Pakistan was a champion team in those days. Sri Lanka was good in the subcontinent. Cricket was like everything in those days in India. These videos make me nostalgic about my early school days. Though India lost most of the matches during that period but still cricket had it's own charm.
@@mirrokonuddin2213 what happened to Pakistan team now ? Seeing this Pakistan team it's Hard to believe that this team has produced legends like akram,waqar,imran,miandad,Salim Malik,saqlin,inzi etc etc. Maybe the domestic competition level has degraded
I would start crying! Btw Wasim had a lot of impact, whenever he didnt play in 90s, pakistan's bowling conceded more than 280 in practically every maych.
@@nobelcreature6201 not at all. They had waqur,aquib ,saqlain,mustaq ,shoaib and many other beautiful bowlers who could destroy the opposition with ease. Look at the records .
Sourav Chakraborty you are right bro, but you can observe it yourself. Wasim was like the backbone of Pakistan's despite having quality of other bowlers.Wasim didnt play in this match, Pak conceded over 280, he dint play against India in the same series, india chased down over 315 target. You can search it on youtube. He didnt play against India in the semifinal, India score over 280, similarly you can search on youtube newzealand scoring over 280 in 97/98. This thing I observed in many matches thtough the chronicles of history.
Every time I watch these matches I realise what a batsman Aravinda de Silva was. Considering most of his career he did not have the opportunity to play professional cricket, and he played for a lesser team. Technique, elegance, talent, and the gentleman he was on the field and off the field. I don't think Sri Lanka will ever find another of that class for a fair while. If he had the opportunities some of the present days players have, I am sure he would have made 30000+ runs in each form. It was his solidarity, and reliability that allowed Sri Lanka to experiment with Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana. I am not saying Jayasuriya, Kaluwitharana or others weren't great. But watching how Aravinda changes the grip constantly, change the angles and where he stands in the crease - it is absolutely marvellous.
Only South Africa beaten them in Asia during icc champions Trophy 1998 and at lahore quadrangular series twice. South Africa was a nightmare for them during 1996 to 1999.
It was golden era for srilanka 😍Love all these players A.Ranatunga S.Jayasuriya A.de Silva R.mahanama M.Atapattu R.kaluvitharana C.vass M.muralitharan K.dharmasena U.chandana & Many more
Remember that golden era. I was searching the tv channel turnning our antena every where pictures weren't clear and listening the radio with same time. And time where SL doing best in their bussiness.I was a fan who watched most of matches in tv neither this one. I dont remember why. Thankz bai uploading this for cricketing fans
i live in patiala ...60 kms from mohali ..at that time mohali was totally a village area ... now it has developed into such a top class commercial hub!!!
@@anubhavkumar9189 some rare instances bro, Ind much better and superior than other subcontinent giants abroad. Natwes series in Eng, Cb series in Aus, WT 20 in SA in 2007, CT in Eng , Test series wins 2 times in Aus and ENG.Only SA is the lone barrier for us so far and we were close last time.
Aha..golden days of cricket, we used to collect big fun trump cards for cricketers after every series. Like independence cup special cards, Pepsi cup etc. Oh my..missing those days of black and white TVs.
Koushik Ghosh even for ind aus match last week d same stadium was almost empty. Dat was a different era where all d stadiums were packed no matter wich team was playing!
As a game cricket was at its' Golden era..that enthusiasm is no more from the cricket fans nowadays... I feel im so lucky because i was in that generation.
Huge crowd turning up for a match without the home team. Happens only in India. No wonder the game has become so rich because of India. Only 9 or 10 countries play international cricket at regular intervals and India is the prime contributor
Javagal Srinath & Sourav Ganguly wanted India to win World Cup in 2003 they wasn't part of 2007 T20 Champions & 2013 Champions Trophy champions & 2011 world champions team India was comforted by winning ICC events years later .
Cricket is a team game only on paper. It is very much a individual game within a team. The nature of the game and it's rules are such. T20 format and ipl is trying to change it which is only killing the game further.
see the Sri Lanka Batting line up Open jayasuriya and Atapattu, one down kaluwitharana, 2 down Aravinda, 3 down Arjuna ,4 down Hashan thilakarathne, 5 down chaminda Vass 6down Roshan Mahanama , 7down Kumar Darmasena Murali only cannot bat well at that time later on he also improved in batting became a match winner . All are contributed score board 309. Pakistan played humiliated they have no energy to play
Ramiz raja ki kaptani mai bahot kharab team thi jab wasim dobara Bane captain to Siri Lanka india ki band bajane lage fir india se Sahara cup bhi hare the
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