Indian Cricket Team: India has produced one of the greatest batsmen to world cricket. Such batsman class batting is very surprising. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and many others have received praise based on their technique.
Gundappa Viswanath: India has given one of the greatest batsmen to world cricket. Such batsman class batting is very surprising. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and many others have received praise based on their technique. But did you know that there is another batsman above even these batsmen whose class batting is unmatched? That batsman’s name is Gundappa Vishwanath. Today is Vishwanath’s birthday. Vishwanath was born on 12 February 1949 in Mysore.
When it comes to wrist magicians in India, even if the names of Mohammed Azharuddin and Laxman from Hyderabad come up, Vishwanath is ahead of both of them. No one has the strength to play the ball through his wrist that goes outside the off-stump at mid-wicket. That is why he was called the wrist magician. Vishwanath played many excellent innings with his batting.
Century on debut..
Vishwanath played the first Test against Australia in Kanpur. He scored a century in this match. In this match, Outai could not even open his account in the first innings, but he batted in the second innings and scored a century. Vishwanath scored 137 runs in this match. Based on this innings, India scored a strong score. India declared their second innings at 312 for seven. Vishwanath hit 25 fours in his innings. Despite Australia drawing this match, Vishwanath declared that India’s batting is going to be key in the coming period.
A lonely fight in Chennai..
Vishwanath played 91 Test matches for India and scored 14 centuries. India faced one of the most dangerous teams, the West Indies, at the Chepak Stadium in Madras, now Chennai. West Indies led by Alvin Kalicharan are playing brilliantly. After the three-match Test series, both teams drew three matches. The fourth Test match was held in Chennai. Batting first, West Indies scored 228 runs. While Kalicharan played an innings of 98 runs, the rest of the batsmen collapsed.
After this, India started its innings but the batsmen could not get a foot on the wicket. But Vishwanath fought back and scored a century. Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar quickly turned back the wicket and Vishwanath hit the stumps to score a century. Vishwanath scored 124 runs with 17 fours.. Vishwanath scored 31 runs in the second innings. India scored 255 runs in the first innings and bowled out West Indies for 151 runs in the second innings. India needed 125 runs and reached the target with the loss of seven wickets.
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