1996 World cup: Fixing or Epic Choke?

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This video recalls the moment from 1996 world cup semi-final match between India and Sri Lanka.
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[@cricaddictyt]

Hey everyone, We understand we did mistake in the video, and here are those mistakes 👉 1) India went to 1987 world cup's semi final, we forgot to mention this. 2) Ajay jadeja in bowling unit part, that was actually meant to be mentioned properly in editing but we forgot to. 3) jayasuriya had 3 wickets instead of 4 (we mentioned 4 wickets) apart from these, we don't think there was any particular mistake from our end. We accept our mistake and will try best to improve in the future videos and make our videos more better! Thanks.

[@pranavsuri]

Thanks for mentioning this. Great content; subscribed!

[@janithchampika1244]

LOL. The Biggest mistake is that you guys thought that it was a Fixed match.

[@iluraj1304]

1) Sri Lanka didn't beat Australia during the group stage. Australia refused to travel to Sri Lanka due to political turmoil, that's why Sri Lanka was awarded the match. While making a video on such a big issue, you should be more careful about the information & data you are sharing. 2) Another thing is the way you put India's performance in the group stage it looked like a juggernaut. The truth is India only beat Kenya, Zimbabwe & West Indies in the group stage, the same West Indies who got beaten by Kenya & that too with the help of Sachin's catch being dropped by WI keeper at very early stage of the innings. So in reality, the Indian Campaign was never too good in that World Cup. Yes, beating arch rival Pakistan in the quarter finals ( especially which was a least expected win keeping in mind India's record against Pakistan in ODIs during 80s & early 90s ) at Bangalore made everyone's expectations higher. Even during the group stage the match against Australia was mostly played by Sachin who scored 90 out of team total of 143 before being stumped while chasing wide delivery from Mark Waugh. There are more missing analyses like India was never a good chaser prior to Greg Chappell's era & very poor during the 90s often even squandering chases from good position.

[@iforindia8509]

Azhar made so much money when he was a captain through Dubai connection. He just exploit the respect and love given by indians

[@shibomghosh7893]

i think azhar was one of the revolutionary captains of india.in 90s india continuously won in odi matches ,random series ,asia cups,only World cup dissapointment nd big mistakes made ajju a fixer or haters but ajju was lethal batsman those times

[@silasmarnar]

Ganguly replaced kambli forever and almost won 2003 WC ..but ganguly's boys yuvi , harbhajan , sehwag , zaheer won 2011 WC....

[@ishitasalunke9567]

And dhoni

[@jasvindersingh840]

​@@ishitasalunke9567dhoni wasn't Ganguly's guy 🤦

[@akasharadhya9505]

​@@jasvindersingh840ofc he was dude, Ganguly promoted msd up the order also suggested his name for captaincy(as shown in movie). He was if not to the range of yuvi nd bhajji, but still Gangulys boy

[@PKU-i4i]

​@@akasharadhya9505bro u r obsessed with Ganguly so don't disrespect anyone!! Ths is what every captain does .....when they found something special in a cricketer they make them !! So there's nothing new .... From yr point of view Dhoni fans will say Rohit Kohli Dhawan Ashwin are dhoni's boy 😂 !! Of course Ganguly made the team a good come back bt it was Dhoni who won back to back WC in 2007 & 2011 after becoming captain..... So admit ths obviously he had something special 😅

[@Rajub-j9d]

​@@PKU-i4i great joke 😂😂

[@abhishekghosh2686]

Back in the days India was so heavily depended on Sachin... Sachin gya toh team v gya.... But from 98/1 to 128/8 is unacceptable...

[@bigbruhnoob]

Just like right now. Rohit and Kohli gaya to Match bhi gaya.. (If you don't believe watch Ind vs Aus 3rd ODI.) They couldn't even score 300 in a batting friendly pitch.. When they were like 183/2.

[@viratfans8014]

No 36 all out India against Australia

[@varshashukla8388]

Kamble Sachin ke takkar ka player tha ❤Azhar ne bewkufi ki

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

​@@bigbruhnoobatleast we still have two gunner batters plus good bowlers like bumrah and siraj in Sachin time we are only stronger than minnows like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh

[@RAJ-km8gw]

Yeh India ka sadio se problem Raha hai..

[@mk67890]

2:17 Sri Lanka ne group stage me Australia aur West Indies ko haraya nahi tha. It was a walkover. They got points for those matches because Australia and WI refused to travel to Sri Lanka due to security concerns.

[@syedahmed4520]

Yes true..

[@thetechnocrat4979]

That entire WC feels like a sham.

[@hameezcambal238]

But SL captain wanted to beat Australia in the final and they have done that. SL deserves that world cup. India was just focusing on 2 or 3 dangerous players. They didn't recognise aravinda, arjuna, mahanama and gurusinha

[@pasindujayawardhana6315]

So what,sri lanka beaten australia badly in the final

[@ayush_d17]

bhhai aus ko final me hara diye yar unhe

[@JoyGuha]

Cant forget the night i was 9 years old and watching it with my family and not only kambli cried but every Indian too, i didnt knew what was fixing back then but when i recently watched the full match again it looked very evident that except few players most of them are looking obvious to loose their wicket easily and it not a good watch even now 😢

[@webcoder293]

Iska badla md siraj ne Asia cup final aur iss wc me sl k against le liya h😂

[@apj0886]

Azhar ka out hone ka tarika dekh lo you tube pe video hai.. pata chal jayeba ye kitna bada fixer tha... Wo catch practice karva raha ho aise put hua tha... ye aur South Africa ka Hansie cronje pura fixing ka rackate Dubai me betelhe uss ke aaka ke kahene pe kar rahe the..

[@saurabhbandyopadhyay6310]

I was 10 yrs old. Felt so heartbroken.

[@mohammedmuneerali7091]

Ground par match khelne se pata chalta. Name sirf comment karne se. What you will say for Tendulkar our in 2003 world cup final match catch.. ​@@apj0886

[@flamencoguitarist2024]

woh kaali raat… kabhi nahi bhul payenge… Sanath Jayasurya was able to spin more than Shane Warne on that cursed pitch… that game had left a negative impact on our minds that lasted for long… we could not even focus on our studies for days… and then the inclusion of Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid brought some fresh air… and the journey from Indian Team to Team India had already begun…

[@minhalhaider2516]

apki age kya hy?

[@apj0886]

Azhar ka our hone ka tarika dekh lo you tube pe video hai.. pata chal jayeba ye kitna bada fixer tha... Wo catch practice karva raha ho aise put hua tha... ye aur South Africa ka Hansie cronje pura fixing ka rackate Dubai me betelhe uss ke aaka ke kahene pe kar rahe the..

[@sudarshankhule7846]

Right said, after the match, I was also not able to focus on studies 😢 completely disturbed.

[@syedahmed4520]

I cannot forget that day.. didn't able to complete the dinner..whole night cried.. i was 12 that time..

[@praharshshajil9273]

😢

[@NS-re5fn]

I was 11😢

[@NS-re5fn]

Same . Sachin was one man army .

[@go9565]

@@NS-re5fn i was 15 at that time, had just started getting into cricket a couple of years before that. was eagerly looking forward to this world up. used to collect magazines and cutouts in those days in anticipation of world cup. i also had a full size schedule chart that came with a magazine with colourful photos of players. it was so disappointing. it was unbelievable collapse. i still like to think it was just a collapse. i really hope it was not a fix.

[@deepakpatal2270]

i am 12

[@tirthapaul522]

My father told about the match. Not just kolkata whole India was stunned. And Kolkata situation at the time was like a riot could have break out at that devastating loss of India

[@satelliteabinash7405]

90 era we were depending on sachin , Ajruddin After 90 we were depending on sachin , sehwag , Ganguly After coming Dhoni every player was match winner for us , during virat era we got bowlers who have qualities to safe small score ❤❤❤❤

[@Vedant-jq9cr]

Bro how every player was match winner in Dhoni era😂😂😂😂 Its now we have 11 match winners in the team not in dhoni or Virat time.Rohit is very lucky to get the players prepared by Virat and Dhoni.Not a single player in the 15 who can't win you match.

[@subhajitgayen5528]

Dhoni se pahle Yuvi bhajji zak kaif tha

[@Rahul-vl6bu]

Azharuddin was a fixxer

[@karthikvijay1001]

​@@Rahul-vl6buThe real rascal of Indian cricket Azhar

[@gauravkumarsingh4593]

Us tym bowlers bhot khtrnak hote the,to sabke bus ka nhi tha batsman bnna but aaj bowlers bhi batsman ban sakta g

[@Savantisic]

Man just found your channel and now I am addicted, you're greatly underrated, I like these cricket story type videos and your beautiful voice and edits are just immaculate, you will rise soon.

[@kanishkraturi8695]

You deserve so many subs! Your videos are gold

[@nivan231]

I am 200% sure Azhar, jadeja, mongia and few others were involved in fixing. And I am also sure that many big players knew about it but didn't speak up which is wrong thing. They should have told about this to the team management.

[@apj0886]

Azhar ka our hone ka tarika dekh lo you tube pe video hai.. pata chal jayeba ye kitna bada fixer tha... Wo catch practice karva raha ho aise put hua tha... ye aur South Africa ka Hansie cronje pura fixing ka rackate Dubai me betelhe uss ke aaka ke kahene pe kar rahe the..

[@nivan231]

@@apj0886 wahi Mai bola brother.. ki wo sure fixer tha.. abhi faaltu ka justification de raha hai wo.. kamaal ki baat ye thi ki Jayasuriya ke last over pe 9 run bana nahi paaya wo, ye pakka kar diya tha ki wo fixer hai

[@shivamSingh-kg2zn]

They should have been told about that to team management and it's easier to say than doing....main ye fixing bahut si documentary dekha hoon last 2 din main according to cbi and x manager bahut saare player and coach management umpire sab involve the infact ek sachin hi aisa insaan tha jiss par 100% bharosa kiya jaa sakta tha...sachin ko pta tha fixing ho rahi h oe tendulkar ne cbi main statement bhi diya tha Azhar ke against par aage aana itna aasan nhi tha bcs koi bhi trustable nhi tha even kapil dev ka bhi naam involve tha toh agar koi batata bhi toh kissey?? Plus mafia uss time peak par tha kai player pressure main aa kar mafia ke fixing kiye the agar aapke players management par bharosa nhi kar sakte upar se mafia ka darr toh aage aa kar kaise koi kch bolta?? The best thing at that time was try to win match yourself and ruin bookies plans that's what sachin did...he won many matches single handly

[@nivan231]

@@shivamSingh-kg2zn you are right brother 👍

[@spartan187]

Silly talk, Sachin didn't realized till he started bowling that means most of them are not aware

[@divendughati6114]

1996 to be honest, India deserve nahi karti thi. Because puri team only Sachin and Kumble pe dependant thi. Example Australia and Sri Lanka ke match me dikh gaya. Plus us time Eden Gardens me koi bhi toss jeetkar second batting nahi karta tha, because itni turning wicket thi, ki batting second wahan pe suicide mana jata tha. To Azhar ka faisla Eden Gardens me fielding karna toss jeetkar, bilkul senseless tha.

[@arnold3138]

Agreed but in continuation to your part that team India was not champion material India got too scared after the league game against Sri Lanka . Uss match mein Sanath Jayasuriya ne Aag Laga rakha tha despite chasing 273 then and after a masterclass 137 by Sachin Tendulkar Jayasuriya was remembered of his carnage and to bat second was Azhar's call as everyone knew we all didn't have death bowling attack but yes Azhar and team misread the wicket totally

[@LolYtAfk]

​@@arnold3138Azhar was also on what india depended on

[@arnold3138]

@@LolYtAfk As good a player he was i wouldn't want to remember him as someone who brought India so close to the WC because of his antics

[@AxeDharme]

Agreed. SL was a far better and more complete team, and they won when it was crucial. Infact they won every game in that World Cup

[@priyeshpushp4957]

Exactly bro, but this idiot started the video with HM AANKH MOOND KE WORLD CUP JEET SKTE THE 😂 and ended with lines like hm sachin pe dependent the, sri lanka table toppers thi, hm group stages mein hin 2 match haar gaye the 😂😂... I mean what and idiotic style of storytelling

[@filosvjohn]

In my whole life I don’t remember a day I cried like when India got knocked out by Sri Lankans at Eden Gardens on that day. It was a Wednesday and as long as Sachin was there India had hope. But eventually the inevitable happened. Kambli cried and the whole India cried. I was only 8 years old but the pain was so real. There were so many news reports which criticised Azhar for taking bowling despite winning the toss. It was a poetic justice that we won the final in 2011 against Sri Lankans though I got nothing against them now. It took 15 years and four World Cups to heal the wound cut deep down in the hearts of many Indians. ❤

[@Aman_maurya_33]

Bro you are now about 36, don't you? But it's really amazing that I got someone like you who is watching cricket since his childhood...my current age is 25 yrs..and I had to start watching cricket when India won Frist t20i title..in 2007 and it's also best moment for me because India had defeated the team having most successful bowling line up...for 152-10 pak and India won by 5 runs..

[@filosvjohn]

@@Aman_maurya_33 Yes Brother. You got that right. I am 36 😇. Yes 2007 t20 wc was a special moment for Indian cricket. ❤️

[@Nationalist04]

Those were the days Sachin out to TV band Even in 2003 Final against Aus i left to play cricket just when he got out in 1st over.

[@MrPrandhir]

I saw Vinod Kambli crying, unke aasu dekh kar mere bhi aasu nikal gaye thei. I was child then.

[@TheInvestor-ajaygohiil]

In 1996 Sri Lanka was unbeaten it was almost impossible to defeat Sri Lanka

[@danielwilson4303]

@@DemarcuaJr-sy9bq That was a lot later on, Aussie were unstoppable for 3 world cups, but in 1996 Srilanka had the best out of every team!

[@naughtyboy1500]

Nope 🙅 azhar was match fixer along with jadeja

[@Secondary_user.acc.]

Finally found another quality content creator. Bas video me thoda aur details batate aur controversy ke baare me aur batate to aur badhiya rehta.

[@SuperRishabh1991]

Azharuddin purely and surely apne liye khelta tha aur sochta tha. Woh ab tak ka ik lota captain hai jisne 3 world cups mein captaincy kari par World Cup fir bhi na jeet saka.

[@googlybhoi]

Kyuki wo deshdrohi tha.. Uske liye Sirf paisa imp tha.

[@vinayaksingh5628]

The worst of Indian cricket an absolute shame

[@vamsikrishna3855]

And when people called his match fixing he played the Muslim victim card.

[@carloscondit2794]

​@@vamsikrishna3855Now why Azharuddin is not going to his father Dawood Ibrahim in pakistan I don't know. Dawood needs Azharuddin to wash his 💩

[@creativeblog399]

Nehi to Sangeeta ke upar kharche kese karta.

[@arnold3138]

Team India in 1996 was not the type of team that had the standard of a world champion. Lions at home Lambs outside It wasn't a team show then It was Sachin show. Azhar was the next best but everyone knows about his deeds and rest were all average

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

Azhar was more interested in match fixing

[@abhishekchaube766]

If that statement is criteria for world champion , then even sri lanka was Lions at home Lambs outside. There is no such thing as deserving and undeserving team. One which plays better cricket on the given day wins.

[@Rahul-vl6bu]

Azhar was a fixxer....and a tortoise while batting...played only for individual record

[@arnold3138]

@@abhishekchaube766 tell that to the Australian team from 96-06

[@abhishekchaube766]

@@arnold3138 so how did they lose to Sri Lanka?

[@madhurvyas1148]

one correction 1:00 india played semi final against england in 1987 world cup india didn't lost in group stage

[@simbatheking77]

Do not forget India was thrashed by SL in the league stage and hence they went defensive. If the whole world believes Sachin they go by his book (autobiography) where he clearly mentions that the team misread the wicket. Also in one of the recent interviews even people like V Prasad, Sanjay Manjrekar said it was unanimous decision to chase only Sidhu in the team meeting opined to bat first. But the team went with opinion on the basis of majority. Blunders do happen. This was one of those! End of the story. That match wasn't fixed. One can see the spin vision of the second innings example Sanjay Manjrekar getting bowled to a widishly pitched delivery took a sharp turn and came in to knock the stumps. I think even Jadeja got out similarly. It was a pathetic wicket. Not a world cup wicket at all. If Kolkata crowd was angry that night, they should have been angry with the curator. Not the players.

[@creativeblog399]

Why Indian management didn't follow the curator.Azar could've seriously followed it.Why Azar was so inconsistent in his form after 1993 when he was made Indian captain.Even selectors at that time were not serious in choice of captainship.After Sachin's recommended Dhoni to be captain dhoni took good steps and won.Anyway past is past now it's the time to win wc for the 3rd time,we have a great captain Rohit now.

[@simbatheking77]

@@creativeblog399 the team met before the toss. Apart from Sidhu all said bowl first (including legendary Sachin Tendulkar).

[@shatnermohanty6678]

On the Kapil Sharma show , Ajay Jadeja said Sidhu was the only person in the team who suggested batting first . In the previous India Sri Lanka match , Jayasuriya and other SL batters had knocked out the Indian bowling . So the Indian team strategy was to bowl first , get the openers out and restrict SL to an achievable target . Everything went according to plan .... Until Sachin got out . And it was all downhill from there . We lost , bad luck . Now we must discard conspiracy theories and move on .

[@RaMaUnplugged]

Azhar throwed his wicket

[@simbatheking77]

@@RaMaUnplugged first watch the dismissal again.

[@motualu3194]

Siraj taken revenge 😈 5 wicket haul in 16 balls

[@helikopter6857]

Its not revenge bcuz sl didnt cheat

[@priyathammanoharkoka4300]

Lauda revenge

[@Sumit_Girhe]

​@@x_FaceLess_xlmao , true

[@motualu3194]

@@x_FaceLess_x so jaa bro

[@Berserker--18]

If illieteray had a face

[@austinblues]

You forgot the legendary off spinner ashish Kapoor in the bowling unit .. he was the unstoppable force behind indias reach to semis

[@asdtheja]

96 WC was the rise of Sachin. Untill then Sachin out = India out didn't exist. I saw this match live. 251 was a great score back in those days.

[@toigaming317]

The definition of sore losing

[@wolfoofamily.4838]

Joh kabhi pakda nahi gaya woh sadhu joh pakra gaya woh chor, that's India bro. my softhearted for Kambli!

[@Hell428]

Not fixing obv Indian fans just cry whenever they lose which is every time

[@Luna7ic4Life]

4:09 And one man changed that ufffff

[@GJDest]

Toss - fixed, Jadeja/ Azhar/ Mongia - fixed. Bakra = Kambli

[@hometv8274]

India made similar mistakes in assessing the conditions during 2019 WC semi final against New Zealand. When you ASSUME, you make ASS of U and ME. 😢

[@Bulldozz1-1]

As a 13y old I was perplexed why we chose to field - it had a universal reputation of favouring teams bowling second. Given what transpired with Azhar thereafter I can’t give him the benefit of doubt on this one…

[@shatnermohanty6678]

On the Kapil Sharma show , Ajay Jadeja informed that Navjot Sidhu was the only person suggesting to bat first , every one else wanted to bat second . The reason behind this was that in the previous India Sri Lanka match , Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharna had blown away the Indian bowlers . So in the semi-final , Indian team decided to bowl first , take out the Sri Lankan top order and restrict them to an achievable score . The plan was working Jayasuriya 1 Kaluwitharna 0 Gurusinha 1 Final score Sri Lanka 251 Until Tendulkar got out on 65 And everything just fell apart . How can we blame the pitch when it is a Home ground ? it hurts because it was the World Cup semifinal , but sometimes things happen beyond your control .

[@Jbond312]

And Srilanka eventually won the World Cup by batting 2nd

[@saikat93ify]

A leader like Ranatunga deserved a World Cup because of how he lead Sri Lanka and from where he took them. Also I don’t feel bad that india missed out because I am fairly certain india would have lost to Australia in the final if they went

[@AM-jr9lg]

Sachin s book cleared the controversy. It was a disastrous wicket. It was prepared for to make Kumble a Star, but it turned out different

[@कृतार्थयादव]

Regarding Kambli's that statement that his career was destroyed after that match in a show to ABP News(then Star News),I wanna tell that after that semi-final lose in 1996 World Cup,he still played 35 ODIs,and one more thing which he said that batters had been ready padded up even before the toss."before the toss"?How?

[@MrWhiteMischief]

The way Azhar got out it definitely looks like deliberate. Match fixing

[@RandomAccessMemory]

Even if India would have won that match by choosing to bat first, Australia would have won in the final. Only Sri Lanka had the capability of beating Australia in that world cup. Victory was well deserved by Sri Lanka

[@taskinkhan5197]

Australia was an average team..not invincible..

[@vibbs181]

Finals was in lahore where india team was having possible threat. Like i have heard this part of story since my childhood i was 10yr old by then

[@kashif9145]

Mate, we would have welcomed India in Lahore!!!!!!

[@nishanthsalian300]

Sri Lanka was a way better side than India in that world cup. I understand the collapse of Indian batting was very out of the normal, but lets face it the pressure and unstable batting along with tough wicket may have caused. Sri Lanka were the best and deserved to win with us. We cannot blame the decision of fielding or batting first. Sri Lanka had a way horrible start than us.

[@Av_2004]

A fixer being a fixer even if you make a movie on them to show he is not guilty

[@risingstar9090]

Few points worth mentioning for the present generation who might be not well versed what happened in that match. 1. Sri Lanka was attiiwas unstoppable. And they were really chasing well against all teams with new stretegies. This again got proved in final against Australia. 2. India successfully taken 2 most crucial wickets of Jayasurya and Kaliwith'na by fast bowlers but mysteriously Anil Kumble introduced in front of Arvinda D'Silva who is better player of spin. 3. Sudden fall of wickets after a good partnerships also raise suspicion. 4. India was not as big team in 90s as it is today so with advent of TV telecast a team like srilanka can give bookies uncountable profit against the India at home turf. These are solely my views . So nobody should get hurt.

[@Liberty55555]

baby all cups are fixed. trend is to give cup to hosts. this one will be won by india in 2023 .. note it down note it down note it down. 2011 was fixed too. u will never get a proof. but watch it closely u will notice.

[@ainthumanbro]

@@Liberty55555 yeah even i think the same, totally agree with you bro

[@bobkaji]

This guy is so under-rated

[@bullrider9617]

The wicketa by Jayasuriya were just awesome !! It cannot be fixed , all these batsmen were substandard apart from Sachin and Sidhu

[@rohitgarg536]

Azharuddin biggest match fixer of Indian cricket history

[@obeidshariff4307]

Seems you don't follow court proceedings

[@bindasspunjabi]

Used to be... Now, it's dhoni ..

[@vinayakpattar8147]

Average ☪️huslim🤡

[@priyadarshanpatil9491]

All agree

[@ganeshkumar-fh8ee]

Yes

[@roopeshmishra1982]

उस समय श्रीलंका ही वर्ल्ड कप की हकदार थी, वो टीम इतनी स्ट्रांग थी की उस के आस पास भी कोई टीम नहीं थी।

[@aarirose6072]

What nonsense are you talking bro South Africa that time very great team unfortunately unlucky team

[@risiraj1581]

md Mohammad Azharuddin found guilty of many match fixing but there no law about it so he cant get punishment

[@anshu6143]

Let us agree on one thing. Sri Lanka was the best team in 96. They defeated australia and india and every other team they played against. Azhar was no where near Arjuna. Sachin was at his best but was easily countered by Desilva. Sri lankan strategy of using spinners on every indian and srilankan pitches is used till date. Kalu and Jayasuriya aggression was helping srilankan cruise in every chase. If india would have played first it would have been a more interesting match, may be india would have won semis (which i highly doubt), still india was no where near australia. Only answer to them was Sri Lanka. 27 years now i was a young kid then, i remember crying whole night. I watched finals and supported australia just because india lost to sri lanka. Today when i look back i am satisfied that india lost to a better side. Every player of that sri lankan team was a gem.

[@themarksman1]

Same with me. I was 9yrs old & was rooting for Australia in the finals just because SL beat us badly in the semis.

[@venusdweller]

Sachin was the highest run scorer of that tournament. How was he easily countered by DeSilva?

[@elamcyril]

​@@venusdweller Sachin scored 523 runs in 7 innings in that world cup at 87.6 average while DeSilva scored 448 runs in 6 innings at 89.6 average. DeSilva scored with a much better strike rate than Sachin, but most importantly DeSilva gave performances in the biggest games of that WC, semifinals & finals, being the man of the match in both. In semi came to bat when team was at 1 run for 2 wkts down vs India, smashed 47 ball 66 runs, changed the game. In the final scored a century in chase & took 3 wkts as well. So yes DeSilva countered Sachin in that world Cup as well as everyone else.

[@venusdweller]

@@elamcyril I agree DeSilva had a dream tournament - especially the strike rate trumping Sachin's. But SL had multiple match winners in 1996 and was probably the strongest team in that tournament. India was solely dependent on Sachin. Look at the semi final - after Sachin's departure, India lost all their wickets for less than 30 runs. Sachin couldn't afford to play faster - he had to stay and ensure India succeeds. You look at overall strike rate and average of Sachin and DeSilva in their overall ODIs - you will see who has the edge here.

[@elamcyril]

@@venusdweller Other than Desilva, SL had only 2 other who went down as truly great batters, Jayasuriya & Ranatunga, everyone other than that are decent batters at best & if we are talking about decent batters Indian batting line-up also had many like Sidhu, Manjrekar, Ajay Jadeja who played a brilliant match winning innings already vs Pak. India also an all time great line Azhar in it's line-up as well as someone like Kambli so it's not right to put it as if It's just Sachin & the rest of the team was Bangladesh. SL was no way the most powerful team in that tournament, both Australia & Pak had better team player by player. Don't put it as if DeSilva was playing in some 80s WI or Prime Aus team. Nobody expected them to win the tournament, they went in as massive underdogs. DeSilva other than his Semifinals heroics, put a ridiculous performance in the final against a strong Aussie team, a World Cup final century in chasing as well as 3 wkts with the ball. One of the all time great ODI performance. If you think it's easy performing in a World Cup final, even the great Sachin failed miserably in both world cup finals he played in. Sachin is much better ODI batter than DeSliva was, that's not a point of debate here, in this tournament however DeSilva was by far the best player of the tournament, better than Sachin & everybody else.

[@vek1989]

Multiple things….Winning the toss and fielding first….Getting 4 wickets but then SL getting 250+…Sachin out and the match was lost….

[@AshwiniKumarS]

If toss can be a reason to call match fixed, same will go to 2013. All expected India to bat first. T20 World Cup we won, had bowling decision of dhoni failed, all would have called it fixed.

[@CloudMadeEasy]

This match I will recall my entire life . I stared watching cricket from this match .

[@comedyMania365]

Match fixed

[@Itachi_88mm]

Anyone can review how azharuddin gave a return catch those who watched it "Live" we all felt it was fixed match

[@Anrai_MMV]

I was actually wondering, India was 120/8 and the batters were still batting. Even Kambli was batting, even though only 10 runs not out. What if the match continued? Would Kambli have scored a good knock and carried the team?

[@thecrazygamertarun5265]

No

[@Smackdown198]

Probability is .001% But it’s a game anything can happen

[@ramakrishnark245]

This match was the very known expamle for the statement Sachin gaya tho match gaya.

[@Rudrayadav_3120]

Only thing which gave India after kambli and that humiliating loss of 1996 semifinal was The Bengal Tiger and the Wall of India. I started watching cricket with my father because there's no options left when you had only 1 tv in family 😂😂😂 My father was a big cricket fan and Azhar fan because he was from poor family but achieved greatness with his hardwork hence he felt close to him and told stories of his struggles to us. But after Azhar was convicted of match fixing he hated Indian cricket team and specially Azharuddin because he felt cheated but I had chosen my Hero and become a die hard fan of Dada. He never watched Cricket match because of Azhar....Hence I had never got any respect for Nayan Mongia, Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja and specially for Azharuddin... Because he broke my father's trust on him. I didn't knew anything about match fixing at that time

[@creativeblog399]

Your Father was right brother.But a good era of cricket began after Dada entered.If Dada could've been selected for 1996 WC India could've won.

[@TheRahulZone]

As an cricket fan I can bet you that this channel is going to reach heights if channel owner maintains consistency ❤

[@vineshv]

I think this match was heavily influenced by the India - Srilanka league match and some of the other matches where Srilanka was literally chasing down anything by those days standards . Decision to bat first on the turning wicket backfired . However couldn't blame the team management as that was the impact Srilankans created with Run chases in the that tournament . We all knew India were to bat if we would have won the toss . So no surprise decision there .

[@thandahitohai3424]

India Sri Lanka 1996 CWC Semi Final, 2003 CWC Final & India-Napxtan 2022 T20 Match...were the darkest matches in Indian Crickets History.....

[@Harrisonsinternalmed]

Suspicious decisions by team India fuels the rumor of match fixing. Till then, more matches were won defending a score than chasing, batting second was not a thing in those era. The way Azhar got out was strange, as the ball went straight out of the face of the bat, as if it was intentional.

[@elamcyril]

"batting second was not a thing in those era" The very next match, the final of that world cup Srilanka did exactly that against a strong Aus team, batted second & won the world cup. The truth is a mediocre Indian team got smashed in semifinals as they did in group stage by SL as well. We were simply not good enough, fixing excuse is usually given because we can't accept being bested by a better team.

[@Harrisonsinternalmed]

@@elamcyril 1996 final was the 1st time a team won batting second. Yes, Srilanka was a better team throughout the tournament, but in the semifinal team India was leading till Tendulkar got out stumped and I don't believe Jadeja, Azar and kamble were incapable of getting 150 runs in less than run a ball.

[@kartickkundu5516]

The moral is smillar 2023 World Cup, who was understand this line the very difficult😢😢😢

[@vikasjagga8368]

India was playing like an unbeatable team in 1987 which was being played in India around Deepawali festival, Chetan Sharma had taken first hat trick of 1 day cricket and Gavaskar’s only 1 day century came But if u look at semi final, clearly it was deliberate on the part of Shastri n Gavaskar to make India lose. Just look at the video of the match and any cricket lover will make out what actually had happened. But no probe, no media cry. Nothing.

[@nammisairamesh]

Because they are from ....

[@dharamkhadodaria2371]

I seen that match and that scene in which kambliji came back with tears in his eyes came in front of my eyes…

[@ramakrishnark245]

Also how about 2003 wc defeat against pak. It was a blunder to chose the fielding. 2003 wc team deserves more than 2011 wc team of India.

[@unni1033]

Defeat against mighty Australia not pakiStan

[@elamcyril]

Nonsense, AUS was by far the best team in that world cup not Ganguly's India which got smashed both time in the league stage & final. Once while batting first, another while chasing. India was not on Australia's level that world cup. 2011 WC was absolutely deserved one as India held their nerve on crucial moments & delivered performances.

[@AMitra-f6v]

And then comes dada and changed indian cricket ❤❤❤

[@atultrvd]

Australia didn’t play Sri Lanka in the group stage. Australia declined to visit Lanka. Points were awarded.

[@sameerakiri]

and we beat Australia in final

[@prathikshshetty9458]

Why

[@ramabhir]

Credit should go to our very own Krish Srikanth but mad respect to the Lankan openers who pretty much changed the way batting was done in ODIs

[@AbhilashGregory1985]

From that day onwards, Indian cricket recieved a grim reminder!.... T'was a dark chapter in Cricket History!

[@Shastrisknowledgebytes]

In 1987, India reached semi finals.

[@saihruthikreddyvarakantham2628]

We lost 1996 WC, 2003 WC, 2017 CT, 2023 WC just because of misreading the wicket is ridiculous. 1996 and 2023 WC were just not acceptable given that they were in our home turf and opponent read conditions better than the Indian Team.

[@munnahatelabumbojaan3155]

if Azharuddin was match fixer, than was wc 2003 final was Fixed, how come India didn't win wc 2007 ?

[@rajjhck]

The pitch was dug up for the opening Ceremony of the world cup and laid fresh. It wasn't tested and India's bad luck, we had to bat second one that pitch.

[@pearlfacts0651]

Ajay Jadeja in the bowling unit 😂

[@munnahatelabumbojaan3155]

if peoples think that wc 96 semi final "india vs srl" was FIXED just like kambli though than how come wc 96 semi final & group match "Australia vs West Indies" was FIXED ?

[@architsundriyal1527]

Same pitch issue in 2023😊😂😂 hum apni pitch nhi padh paate h kya?

[@ashwath1219]

Toss won by Australia

[@shreyanshverma2295]

Bhai susbscriber baut kam hai jab video itni achi hai. You got sub from me. Keep it up!!

[@nishant_kharkwal]

Indian team was actually never that good before ganguly era

[@MukeshChaudhary-vb1wi]

मैच फिक्सिंग के मामले में खिलाड़ी असली खेल रहा है या नकली, वोह ही पता नही चल पाता 😂😂😂

[@prasenjitn]

Don't think this is right. Srilanka back then were chasing every target with ridiculous ease. So most people in India thought believed that it would be good idea to bowl first if we win the toss. It was actually correct thinking back then. We were actually defeated by the pitch. It was a sub standard pitch. Not sure how they made such terrible pitch for a world cup semifinal. Vinod Kambli's career was wasted 70% due to some bad people in BCCI and 30% due to his lack of focus. If Kambli was supported back then, world would have 3rd great in that era after Sachin and Lara.

[@Dab123-n7o]

1987 World Cup India reached semi finals not group stage

[@Wanheda10094]

Chokers toh shuru se hum bhi rahe hai..1996, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022 aur ab 2023 (WTC ke 2 Finals toh ismein maine gine bhi nahi hai ). SA chokers hai par Ind bhi chokers hai ye baat Media ne aam janta ko pata nahi lagne diya.

[@javedmkadir]

The biggest fault goes to the groundsmen who made a third class pitch for such an important high profile match

[@denaliwarnakula7684]

biggest credit goes to groundsmen in 2023 who made pitches as Indian wishes

[@sudipmondal8576]

This is a historic match and one of the many facts regarding this is Sourav Ganguly gradually replaced Vinod Kambli after this day, as if there was no place for 2 left hand batsmen in the Indian cricket team those days.

[@chooseaname-ki6yh]

Whenever India won it was a great victory, whenever India lost the match was fixed. For instance no one will ever say that India vs Pakistan Q/F in 1996 was fixed.

[@baburaoganpatraoapte6736]

Now also Our team is heavily dependent on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and that's why we lost against Australia in odi world cup final 2023

[@jhonsen9842]

match was fixed by BCCI but Azahr and Kambli was ScapreGoat

[@prateekrajat]

Wah!

[@alphabusiness3871]

Not true. It wasn't EG wicket but Sri Lanka was in peak form from beginning of the World Cup. batting first would not have made much difference as India batting was exposed multiple times with Sachin wicket fall. Don't forget Sri Lanka won World Cup batting second in final. In the end We lost to the best team of the World Cup. In fact India had much better chance of winning World Cup in 1987 . Gooch batting against our spin attack took the game away from us. We did bat well but in the end fell short by few runs as we kept losing wickets for bad deliveries.

[@supremegodemperordonaldtru3563]

Sri Lanka already thoroughly beat India earlier in the World cup. This BS if we lose its fixing if we win other team is crap narrative needs to stop. We lost fair and square. That Sri Lankan team thoroughly dominated 1996. Be graceful in defeat as you are in Victory.

[@shatnermohanty6678]

Absolutely correct Other teams also have come to win Why do we assume that only good things will happen to us in life ?

[@mohitmurmu2302]

Indians thought that spin pitch will give them advantage, big mistake. Same thing in 2023 , ahemdabad highway pitch again Travis head showed his brilliance.

[@Himanshu_samant]

Bhai tum pagal😮 itni tagdi video kaun banata ha yr new channel khola ha kya tumne ❤ aap ka age jake jaldi grow karkega❤

[@shiladittabiswas]

The dark days of Indian cricket. A time period of faulty bowling and fielding, backed by poor (or doubtful?) captaincy. Things started changing after Dada became captain...

[@nitin8063]

96 k wcup mein india phle batting bhe karta tou bhe haar jata kyuki sri lankan team ki body language aise they ki wo sirf jeetne aaye nhe....haar ka naam unki dictionary mein nhe.. Jayasuriya Murali Vaas Arvinda Kalu Ranatunga...all were match winners

[@bhantechandima]

Sahi baat hai

[@ravishayam5088]

Ye hota hai real pressure jo us time sachin pe hua karta tha pura india sachin ki vajah se cricket dekhta tha..Sachin ne hi tournament mai sabse jyada run banaye the.. Har team ke against run banaye the..

[@Iamlucifeerrr]

I really don't think match was fixed, SL crocket was at its peak, they had better bowlers than us. Also honestly toss shouldn't matter that much these are professional players, and these things are not in your hand. Personally i feel azhar should've batted with more responsibility as a captain, also sachin dismissal was also very unlike sachin, if you have already missed the bat then why are you leaving the crease. Over-all 251 against that SL team needed special knocks like ajay Jadeja against pak in qtr finals.

[@someonespecial1234]

In 2023, we should have taken bat first if we would win the toss. But Rohit said that he wanted to bat first anyways. They prioritized their comfort, trend over the pitch condition.😢

[@montyvyas6816]

Add one more point, Srilanka defeated India and successfully chased 270+ runs in a similar pitch, Both Delhi n Kolkata having same pitch mixture of Red in Black soil.

[@BRV-25]

1:00 - Correct yourself please Ind played the Semi finals in 1987 World Cup

[@nsundu123]

Kapil dev should have retired post 1996 WC!!!!

[@mixroast8605]

Main aapki line pr Khada hota hu Because In 23 world cup we can see how Indians make a target par score And how they bat in first innings But Where Australia not seeing in India's Batting domination seeing pitch conditions

[@Pk_1911]

Even if it wasn’t fixed, we would still have lost it because SL was too good for us.

[@ganeshboggavarapu3788]

Not at all

[@Eltewu7168]

​@@ganeshboggavarapu3788😂😂😂😂😂 lol

[@phalguniharijan316]

Srilanka ne semifinal me india ko hi nahi balki Australia ko final me bhi haraya tha kitna achha perfomance raha tha team ka . Thoda bahut doubt he ind ka semifinal match fix tha ya nahi