If Kambli had not played this innings, we would not have been able to see Jadeja’s storm against Pakistan in the 1996 WC.

Vinod Kambli Memorable Inning in 1996 WC : All the cricket lovers of the country must have seen Ajay Jadeja’s inning of 45 runs in 25 balls against Pakistan in the 1996 World Cup. Those cricket lovers who have not seen it, must have heard about that innings and must have watched it on YouTube. How Ajay Jadeja was seen tearing apart a dangerous bowler like Waqar Younis in this innings. India would not have reached the quarter-finals of this World Cup if Vinod Kambli had not played a century of 106 runs against Zimbabwe on the spot. If this had not happened then cricket lovers would not have been able to see the stormy innings of Ajay Jadeja against Pakistan which he played in slog overs in the quarter finals. In this match, Ajay Jadeja displayed brilliant batting performance in the last overs and scored a total of 40 runs including 18 and 22 runs in the last two overs of Waqar Younis.

Before the quarter-final match in the 1996 World Cup, India was to face Zimbabwe. If India had lost this match, it could have been disqualified for the quarter-finals. Before this match, India had 6 points in 5 matches and was at third position in the points table. This was the 29th match during the 1996 World Cup which was played on 6 March at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. In this match, the Indian team, batting first, scored a total of 247 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Zimbabwe team was all out after scoring a total of 207 runs in 49.4 overs. In this way, India won the match by 40 runs and qualified for the second quarter-final match.

In this match, the Indian team had a very poor start against a relatively weak team like Zimbabwe. On the score of just 5 runs, Zimbabwe’s young bowler Heath Streak had clean bowled India’s star batsman Sachin Tendulkar. As soon as Sachin was out, there was silence in the entire stadium. Sachin could score only 3 runs on 12 balls. Only 20 more were added to the score board when Sanjay Manjrekar was caught by captain Alastair Campbell on the ball of Lock. He could score only 2 runs. Now captain Azrudin came to the crease to bat but he too could score only 2 runs and was caught by Campbell on the ball of Brian Strang. Now Team India had succumbed to a relatively weak opponent. On the score of just 32 runs, 3 top order batsmen had returned to the pavilion. In such a situation, Vinod Kambli came to the field to bat in the role of Team India’s troubleshooter. He along with Navjot Singh Sidhu took the innings forward and brought Team India back into the contest by adding 142 runs in the fourth wicket partnership. After the dismissal of Sidhu (80 runs), Kambli along with Ajay Jadeja quickly added 45 runs. Meanwhile, Kambli completed his century and was out after scoring 106 runs in 110 balls with the help of 11 fours.

After Vinod Kambli was out, Ajay Jadeja opened his hands and started scoring runs rapidly. He took on Zimbabwe’s bowlers in the slog overs and played a brilliant inning of 44 runs in just 27 balls. Ajay Jadeja also hit a total of 3 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes during his innings. Not only this, Ajay Jadeja also did wonders in bowling in this match. Jadeja took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 7 overs. Out of this, Alastair Campbell and Craig Evans had important wickets, after which Team India’s path to victory became easier. For this excellent performance, Ajay Jadeda was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ award and Team India entered the knockout round of the World Cup brilliantly.

Ajay Jadeja scored unbeaten 44 runs against Zimbabwe. He started his innings against Pakistan in the quarter-finals exactly from where he had returned unbeaten against Zimbabwe. When Ajay Jadeja came on the field against Pakistan, Team India’s score was 200 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Captain Azharuddin became the victim of Waqar Younis after scoring 27 runs in 22 balls. Now Ajay Jadeja took command and was cautious in the beginning but played a stormy innings in the last 3 overs. Every cricket lover has been a fan of this innings of Jadeja. Jadeja, along with Kumble, had beaten 40 runs in the last two overs of Waqar Younis. Waqar Younis’ bowling analysis before the last spell was 8 overs one maiden 27 runs and one wicket and when his 10th over ended his bowling analysis was 10 overs one maiden 67 runs and 2 wickets. Now you can imagine how brutally Jadeja batted at that time. Waqar Younis was the top fast bowler of that time and he was at his peak.

It was seen in the viral video that when Sachin came to meet Kambli, first Kambli recognized him after a long time and then later when Sachin came to know about Kambli’s condition, he went back to his seat. However, during this period, Kambli appeared quite dejected and became sad after Sachin’s departure. It could be clearly seen in the viral video that when the organizers of the event started taking Sachin Tendulkar back to his seat, Kambli became very sad. During this time Vinod Kambli’s disappointment was visible to everyone. Sachin Tendulkar had attended the event as the chief guest, hence the organizers had kept his seating arrangement separate from Kambli. In such a situation, people were making various types of comments on social media.

Recently, a function was organized in Mumbai in the memory of Sachin Tendulkar’s coach Ramakant Achrekar in which Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli also attended. During this time, Sachinan had come to meet childhood friend Kambli. When Sachin started leaving, Kambli became disappointed. This disappointment can be clearly seen in the viral video. Kambli has become very weak due to illness and is not able to walk on his own. In such a situation, 1983 World Cup winner Kapil Dev and his teammates Sunil Gavaskar and Balwinder Singh have also come forward to help Vinod Kambli. Kambli has become very weak due to alcohol addiction and many diseases. Kambli does not even have money to get proper treatment. These days Sunil Gavaskar is present in Adelaide, Australia, where the second test match is being played between India and Australia. During this, while talking to Sports Today, Gavaskar said, ‘I like the word help and the 1983 World Cup winning team is also very conscious about the young players, some of them are like my son. We all remain very worried, especially for those players whose luck leaves them.

If we talk about Vinod Kambli’s cricket career, the left-handed batsman has represented the country in a total of 17 Tests in which he scored a total of 1084 runs. This included 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries including 2 double centuries. Talking about ODI matches, Vinod Kambli had represented India in a total of 104 ODI international matches. During this period Vinod Kambli scored a total of 2477 runs. He had scored a total of 2 centuries and 14 half-centuries in his ODI career. In this video, when Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar meet, it seems that he will definitely come forward to help his childhood friend Kambli.