered in the stadium for this match against Sri Lanka. But something happened in this match which no one expected and Kambli was forced to cry.

Actually, the first semi-final of the 1996 World Cup was played between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Vinod Kambli was also a part of the playing eleven in this match. Team India had a very good start in the match. After winning the toss, India bowled first and lost 3 wickets of Sri Lanka at the score of 35 runs. At the same time, the fourth batsman was also out on the score of 85. After this Sri Lanka made a comeback and somehow put 251 runs on the board. But while chasing it, India lost 8 wickets for 120 runs.

Seeing Team India losing, the Indian fans became so angry that they started throwing bottles on the field. The players got upset by this. Despite this he did not stop and set the stands on fire. The situation became so bad that the match had to be stopped midway and victory was given to Sri Lanka. At this time Kambli was present at the crease. He was deeply hurt by this and was forced to cry in front of thousands of fans.

Kambli was not able to bat completely

Indian fans were expecting victory in this match. But while chasing 252 runs, they lost the first wicket at the score of 8 runs. After this, Sachin and Sanjay Manjrekar took over the innings and took the team's score to 98. However, none of the fans could believe what happened after this. As soon as Manjrekar was out on the score of 98 runs, there was a flurry of wickets. The Indian team lost 7 wickets in scoring 22 runs.

However, Vinod Kambli was still at the crease with Anil Kumble after scoring 10 runs in 29 balls. But the spectators present in the stadium were aware of the defeat. He was angry with the Indian players. So he started throwing balls and it also caught fire. Seeing the situation worsening, the match referee finally declared Sri Lanka the winner. Kambli could not even bat completely. Kambli could not bear the pain of such defeat. Kambli and the entire country have not been able to forget this accident till date.