vvvslaxman Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Dinesh Karthik was the toast of nation. Now Check your memory and share other instances where one player turns up and became talk of the nation. Some match i may not have watched. but i know the stories from all my senior friends. 1) Kapil Dev 5/19 at the MCG, 1980-81? India was all set to lose the match despite dubious pitch because Kapil dev was not well and he took some medicine and bowled. It was meagre 140 i think. That was a mighy Aussie side. After Ghavri, Doshi opened the gates, Kapil ran through Australian middle order in no time and India decimated them for 83 runs. Kapil was the toast of the nation. Front page news on all the news paper was about this. 2) Kapil dev 11 wickets and a fifty against Pakistan 1979? At Chennai. He produced a breath taking all round performance and thoroughly beat the Imran Khan's strong side. News papers wrote pages and pages about him. Kapil became a household name. I am not 100% sure Imran was in that side. 3) Kapil Dev 175 , 1983 prudential cup This probably cannot be overshadowed by any outstanding achievement may be Laxman's 281 comes close. But this was phenomenal. Many went to movie when INdia was reduced to 80 odd for 7. Then when we opened the paper Hindu it read "Kapil Dev set Tunbridge wells Ablaze". We didn't understand that :) We double checked, triple checked that score card to make sure if was the right score. Phenomenal feeling. 4) Mohinder Amarnath , 1983 final No explanation. This dibbly dobbly bowler made 25 and took 3 for 12. In such a low scoring game that was very very crucial. Everybody went over the moon when he took the last wicket. .. we can add more Edited March 24, 2018 by vvvslaxman The Dark Horse 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Some games missing - Wc qf 2015, WC knockout scenario vs South Africa 2007, CT sf 2017, historic series on the line game vs SA 2018, Sachin farewell game Lords test 2014 Ct 2013 SF Spell to Ricky Ponting Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 More I think about, more Kapil dev comes to my mind than others. What a hero he was. His 4 sixes against Eddie Hemmings was surreal. Azharuddin the boy wonder was after scoring 3 centuries in his first 3 tests became toast of our nation. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 minute ago, maniac said: Some games missing - Wc qf 2015, WC knockout scenario vs South Africa 2007, CT sf 2017, historic series on the line game vs SA 2018, Sachin farewell game Lords test 2014 Ct 2013 SF Spell to Ricky Ponting Our most recent memory about him is his bald faced lie lol Link to comment
Rightarmfast Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Robin Singh played many a match winning innings. Only the ones who followed cricket in 90' would know what a clutch player he was! There was Rajesh Chouhans last ball 6, then there was Sachins desert storm, there was Azharuddin's blisterning attack against Ataur rahman against Pakistan in Singer cup, Gangulys allround performance in toronto in 97 etc etc etc... Mosher 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 27 minutes ago, rageaddict said: Jadeja v/s Waqar. Yup. He was darling of India Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Yes. Sachin may have played great knocks , technically better knocks than his 143 at Sharjah. But none of his knock made the whole country talk about it like his 143. Task was getting steep. My bro went to sleep. I was determined to finish the match. Then i woke my bro up. Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Remember kanitkar hitting winning shot against pak. First time we chased 300+ score in odis i think. Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Dhoni 140+ at 3 against pak. Changed how we viewed our keepers. Link to comment
rageaddict Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Tendulkar 200* v/s SA. Remember everyone around was focused on that match. Link to comment
kohli Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Yuvi kaif in netwast trophy final.yuvi 6 six. Insidious and Sachinism 2 Link to comment
saik Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Kumble taking 10 wkts in an innings vs Pak Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Nehra 23 for 6 at WC 03 Rohit 264 Link to comment
Khota Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) There are so many but right now I cannot get Karthics six out of my mind. What makes it so impressive is that it was such a negative line he bowled. Edited March 24, 2018 by Khota DHONI_FANN 1 Link to comment
DHONI_FANN Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Rahul David's and VVS Laxman's record partenrship against Australia after we were asked to follow on Link to comment
zen Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) From when I started to understand cricket and from what I recall: * 1985 World Series win (as a team) * 1986 tied test vs Aus, which we should hv won * 1987 WC Gavaskar’s 100 vs NZ. Siddhu’s consistent performances and 6s * 1988 Hirwani’s 16 wkts vs WI * 1989 Manjrekar’s performance in Pak * 1989 Sachin’s debut * 1994 Hero Cup over by Sachin vs SA * 1996 Jadeja vs Waqar * 1996 Srinath’s spell vs SA * 1998 Tendulkar’s Desert Storm performances * 1998 Kanitkar’s last ball 4 * 1999 Ganguly and Dravid’s performances vs SL * 1999 Kumble’s 10-er * 2000 onwards, there have been are a lot. Special mention: Lax-Dra partnership vs Aus, Sehwag’s epic performances in tests, Yuvi’s 6 6s, .... Edited March 24, 2018 by zen Link to comment
Laaloo Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Jadeja 96 qf Kanitkar 4 Ganguly dravid 99 WC against SL Sachin 98 against pak NatWest final Eden gardens Bhajji hattrick 2004 defending 105 against Aus in Mumbai. Link to comment
prasen82 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Sachin Titan cup semifinal against south Africa Robin Singh 48 agaiNst Zimbabwe in Bulawayo Srinath and jumble hitting partnership of 52 for 8th wkt against Australia. Unbelievable straight six by srinath. Venkatesh prasad ball of century to admit sohail in wc qf Kohli 150 odd against Sri Lanka chasing 300 odd in less than 40 overs Pathan brothers finishing one match Azhar toying with Lance klusener along with anil kumble(88). He hit 5 consecutive fours in the test. I used to be the 90s kid... So cannot recollect the recent ones. The other noteworthy ones have already been listed in the prior posts. Link to comment
prasen82 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I think ganguly performance in Sahara cup In Toronto was out of the world... Cannot recollect the matches but it gave unquantifiable joy in looking at those results. I believe it was early days of cable television and not everyone was able to watch these matches . zen 1 Link to comment
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