Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli have been friends since they were 10 years old and in nineties they played together for the Indian cricket team. In recent times Vinod Kambli has been in the talk of the town after the former Indian cricketer’s poorly condition become public. While a video where Kambli was unable to walk caught the attention of the techie, another visual of the former south clutching the hands of dear friend Sachin Tendulkar and never leave, went viral.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli’s friendship be very helpful. Starting playing age-level cricket together to forging a record 664-run stand in a Harris Shield match in year 1988, to playing for India together, the story of Kambli-Sachin duo is one to recall.
However, matters took a different turn when Vinod Kambli make allegation about his childhood best friend Sachin Tendulkar of not supporting him during the his tough times. They didn’t speak with each other for three years. In fact, Sachin fondled Vinod Kambli off from his retirement speech in year 2013 and not even invited Kambli in his post-retirement get-together. But both were seen together at the inauguration of Ramakant Achrekar’s memorial in Mumbai.
Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar who played with both Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli in the nineties, memorizing a year 1992 event, Sanjay Manjrekar expressed Kambli as ‘quite a character’ and told how the southpaw would go after then-Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar for not finding a place in the playing XI.
“This story is from the 1992 World Cup when Vinod Kambli was in the Indian world cup team. Kambli is someone you know is a character and he was very friendly with me and Sachin,” Sanjay Manjrekar was quoted as telling to reporters three year ago.
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“His mood was off; he was a bit upset. Sachin and I were the two established players so we were getting all the matches. but after every match, when we would meet, he would come after us. He would criticize; ‘What is this batting? You could have played faster’. He did not even spare Sachin,” said Manjrekar.
“In a match against Zimbabwe, Sachin and I had a good partnership. It was a small target and we won the match. Despite that, in the evening, Kambli would again go like. The match and all is fine; but we could have won it a lot earlier”
“He told Sachin, ‘John Traicos is such an ordinary bowler. You could have hit him out of the ground; You were taking singles’. Sachin told ‘Our target was to win the match’. But Vinod did not learn. If there is one person who could upset Sachin, that is Vinod Kambli,” he continued.
