Celebrations on Champions Trophy win, bitter memories of 1996 World Cup semi -finals.

Last updated:March 12, 2025, 16:33 IST

On the one hand, while the champions team’s victory is being discussed everywhere, the fans would not forget the incident on March 13, 29 years ago, when the Indian team was on the verge of defeat in front of Sri Lanka in the semi -final match when the audience’s uproar is on the chak …Read more

The black day of Indian cricket when everything happened except sports on the field

New Delhi. On the one hand, where all the Indian fans are celebrating the victory in the Champions Trophy, this victory is still being discussed in the street. Some are reading the kashedas of Rohit’s captaincy and some are praising the thinking of the coach. Some history cars are remembering this as the most wonderful date of Indian cricket on 9 March. 4 days after this date, something happened 29 years ago, which is not less than a canker for fans even today.

In the history of Indian cricket, on 13 March 1996, it will always be remembered as the day of giving bad stains. This was a day that no fan of Indian cricket would like to remember. The World Cup was semifinal between the teams of India and Sri Lanka on the same day 29 years ago. On thinking about this semi -final match, still the memory of Vinod Kambli’s face full of angry fans and tears becomes fresh.

That black day in Eden Gordon

The semi -final match of 1996 In front of Sri Lanka’s team and fans, trusting their team started with all these things to make a battle in the final. Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, who won the toss, decided to field first, which is still discussed among cricket experts. By dismissing Jayasuriya and Kaluvitarna in the first two overs, Jawagal Srinath gave more strength to the fans on the Indian team and it seemed that the finals are not far away. But Honi had something else when Arvinda Disilva batted quickly and due to his innings, Shrimlaka managed to make 251. Team India chased a target of 252 runs and was in good position after losing one wicket for 98 runs at one time, but after Sachin Tendulkar’s dismissal, the team’s batting order collapsed and his score was 120 runs for eight wickets. Indian batting broke in front of the moving balls of Muralitharan, Kumar Dharmasena and Jayasuriya.

Viewers’ orgy on the field

After the collapse of the Indian batting, the audience became uncontrolled and the match could not be completed due to their bad behavior and it was named after Sri Lanka, then the audience started throwing bottles on the ground and set fire to the place of sitting in a part of the stadium, after which the match referee Clive Layid declared Sri Lanka as the winner. The World Cup 1996 semi -finals are remembered for the crying pictures of Vinod Kambli more than India’s defeat, arson at the Eden Gardens and the bottles, chappals, shoes thrown by the audience on the ground. This was the first incident of World Cup history when a match was finished in the middle and the winning team got a place in the final without completing the match.