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Trinanjan Chakraborty

6 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read

#OTD in 1988, Imran Khan's Pakistan did what no team had been able to do for a decade, defeating West Indies at home. WI were missing king Viv and Marshall. Greenidge was capt. They handed a debut to a very tall young fast bowler named Curtley Ambrose. The

Pakistan skipper led from the front, taking 11/121 in the match including 7/80 in the 1st inns. A real star turn came from Javed Miandad Khan who made 114 in a 6 hours 45 mins marathon. Pakistan won comfortably by 9 wickets. Richards & Marshall returned for

the next match but WI had to wait till the 3rd to eke out a narrow 2-wicket win to share the series 1-1, thanks a 61-run 9th wicket stand between Dujon and Win Benjamin. Incidentally, Imran had retired before this tour but changed his mind after immense

public demand & a personal request from Pakistan president General Zia ul Haq. He ended the series with 23 wickets. Javed made a 100 in the 2nd test as well and finished as the leading run scorer

Some footage of presentation ceremony at the conclusion of the series

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7 Apr

7th April, 1962. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Day 4 of the 4th test between West Indies & India. It has been a forgettable tour. India have lost all 3 tests so far. And their captain, Nari Contractor, had his skull cracked by Charlie Griffith in a tour game.

He spent weeks in hospital & never played test cricket again. But the bandwagon has rolled on. Once again, the hosts have dominated. India have been made to follow-on, and very few expected the hosts to bat again. But sometimes, when he has fallen deep, man

finds unexpected courage. So it happened. Vijay Mehra, the opener, makes a gritty half century. Salim Durrani, never one to baulk at a challenge, walks out at 3 and ends day 3 on 91*, nine short of a maiden test 100. India are 186/2, still 61 short. And so

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6 Apr

65th birthday of the Colonel. I don't why, my top most memory of the man doesn't entail international cricket. It is the Ranji Trophy final of 1991 - the closest one ever in the history of the tournament. Bombay lost out by just 2 runs to Kapil's Haryana.

Being an unabashed Kapil stan, I was naturally euphoric. But I have never been able to forget that image of a man, almost at the end of a legendary career, batting on one leg, almost at the coast but then the boat sinks. Playing with a runner, he is helpless

but to watch the last wicket fall to a run out. And he crumples down to the ground, in tears, almost inconsolable. I wish this was not my top of mind memory of him. But even 30 years later, when someone says Dilip Vengsarkar, this is the image that flashes to

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