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Reetinder Singh Sodhi recollects memories from Lombard U-15 Cricket World Cup final vs Pakistan

“It’s been 29 years, but it seems like yesterday. It was an important win for all of us. It made us boys into men,” Sodhi, who went on to play 18 ODIs for India from 2000 to 2002

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Reetinder Singh Sodhi (right) is felicitated by MCA vice-president Sanjay Naik during a function on Wednesday. Pic/Satej Shinde

Reetinder Singh Sodhi (right) is felicitated by MCA vice-president Sanjay Naik during a function on Wednesday. Pic/Satej Shinde

Reetinder Singh Sodhi and his India U-15 team took the cricketing world by storm on August 20, 1996, winning the Lombard U-15 Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan in the final by four wickets at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Players get Rs 1 lakh each

On Wednesday evening, 10 of the 14 players from that squad and head coach Sarkar Talwar relived those glorious days in the UK at a felicitation function in the city organised by the assistant manager and a selector of that team, Deepak Pandit, where every team member was awarded Rs 1 lakh and a memento.

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