The 22nd Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, England. This time cricket has also got a place in these games. But do you know that cricket has been a part of the Commonwealth Games in the past as well? The Commonwealth Games were held in Malaysia in 1998 and men's cricket got a place in it.
Cricket was played in the 50-over format in the Commonwealth Games played in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, in which big teams participated and the Indian team came to play in this tournament. The 1998 Commonwealth game was very bad for the Indian team. Out of 3, Team India won only one match. At that time there were players like Ajay Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, and VVS Laxman on the Indian team.
Sachin Tendulkar had scored only 28 runs in three matches at that time. The Indian team could not even reach the semi-final match. Teams of Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka reached the semi-finals and the final match was played between South Africa and Australia, in which the Kangaroo team was defeated and the South African team won the gold medal.
