The Cricket Lounge’s Vaibhav Sharma lists 5 incidents when cricketers broke into tears.
1) Inzamam-ul-Haq’s last ODI match
Former Pakistan captain and one of the best batsmen in the history of the game, Inazama-ul-Haq, couldn’t stop his tears while walking back to the pavilion after his last international innings in cricket. It is one of the most emotional moments in cricket history as the entire Pakistan team came out to form a guard of honour for him, and all the Zimbabwean players walked along with him to the pavilion.
2) Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh after winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
India’s triumph in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is one of the most emotional moments in Indian cricket history. No Indian cricket fan ever forget the emotional scenes of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh letting their emotions show after winning a hard fought battle.
3) Bangladesh team after losing the Asia Cup final in 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWf0h_NQHs8
Bangladesh stunned one and all by reaching the final of the Asia Cup in 2012. The young Bangladeshi team played as a unit and defeated India to reach the semi-final of the biggest cricket tournament in Asia. But, they couldn’t cross the final line as Pakistan won the final to lift the trophy. Not one player but the entire Bangladesh cricket team broke into tears when they lost the Asia Cup final in 2012 against Pakistan by just two runs.
4) Sachin Tendulkar after scoring his 100th international hundred
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFJgLTxYsjs
After Sachin Tendulkar scored his 99th international hundred, India became obsessed with his 100th international hundred. All of a sudden, nobody was talking about his 99 hundreds as all the focus was on the 100th which he wasn’t able to achieve. The wait was finally over when Sachin scored his 100th hundred in an ODI match against Bangladesh in Mirpur. It was a very emotional moment for cricket fans all over the world and the legendary cricketer himself couldn’t stop his tears. Sachin, in his trademark way, looked up, thanked his father, but this time he had tears in his eyes.
5) South African team crying after losing the semi-final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
South Africa lost a very closely-contested semi-final against New Zealand in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Proteas were the pre-tournament favourrites and the emotions were quickly seen on the faces of the whole team, and it was impossible to stop the tears.
