"In 1994, India required 63 off 54 when Nayan Mongia came out to bat to join Manoj Prabhakar who already played more than 100 balls. They scored just 16 runs off those 54 balls. They gave up the match from the point Mongia came out to bat. Crowd booing was witnessed," recalls Cricketopia, a social media handle dedicated to telling the history of cricket.
Not many remember what happened after the ignominious spell. Journalist Pramod Kumar Singh says, "Prabhakar did score a 100 but didn't go for a win. Prabhakar and Mongia were dropped from the team but they played the 1996 and 1999 Cricket World Cup respectively."
Back in the day, Indians took cricket way too seriously. "There were harsher public reactions and criticism. Crowds in stadiums used to throw bottles on the field and disrupt matches. Players were under tremendous pressure. Lot better now," opines Prateek Ruia.
The match found a place in the Indian Match-fixing Investigations (1997). The BCCI instituted a commission to examine the charges laid by Prabhakar. "Based on lack of evidence, the commission dismissed all allegations," Wikipedia says.
Whatever it is, the match is remembered to this day by old-timers with loads of exasperation. Sigh!
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