Gary Sobers used to spend his nights with women during matches, he scored many centuries in Test cricket while drunk

Cricket News Desk. Actually, the guidelines of cricket teams of most countries playing cricket around the world have a condition that they will remain disciplined on match days. They will not drink alcohol. And after some time you will return to your room in the hotel. In such a situation, can you imagine that there would be some cricketers who would have violated these rules. It is possible that he has drunk a lot of alcohol and reached the field in this condition.

There are many stories about this. There are many players who are notorious for drinking too much alcohol. But in such a situation, most of them did not even come on the field, but some legendary cricketers did not leave the field at all. However, in this case there is an incident about the greatest all-rounder of world cricket, Gary Sobers, who used to spend most of his nights between Sura and Sundari, often arriving on the field the next day with a hangover. State

Sobers was not bound by any discipline
Even today, if someone asks the name of the greatest all-rounder of world cricket, the name of Gary Sobers will be taken without any hesitation. He never liked to be bound by any discipline. His nights were mostly spent in night clubs or with female friends. Many times it used to happen that he used to keep drinking till late night. In the morning he reached the field staggering. Then he returned after scoring a century.

Sobers broke team rules every day
Sobers is now over 85 years old. He is now living a happy life in Barbados. He is a great living personality of his country. He is still fit. And he lives his own life. He always felt that if he had immense talent, he should not be treated differently from the common members of his team, but he should be treated specially. That is why Sobers did not often meet the West Indies captain. The team members were not allowed to leave the hotel till late at night, but Sobers regularly broke this rule.

used to stay in the night club till late night
Sobers used to spend late nights in clubs, drinking alcohol and enjoying the company of beauties. It was common in the cricket world that Sobers was also very fond of night cricket. Here night cricket does not mean cricket at night but spending the night in the company of beauties. There are many discussions about this too. Some of these have been described by Sobers himself in his autobiography.

He drank so much alcohol at night that he could not get rid of the intoxication and then he reached Tool Khetar.
This incident is from the year 1973. A test match was going on between West Indies and England at Lord's. Sobers was not in the hotel the whole night. As soon as the match ended on the field, Sobers headed towards the nightclub. His principle was simple – life is for complete enjoyment. So live it to the fullest. After staying out that night, he returned to the hotel early in the morning. Lie straight on the bed.

He woke up early in the morning. The next day it was the same again. From the ground straight to the bar. Drank all night. So much so that his friends left him on the ground. The match had started. His team was batting. Kanhai was playing after scoring 157 runs. England's fast bowler Bob Willis beat him several times. When Kanhai returned after getting out, Sobers was sent to bat.

He came to bat with a hangover and scored a century
Sobers was feeling bad. Had a hangover. My head was spinning. The ball was not feeling right. There was pain in the stomach too. But continued to play. Reached the century. The pain became unbearable. Had to return to the dressing room. Captain Kanhai asked for brandy in the dressing room. The pain goes away as soon as it is drunk. After drinking several pegs, he calmed down and got ready again. Returned to the crease again. When he was out on 150 runs, Kanhai declared the West Indies innings at 652 runs for eight wickets. England's team could score only 233 and 193 runs in both innings. Windies won this test by an innings and 226 runs.

This happened again and again with Sobers.
Before this, another such famous incident happened in the year 1968. The West Indies team was on a tour to Australia. After the evening match, Sobers went to meet a female friend. He spent the whole night with her in the hotel. He returned late in the morning. By then, the team had left the hotel for the ground. He put on his pads and fell asleep sitting on a chair. Wickets fell quickly.

It was Sobers' turn. He woke up. He reached the field rubbing his eyes. The first ball hit the middle of his bat after which his bat completely dominated the ball. He batted aggressively and scored 132 runs in just 113 minutes. While returning after getting out, he fell asleep in the dressing room.

The same was done during the India tour
It is said that when Sobers came to India in 1958-59, he returned drunk at around 2 am. On the second day, 198 runs were scored in five hours.

Herschelle Gibbs drank alcohol several times before the match
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was one of the few batsmen who had the class of Tendulkar and Lara. He admitted in his autobiography “To the Point” that he would sometimes drink a few hours before a match.

Jesse Ryder is as great a batsman as he is a great drinker.
New Zealand's Jesse Ryder was a brilliant batsman. He was a regular member of the New Zealand team for many years. But his drinking problem made him a burden on the team. He was dropped from the playing XI in the IPL due to his late night partying habit. He was drunk on the morning of the fifth ODI in his first Sri Lankan match against England.