Batsman/Bowlers from Chennai
Rocky Raccoon
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> Oh boy I love it. Yet another duck by Ajit Balasandaas kar.
> He loves hatching baidas (eggs).
>
> That brings up this question: Which decent player did Mumbai
introduce
> in entire 1990s. By introduce I mean which player started his
career.
> Not his peak of career.
> I have been following right from 1970s and every decade Mumbai had
produced
> some fine player.
>
> 1970s: SMG and even DBV
>
> 1980s: SRT (technically he made his debut in 1980s only)
>
> 1990s: Kambli, Mhambery(woh to naam se hee bekar bowler lagta hain),
> Kuruvilla, Haggy baby, Bahutule, Nilesh Kulkarni, Dawood
> Ibrahmim,
> Shantanu Deasi.
>
> Can I ask anything more? Yes. Some relinquishment of Mumbai
arrogance
> by chuts who keep posting about greatness of mumbai players and the
team.
> My advice to them "kutte ko apnee aukat bhoolnee nahi chaheeye".
>
> warm regards.
>
> RK-
>
Rocky Raccoon
Hi,
Can somebody help me compile a list of players (batsman or bowlers)
from Chennai who have contributed something of importance to Indian
test cricket.
What do we have?
Venkataraghavan [seems an average bowler from stats]
Srikkanth [an okay batsman, good to watch sometimes]
Robin Singh [nothing great, good commitment thoe]
Sivramankrishnan [nothing great after a few matches]
S Ramesh [too early but seems decent]
Raman [Crap]
Chandrashekar [Crap]
Thiru Kumaran [Crap]
T Shekhar [Crap]
Seems too little contribution in the last 50 years. But Chennaites
give
an impression that they produce the best cricketers. Am I missing
somebody?
Thanks
-AP
[A student of Chennai cricket]
Samir Chandra
>Venkataraghavan [seems an average bowler from stats]
He was a pretty good off-spinner. Of course, Prasanna was a lot
better; but Venkat was definately the 2nd best in the world
at that time.
>Srikkanth [an okay batsman, good to watch sometimes]
Are you kidding? He was the most exiting Indian batsman I've
ever watched, with the possible exception of Sandip Patil.
>Robin Singh [nothing great, good commitment thoe]
Make no mistake - over his career, Robin Singh has been a
great ODI player. He is the kinda player I want on my team.
But he is really not from Chennai though! (-:
>S Ramesh [too early but seems decent]
Decent is right, and - if he develops the right attitude - has
the potential of becoming really good!
>Raman [Crap]
>Chandrashekar [Crap]
>Thiru Kumaran [Crap]
>T Shekhar [Crap]
>
>Seems too little contribution in the last 50 years.
>But Chennaites give
>an impression that they produce the best cricketers
Do they? I haven't really heard that a lot. Can't really compare
with Banglore, let alone Mumbai. A comparison with Baroda or
Hydrabad would be more fair.
I believe that Banglore and Chennai should have seperate teams
from their respective state teams; just like Mumbai, Hydrabad,
Baroda, etc. Would be a lot more fair to the local lads.
Samir Chandra
Mike Holmans
<samirc...@MailAndNews.com> writes
>>===== Original Message From "Rocky Raccoon" <rro...@bigfoot.com> =====
>
>>Venkataraghavan [seems an average bowler from stats]
>
>He was a pretty good off-spinner. Of course, Prasanna was a lot
>better; but Venkat was definately the 2nd best in the world
>at that time.
Not that there was an awful lot of competition. Pat Pocock and Ashley
Mallett, as far as I can see.
Cheers,
Mike
--
1982 - last series England didn't lose to Pakistan
1962 - last series England won in Pakistan
2000 - England become first visiting team to win a Test in Karachi
Mad Hamish
<mi...@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3A9F...@MailAndNews.com>, Samir Chandra
><samirc...@MailAndNews.com> writes
>>>===== Original Message From "Rocky Raccoon" <rro...@bigfoot.com> =====
>>
>>>Venkataraghavan [seems an average bowler from stats]
>>
>>He was a pretty good off-spinner. Of course, Prasanna was a lot
>>better; but Venkat was definately the 2nd best in the world
>>at that time.
>
>Not that there was an awful lot of competition. Pat Pocock and Ashley
>Mallett, as far as I can see.
>
and Mallett would have a pretty good claim to be ahead of Venkat....