Popular Post Straight Drive Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Tour Schedule: Tour Matches / Warm up Schedule 1st Tour Match - 4 Days (Draw) 5 February, 1971 - 8 February, 1971 India v Jamaica - Sabina Park, Kingston,Jamaica 2nd Tour Match - 4 Days (Draw) 11 February, 1971 - 14 February, 1971 India v West Indies Board Presidents 11 - Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, Jamaica 3rd Tour Match - 3 Days (India won by 9 wickets) 25 February, 1971 - 28 February, 1971 India v Leeward Island Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 4th Tour Match - 4 Days (Draw) 1 March, 1971 - 4 March, 1971 India v Trinidad and Tobago- Guaracara Park, Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad 5th Tour Match - 4 Days (Barbados won by 9 wickets) 27 March, 1971 - 30 March, 1971 India v Barbados - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 6th Tour Match - 3 Days (Draw) 8 April, 1971 - 10 April, 1971 India v Windward Islands - Botanical Gardens, Roseau, Dominica Test Series Schedule: Feb 18, 1971 - Feb 23, 1971 (Draw) 1st Test West Indies v India - Sabina Park, Kingston,Jamaica 2nd Test - (India won by 7 wickets) March 6, 1971 - March 10, 1971 West Indies v India - Queen's Park Oval, Port of Span, Trinidad 3rd Test - (Draw) March 19, 1971 to March 24, 1971 West Indies v India - Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 4th Test - (Draw) April 1, 1971 to April 6, 1971 West Indies v India - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 5th Test - (Draw) April 13, 1971 to April 19, 1971 West Indies v India - Queen's Park Oval, Port of Span, Trinidad Squads: India Squad: Ajit Wadekar (Captain), Abid Ali, Jayantilal, Dilip Sardesai, Ashok Mankad, ML Jaisimha, P Krishnamurti, Eknath Solkar, Prasanna,Bedi,S Venkataraghavan,Salim Durani, Gundappa Vishwanath, Sunil Gavaskar, Rusi Jeejeebhoy, Govindraj. West Indies Squad: Gary Sobers (Captain), Rohan Kanhai, Fredrick, Lloyd, Charlie Davis, Foster, Desmond Lewis, Holford, Lance Gibbs, Carew, Boyce, Camacho, Shillingford, Noregia, Frindlay, Inshan Ali, Dowe, Barrett, Vanburn Holder, Shepherd Tour matches / warmup - 6 (4 Four Day matches, 2 Two Day matches) Selections: Vijay Merchant was the chairman of selectors. India had won first ever Test match win overseas against New Zealand in 1968 under Pataudi, however, in 1969, Indian lost the 5-match series 3-1 in India against Australia under Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's captaincy. Pataudi was dropped. Rusi Surti and Engineer were dropped as they did not take part in prior Ranji Trophy. Debut Test series for: India Debutants - Sunil Gavaskar, K. Jayantilal and P. Krishnamurthy Only Salim Durani, Jaisimha, Prasanna and Dilip Sardesai had toured WI before in 1962. West Indies Debutants - Arthur Barrett, Jack Noreiga, Keith Boyce, Desmond Lewis, Ishan Ali and Uton Dowe. Gavaskar had a great run against Poona University which earned him a test selection. He cracked 327, 226, 124 and 99 runs in 4 innings. Vishwanath was not an established player. Sunny was making debut. Jaisimha was senior and India had spin trio. Prasanna (Off spin), Bedi (worlds best ever SLA), Chandrasekhar (Leg spin) and Venkataraghavan (Off spin) were the best spin quartet in history of cricket. Chandra was dropped for this series. They played together only in 1 match though, under captaincy of Pataudi in 1967 on India's tour of England. The team used to mostly select only one of Prasanna and Venkat as both were off-spinners. The test match were scheduled for 6 days with one day being used as rest. This was the first overseas test series i followed. Overseas matches were not shown live. Some of the footage used to be reported in news channels for 10 minutes at end of the news show. The scorecards were not available in next morning as print media and news network was not advanced as much as it is today. Air broadcast was the only option. During those years one could carry the transistor to college and listen to commentary of the matches. The Bad records prior to this magnificent tour: (1)India had won only 15 of 116 matches overall. (2)India had won only 3 of the 45 overseas matches. All those 3 wins coming in 1968 in a series wherein India won 4 test series 3-1. New Zealand and India where the punching bags of those times. (3) More relevant was that India had lost 5-0 on tour to West Indies in 1962 under captaincy of Nari Contractor and Pataudi. Test 1: Draw 5 February, 1971 - 8 February, 1971 Rest Day - 21 February Sabina Park, Kingston,Jamaica West Indies Playing 11: Roy Frederick, Vanburn Holder, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Sir Garry Sobers (c), Joey Carew, Steve Camacho, Mike Findlay (wk), Grayson Shillingford, Arthur Barrett, Jack Noreiga India Playing 11: Syed Abid Ali, Bishan Bedi, Eknath Solkar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Ajit Wadekar (c), Pochiah Krishnamurthy (wk), Motganhalli Jaisimha, Salim Durani, Dilip Sardesai, Erapalli Prasanna, Kenia Jayantilal Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17261/scorecard/63066/west-indies-vs-india-1st-test-india-tour-of-west-indies-1970-71 Sunny was supposed to debut in this series, however due to finger infection he did not debut in this test. Vishy also missed this test due to knee injury. Indian side was better than the West Indies side but not by a considerable margin. West Indies bowling was on a decline from 1968 to 1974. West Indies, in the 1971 series against India, had the opening pace attack of Shillingford and Vanburn Holder who were not good. Arthur Barrett and Noreiga were below par in spin department. India opened with Abid Ali who was gentle pace. He would take the shine of the ball to let the best spin trio ever to show their magic. Eknath Solkar was a handy lower order bat who has got into partnerships with specialist batsmen to bring respect to our totals. He could also bowl left arm spin as well as gentle pace. Venkat, Bedi and Prasanna were the best spin attack the game of cricket has ever seen. Pace bowling wise, even though West Indies did not have good bowlers, they were better in comparison. On the spin quartet, the Indian spin attack of those times is still the best in entire cricketing history. The entire Day 1 was washed out due to rain and the ground drying facilities were not advanced these days. Toss was done on Day 2. Sobers won toss and opted to bowl first as it had rained. India were reduced to 75/5. Dilip Sardesai and Eknath Solkar's 137 runs partnership took India to 212/6. The other important partnership was of 122 runs between Prasanna and Dilip Sardesai for the 9th wicket which took India to 382/9. Sardesai had played a brilliant innings of 212 runs. India after the top order collapse had managed to put up a respectable 387 due to two wonderful partnerships West Indies were bowled out for 217 with Indian spinners picking 9 wickets and 1 wicket being due to run-out. As it was going to be 4 days test due to rain washing entire Day 1, the follow-on target got reduced to 150 and Wadekar enforced follow-on. Kanhai scored a brilaint 158 not out, Sobers contributed 93 and Lloyd made 57 to draw the test. The fact that India enforced a follow-on was a significant achievement in first test of overseas tour that too against West Indies of those times. Test 2: India won by 7 wickets. March 6, 1971 - March 10, 1971 Rest Day - 8th March Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies Playing 11: Roy Frederick, Vanburn Holder, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Sir Garry Sobers (c), Steve Camacho, Charlie Davis, Mike Findlay (wk), Grayson Shillingford, Arthur Barrett, Jack Noreiga Sobers won the toss and opted to bat first. WI replaced Joey Carew with Charlie Davies. This was also an home ground for Charlie Davis. India Playing 11: Syed Abid Ali, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Ajit Wadekar (c), Ashok Mankad, Pochiah Krishnamurthy (wk), Salim Durani, Dilip Sardesai, Erapalli Prasanna Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17261/scorecard/63067/west-indies-vs-india-2nd-test-india-tour-of-west-indies-1970-71 India played the same team. Until this test, India had not won even a single match against WI out of total 24 and lost 12. Abid Ali struck first ball as he bowled Fredrick. India continued to pick wickets frequently thereby reducing WI to 132/6. WI were eventually bowled out for 214. Charlie Davis who had replaced Carew scored a fine unbeaten 71. Ashok Mankad and Sunny saw off the tricky few hours before close of play on Day 1. Sunny made 65 in his test debut innings. Dilip Sardesai carried his brilliant form by scoring 112. Solkar , yet again chipped in with a handy knock of 55. Jack Noreiga the off-spinner picked 9/95 as India posted 325 with a good lead of 138 runs. Fredrick and Kanhai opened the innings. Kanhai was dismissed on 27. Fredrick and Davis ensured WI had erased the lead. Davis was injured during nets and batted later on next day/ Next day Fredrick was run out which created a controversy regarding the dismissal. Ralph Gosein was umpire for 3 tests out of 5 in this series and there were unhappiness over some of his decisions. The key one being Fredrick being given run out on a throw by Jayantilal from the deep. Probably the best thing Jayantilal ever did on a cricket field. This run out of Fredrick who had scored 80, changed the match into India's favor and the dismissal was then talked about a lot. Wadekar showed a brilliant piece of captaincy. Sobers used have issues against left arm bowlers. Wadekar immediately asked Salim Durani the left arm medium pacer who dismissed Sobers for a duck. West Indies were in deep trouble. The great Indian spinners make Camacho look clueless and they ended Camacho's international cricket career. West Indies were all out for 261. India needed 124 runs to win which were score don the 4th day itself. Sunny had scored 2 half centuries in both innings of his debut test. This was an historic win and first one against WI in 23 years. 3rd Test - (Draw) March 19, 1971 to March 24, 1971 Rest Day - 22 March Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana West Indies Playing 11: Keith Boyce, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Sir Garry Sobers (c), Joey Carew, Charlie Davis, Grayson Shillingford, Jack Noreiga, Desmond Lewis (wk) India Playing 11: Syed Abid Ali, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Gundappa Viswanath, Ajit Wadekar (c), Ashok Mankad, Pochiah Krishnamurthy (wk), Salim Durani, Dilip Sardesai Vishy had recovered and he made the playing 11 replacing Prasanna as spin attack was comprised of Bedi and Venkat. Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17261/scorecard/63068/west-indies-vs-india-3rd-test-india-tour-of-west-indies-1970-71 WI replaced leg spin of Arthur Barrett with off spinner Lance Gibbs who was West Indies best spinner ever. Carew also made playing 11. Mike Frindlay the keeper was replaced by Desmond Lewis and Camacho was replaced by Keith Boyce. Frindlay the keeper was anyways a bad batsman. Vanburb Holder was dropped. India played the same team as in 2nd Test. Sobers yet again won the toss and opted to bat first. Carew and Fredrick posted a decent opening stand if 78. Middle order batsmen Lloyd and Desmond Lewis scored 50's to take the WI first innings to 363. Sobers and Lloyd's collision while taking run helped India make a crucial breakthrough with Lloyd's wicket. Yet again Indian spinners had to take most of the wickets as was a case in those times. Mumbai openers Ashok Mankad and Sunny gave opening partnership of 72 runs against attack of Shillingford and Boyce. Sunny went on to convert his start into a good knock of 112 runs thereby scoring his first test ton. India scored 376 to take a first innings lead of 13 runs. WI retaliated strongly in second innings declaring on 307/3 as Davis and Sobers both scored unbeaten tons. Ashok Mankad and Sunny scored unbeaten 50's to take India to 123 without loss of wicket. The result was a draw and India lead 1-0 with two tests to be played. 4th Test - (Draw) April 1, 1971 to April 6, 1971 Rest Day - 5 April West Indies v India - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies Playing 11: Maurice Foster, Roy Fredericks, Vanburn Holder, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Sir Garry Sobers (c), Charlie Davis, John Shepherd, Desmond Lewis (wk), Inshan Ali, Uton Dowe Out - Carew, Sillingford, Boyce, Lance Gibbs, Noreiga In - Fosters, Holder, Shepherd, Inshan Ali, Uton Dowe India Playing 11: Syed Abid Ali, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Gundappa Viswanath, Ajit Wadekar (c), Ashok Mankad, Pochiah Krishnamurthy (wk), Motganhalli Jaisimha, Dilip Sardesai Salim Durani was replaced by Jaisimha Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17261/scorecard/63069/west-indies-vs-india-4th-test-india-tour-of-west-indies-1970-71 Finally Wadekar won the toss and elected to field. Abid Ali once again in the series dismissed Fredrick early. The 166 runs partnership between Lewis and Kanhai steadied the top order for WI. Sobers was unbeaten on 178 as he declared the innings on 501/5. Bedi and Venkat had failed to impress in this match. India struggled at 70/6. Solkar (65) yet again contributed with a fighting knock. Dilip Sardesai continued his fine form scoring a well made 150. They both helped avoid the follow-on. India were relatively well placed at 347 after the collapse. WI attacked as they already had a lead, scoring 180/6 in 43 overs and declared. India were set a target of 335 runs and little less than a days play to survive. Sunny scored 117 not out while Jaisimha, Mankad and Sardesai did their bit in drawing the test as India were 221/5 at the end of the day. Mankad with wrist injury did put a valiant stay for a good time. 5th Test - (Draw) April 13, 1971 to April 19, 1971 Rest Day - 16 April Queen's Park Oval, Port of Span, Trinidad With a lead of 1-0, India could not lose the series going into the final test. West Indies Playing 11: Maurice Foster, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Sir Garry Sobers (c), Joey Carew, David Holford, Charlie Davis, John Shepherd, Jack Noreiga, Desmond Lewis (wk), Uton Dowe India Playing 11: Syed Abid Ali, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Eknath Solkar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Gundappa Viswanath, Ajit Wadekar (c), Pochiah Krishnamurthy (wk), Motganhalli Jaisimha, Dilip Sardesai, Erapalli Prasanna Injured Ashok Mankad was out. Prasanna made it to the playing 11. Scorecard: http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17261/scorecard/63070/west-indies-vs-india-5th-test-india-tour-of-west-indies-1970-71 Wadekar after winning the toss opted to bat first. Run machines of this series,Sunny and Sardesai, scored 124 and 75 respectively. Venkat contributed with 51, his highest of the test career till that point of time. India scored 360 all out batting more than a day. It was in this WI innings when Sobers was controversially given not out as Bedi took a return catch of his bowling. Sobers then went on to score 132. Davis made 105. WI scored a mammoth 526 taking a lead of 166 runs. In India's batting innings, Abid Ali was dismissed early. Sunny and Wadekar put on a fighting 148 runs partnership. Sardesai and Sunny then erased of the remaining lead. All the remaining batsmen chipped on with some runs while Gavaskar scored a magnificent 220. India were all out for 427 runs leaving WI a target of 262 runs. It was in this test that Sunny achieved the record of scoring a ton and a double in same test. WI in attempt to chase scored 165/8 and survived another loss. India had won a historic series by a margin of 1-0 The Positives: (1) The best win ever in Indian cricketing history given the various contexts imo. This was India's first overseas win against West Indies in the Lions den who used to thrash India and other teams for fun. This to me is the best test series victory i have watched in my lifetime from the many brilliant overseas test victories that i have seen. (2) Golden years with respect to overseas test wins The team carried this confidence in next test series to beat England in England (1972) by margin of 1-0 in 3 test series. The momentum was with Team India. There were now 3 overseas test series wins in matter of few years. For a team which was a punching bag, three overseas test series wins in 4 years was a magnificent achievement. a. India won the 4 match test series 3-1 in NZ in 1967/68 b. India won the 5 match test series 1-0 in WI in 1971 c. India won the 3 match test series 1-0 in England in 1972 India had started winning oversees tour after tasting first overseas win in 1967/68. (3) "Sunny", the batting legend announced his capabilities Then 21 years old, Sunil Gavaskar, one of the best test batsman ever, rose to the occasion scoring 774 runs in debut series in just 4 tests, with 220 as his highest in debut series and averaging 154.80. This still remains the best series score ever by an Indian batsman in history of cricket. To have such a series in debut tour was simply signs of greatness, which over a period of time was actually witnessed as Sunny established himself as one of the best test batsman ever. The next highest run scorer was Dilip Sardesai with 642 runs (132 less runs). Sunny record in debut series is still intact. Now batsmen cannot even score 774 in 4 tests in spite of many tests being played against minnows. It is doubtful if any Indian batsman will ever break that record. The record is safe as we see Sehwag, Sachin, Laxman and Dravid's career is over. Kohli too is finding it tough to surpass it. Sunny tops in 2 of the three best series scores ever by Indian batsmen: (1) 774 in 8 innings against WI in WI in 1971 - Sunny. (2) 732 in 9 innings against WI in India in 1978/79 - Sunny. (3) 692 in 8 innings against Australia in Australia in 2014 /15 - Kohli. Reference: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/62312.html?view=records Hope this flashback rekindles the winning euphoria, especially to those who have listened to the commentary on their transistors and watched the highlights / clippings on new the next day. Thank you. Edited February 11, 2019 by Straight Drive PBN, SK_IH, cowboysfan and 16 others 15 4 Link to comment
zen Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 What a performance by Gavaskar on debut His and Pujara’s 500+ runs in Aus are probably among the two best overseas performances in tests in a winning series SK_IH and nevada 2 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Wonderful read @Straight Drive uncle velu and Straight Drive 1 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Among all the debutants on both sides, only one name stands out Straight Drive 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I have heard somewhere that Gavaskar would not take pictures, go to clubs due to cigarette smoke or read books( only form of recreation in those days) which he loved doing a month before the test matches to ensure his eyes have enough rest Only Kohli comes close to that dedication and sacrifice. The rest were hardworkers too but these guys took it to a different extreme. cowboysfan, zen and Straight Drive 3 Link to comment
zen Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Gavaskar is the #1 test batsman for Ind! Straight Drive and cowboysfan 2 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, SK_IH said: Wonderful read @Straight Drive uncle Thank you. 15 minutes ago, maniac said: I have heard somewhere that Gavaskar would not take pictures, go to clubs due to cigarette smoke or read books( only form of recreation in those days) which he loved doing a month before the test matches to ensure his eyes have enough rest Only Kohli comes close to that dedication and sacrifice. The rest were hardworkers too but these guys took it to a different extreme. Sunny was temperamentally very strong and had immense patience. Only Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Pujara seem to show that much patience. Quality wise Sachin and Dravid could be compared to Sunny. In his days the second best bat was Vishy. As tall as Sunny was but Vishy's wrist work was much superior. Sunny on the other hand was a level above on comparison on all aspects. 12 minutes ago, zen said: Gavaskar is the #1 test batsman for Ind! For someone who played quite a few years without grilled helmets and skull caps, he distinguishes himself over lot. Sachin and Dravid are comparable to him. Kohli isn't yet comparable technically to Sunny. Stradlater, AuxiliA and maniac 3 Link to comment
velu Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 my mom was 4 and my dad was 12 in 71.. my father use to follow only gilli danda i guess Link to comment
maniac Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1 minute ago, velu said: my mom was 4 and my dad was 12 in 71.. my father use to follow only gilli danda i guess I think MSD was probably 2 years old then as well :) Pratik77, nevada and velu 3 Link to comment
Stradlater Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Damn how old are you My mum wasn't even born then. Anyway excellent write up. Enjoyed reading it. Keep posting. Straight Drive 1 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 46 minutes ago, Stradlater said: Damn how old are you My mum wasn't even born then. Anyway excellent write up. Enjoyed reading it. Keep posting. Thank you. Glad that you liked reading it. Would try to follow this with our first overseas test series win in England against England - it was the immediate tour to this one (a win). The other ones would be 1976 tour to WI (the one India lost under Bedi ), the 1982 against WI in WI (another lost series under Kapil's captaincy but this is what i want to cover as it is the best pace attack i have ever seen ), the 1989 against WI in WI (loss under Vengsarkar'scaptaincy). Also the best spin quartet in history of the game. Something covering Pakistan and England as well that would mean i have covered one series each of 4 Worlds ATG all-rounders (Sobers, Kapil, Imran and Botham). I will leave anything after that era to others because there are many over here who can easily cover the remaining as they must have surely seen it. Stradlater, The Dark Horse and Forward Defence 3 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Here are the actual performances of the Indian players in this series: Link to comment
Forward Defence Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 11:26 PM, Straight Drive said: Thank you. Glad that you liked reading it. Would try to follow this with our first overseas test series win in England against England - it was the immediate tour to this one (a win). The other ones would be 1976 tour to WI (the one India lost under Bedi ), the 1982 against WI in WI (another lost series under Kapil's captaincy but this is what i want to cover as it is the best pace attack i have ever seen ), the 1989 against WI in WI (loss under Vengsarkar'scaptaincy). Also the best spin quartet in history of the game. Something covering Pakistan and England as well that would mean i have covered one series each of 4 Worlds ATG all-rounders (Sobers, Kapil, Imran and Botham). I will leave anything after that era to others because there are many over here who can easily cover the remaining as they must have surely seen it. Looking forward to your post about the England series in 1972. There should probably be an excerpt about Chandrasekhar in that one. Straight Drive 1 Link to comment
sourab10forever Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 6 tour games 2 months of just warm up games. Link to comment
Forward Defence Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Gavaskar has had a bit of bad press lately. I feel some of it is unjust. The point he made about Ganguly's team not being the first to win tests abroad is quite valid. We must develop the capacity to revere all our greats without bickering about who was greater. Some of the recent developments which have been unkind to a man of Gavaskar's stature are as follows Social media having a go at him for rightly pointing out India's away success in the early 70s and mid 80s His commentary while sometimes articulate are bland and frivolous at other times. While this may be true, the sanctity of his image as a player should be kept separate and intact. Sometimes our forum members while dissing Manjrekar somehow add Gavaskar along with him. Shakib's misbehavior and threat to walk out during the Nidahas trophy were being compared to what Gavaskar did when wrongly given out LBW vs Lillee. Is this going to happen each time a player decides to misbehave? I also read some posts(mostly from Bangladeshi posters) in social media arguing that Shakib has a status similar(if not better) to Gavaskar in cricketing terms. This is entirely delusional. We must have a thread listing all his great performances with added perspectives from the elders in our forum who were around in those days. Legends need to be celebrated. nevada, kirkutfan, putrevus and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Straight Drive Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 11/26/2019 at 11:55 AM, Forward Defence said: Looking forward to your post about the England series in 1972. There should probably be an excerpt about Chandrasekhar in that one. It's already there : http://www.indiancricketfans.com/articles.html/the-golden-moments-india-tour-of-england-1971-r95/ Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) On 2/11/2019 at 9:13 AM, zen said: What a performance by Gavaskar on debut His and Pujara’s 500+ runs in Aus are probably among the two best overseas performances in tests in a winning series Gavaskar is the original "Little Master." The rest that came after him are knock-offs. . His peak was in the late 70s. Too bad, the WI and Aus teams he faced were B-teams. However prior to that in 1975-76 he did perform well in WI against Roberts-Holding. Edited November 30, 2019 by Audiophile Vijy, The Dark Horse and zen 2 1 Link to comment
MechEng Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 10:19 AM, maniac said: I have heard somewhere that Gavaskar would not take pictures, go to clubs due to cigarette smoke or read books( only form of recreation in those days) which he loved doing a month before the test matches to ensure his eyes have enough rest Only Kohli comes close to that dedication and sacrifice. The rest were hardworkers too but these guys took it to a different extreme. Yeh thoda jyada ho gaya. Do not forget 36*(174). Link to comment
Khota Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 11:00 AM, velu said: my mom was 4 and my dad was 12 in 71.. my father use to follow only gilli danda i guess I am very good at gilli danda but I am pretty sure I did not play with your father. nevada and velu 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, MechEng said: Yeh thoda jyada ho gaya. Do not forget 36*(174). What does innings that have to do with his personal dedication ? Kohli has made some brain dead decisions too but doesn’t mean his work ethic is any less. These days people have guys analyzing a thousand things for betterment of a player but giving up things like social interaction in bars and pubs in overseas trips away from family ( I am not talking just about the booze but just hanging out) because of the cigarette smoke or not reading books in days of no cell phones and internet may not seem much now but it does take a lot of dedication if you put it in context . His colleagues have said they were in awe of how seriously he took his craft. Remember eye sight was super important to play fast bowling in days of no helmet and other safety gear. No wonder batsmen get hit so often these days as they spend so much time on phones and computers that their eye sight must suck. No one disputes Gavaskar’s legacy as a batsman for that era. He is one of the greatest of all time for a reason Edited December 1, 2019 by maniac Link to comment
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