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cricket history, some may be completely ender to opening batsman, the left-arm
unfamiliar names. spinner’s cricketing journey marked a
I must reiterate, this is my team. As is consistently upward trajectory. Shastri:
always the case in cricket selection matters, Champion of Champions in the 1985 World
this may not find universal approval. But Championship of Cricket, the Audi car he
I’d be interested in knowing your selection! won reiterating India’s rise to eminence in
ODIs.
Krish Srikkanth: Ebullient opener with
dare-deviliry flowing through his veins. Image courtesy: Wikipedia
Unconventional, irrepressible, on his day,
could destroy the best bowling attacks. Was
India’s highest scorer in the epochal 1983
World Cup win. I was tempted to pick 1983 hero Mohinder
His all-out aggressive approach signaled Amarnath for the no.3 slot but after much
India’s transformation from a tepid one-day deliberation settled for his father, Lala
side to a match winning one. Amarnath. The colourful Lala, who made
India’s first Test century, and was also
captain in Independent India’s first Test.
A genuine, match winning all-rounder.
Image courtesy: Aaj Tak Mohinder had much the same skills as his
father, but in the limited overs context, I
think Lala had more panache!
Ravi Shastri: In stark contrast to bindaas
Srikkanth, Shastri was measured,
calculated, even tame. But if his talent Image courtesy: India Today online
was limited, his ambition was unlimited.
Not that he didn’t have explosive strokes.
He is among a small clutch of players to
have hit six sixes in an over. From tail-
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