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Roger Binny: Behind the genial, benign Subhash Gupte: Wily spin bowler from
demeanour was a combative player who Bombay whom Sir Garfield Sobers, the
played to win at all time. A natural athlete greatest cricketeer of all-time, rated as the
– as a youngster, was a javelin thrower of best leg-spinner he had played. Sobers, in
great promise – his `feel’ for sport made fact, put Gupte ahead of even Shane Warne,
him a vital factor in Indian cricket in the for the immaculate control he had as well as
1970s and 80s. Could bat anywhere in the the ability to turn the ball even on marble-
order, bowled late swing at fast medium top pitches
pace that harried the best batsmen, and was
a fantastic outfielder.
Image courtesy: outlookindia.com 12th Man: Erapalli Prasanna: Former Image courtesy: india.com
Prasanna devotee for his skills as an off-
Madan Lal: Doughty, bustling, never-say- Australia captain Ian Chappell is a
spinner, but even more for outthinking
die cricketer who immortalised himself by batsmen. Part of the famed Indian spin
clinching the all-important wicket of Viv quartet of the 1960s and 70s, Prasanna
Richards in the 1983 final. Like Binny, a was considered as the best all conditions
fast bowling all-rounder Madan Lal was a bowler. His rich haul of wickets in
favourite of his captains as he gave his best Australia and New Zealand ratify this
under pressure. contention.
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