Whenever there is talk of the Indian cricket team, it will not be complete without July 13, 2022. On this day, Team India under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly created history by winning the NatWest Trophy at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, the Mecca of cricket. Man in Blue got match winner players like Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif in this match. Achieving the target of 325 runs in ODI cricket at that time was a big deal. This was made possible by the brilliant innings of both of them. The match was made more memorable by Dada waving a T-shirt in the Lord’s balcony.
Now on the completion of 20 years of this victory of India cricket team, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar shared a video on YouTube channel, in which he has mentioned many anecdotes about this match. He told such things which hardly people know. The NatWest Trophy was a tri-series in which India, Sri Lanka and the England cricket team took part. The final match was played between host England and Indian team.
Batting first, England set a target of 326 runs in front of the Indian team. There was a partnership of 106 runs between the opening pair of Ganguly-Sehwag. After this the team lost 5 wickets soon. Yuvraj Singh (69) and Mohammad Kaif (87 not out) shared 121 runs for the sixth wicket. India won the match by 2 wickets and won the trophy.
Remembering this historic victory, Sachin Tendulkar told an anecdote about Kaif and Yuvraj. He said, “Dada had taken off his jersey, it is known to all, but there is another story which no one knows. Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif came to me after the Indian team’s victory. He told me we played well, but how can we do better? I told them you have won the tournament for us now, what else would you do better? Just keep playing like this and Indian cricket will continue to grow and they have not let us down.”
Let us tell you that in chasing the target of 326 runs, only 14 runs came from Sachin’s bat. He failed to play a big innings in the final match. However, despite this the team won. Sharing the video on YouTube channel, Sachin refreshed the memorable moments of this match. He also told that till the match was not over, he did not let anyone move from his place in the dressing room.