Team India have been on the improper facet of the end in a number of knockouts, the final decade has been a dwelling and respiratory proof. But as luck would have it, it was on India’s facet 22 years in the past in the NatWest Trophy ultimate towards the hosts England at Lord’s. At 146/5, chasing 326 would have regarded a far cry but it surely quickly got here all collectively for India in the final 25 overs arrange by an excellent 121-run partnership between Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif with the latter staying unbeaten on 87 to take his facet residence regardless of one other collapse in the previous couple of overs.
However, the picture of that match and the ultimate and the win in each fan’s thoughts and reminiscence that’s caught is captain Soiurav Ganguly eradicating his shirt and waving it off at the iconic Lord’s balcony in a means to give it again to Andrew Flintoff, who had performed an analogous factor. However, now Rajeev Shukla, the then Indian team supervisor and the present BCCI vice-president, has revealed that Ganguly wanted each member of the team to take his quick off. However, Shukla and Sachin Tendulkar, one other senior member of the team did not agree to Ganguly’s request.
Speaking on ‘Unfiltered by Samdish’, Shukla mentioned, “My blood strain was rising and even took drugs for it. Me and Sourav have been sitting subsequent to one another and Sourav, who was the captain mentioned to me, ‘Rajeev, why is it simply with me that we win all the video games in the league stage and we lose the ultimate? Why does it occur solely with me?
“Then he was like ‘Only 52 runs are remaining and so many deliveries are left, chase is feasible.’ Then I instructed him, if it is attainable then ship the message to hold rotating the scorecard.
“And quickly we discovered ourselves on the brink of a victory. Then Sourav Ganguly got here up to me and steered that the whole team ought to take their shirts off as a result of he was going to. So, I and even Sachin Tendulkar mentioned that do not contain the whole team, it would not look good, it is a gentleman’s recreation.
“But Sourav was adamant, so I told him that only he could go ahead with it,” Shukla added.
India required 58 runs in 48 balls with Kaif and Harbhajan Singh in the center and the former smashed a six off Ronnie Irani’s first supply of the forty third over. Harbhajan hit a six in the subsequent as the duo saved the scorecard ticking with a boundary right here or 5-6 singles there to carry the team to the brink, needing 14 off the final 18 balls. However, Flintoff had different concepts as he dismissed Harbhajan and Anil Kumble in the exact same over to peg India additional again. But, Kaif saved it cool to take India residence with three balls remaining.
