5 India performances that didn't get the recognition they deserve

#5 Navjot Singh Sidhu, World Cup Quarterfinals, 1996

Sidhu’s 93 is not remembered by even his biggest fans

It was the second quarterfinal of Wills World Cup. Batting first, India put up a total of 287, on the back of a brilliant knock by Navjot Singh Sidhu. Tendulkar and Sidhu provided a decent start to India.

A prolific cutter, Sidhu survived a few edges but slowly grew in confidence. He played both the pacers and spinners with such ease that it became an innings to remember. While Sidhu lost Tendulkar (31) and, then, Sanjay Manjrekar (20) soon, there was no stopping him.

He was foxed on 93 by Mushtaq Ahmed’s flipper, but had built a foundation for the rest of the batting line-up. India won the game, Sidhu won the man of the match, but this knock from him didn’t survive time and faded away, more so because of the ruckus that the Eden Gardens crowd created in the semifinal against Sri Lanka.