I can recall the painful exit of India from semis in 1987 as well as 1996. Unfortunately both were held at Eden Gardens,Kolkata. I can remember two things of 1987: 1. Sunil Gavaskar scored a classy 4 by a straight drive and he was clean bowled in very next ball by a slower ball by Phillip DeFreiats ; 2. Gooch was clean bowled by Kapil Dev..a superb in swinger. But, not felt much pain as I was very small. I watched that match standing near corner of my home street surrounded by a cricket crazy crowd ( I bet you will nowhere get such crowd). The television and all were managed by Tarun Sangha Club :). Now,1996 loss against SL was very painful exp. Until Sachin was playing everything was looking fine..it all went off as soon as he got stumped out. We played two semis in Eden Garden and we lost both. We started thinking Eden is curse for our WC. Now 2011: Similar situation as 1996 was there in Mohali,too. A 30-35 % Sachin (got 5-6 life chances) trying to push India's score towards a fighting total and suddenly, 3 quick wickets. But, finally we came out of it and won first WC Semi Final in Indian soil after 2 losses incurred in past :) And that is against arch rivals Pakistan..infront of their PM :) What a better day it was :) I can't get more than this. Anyways, Good luck Indian Team for Finals and yes, Sachin you are still in our heart and will be for ever even if we are not winning this WC . You have done enough for your country to get respected till a single cricket loving Indian will be alive on the earth.
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