Green Park, Kanpur, the venue of the primary Test match performed between India and New Zealand, has traditionally been a batting paradise.
However on the identical venue, a rookie Malcolm Marshall displayed his all-rounder brilliance, serving to West Indies trample India by an innings and 83 runs.
Gundappa Vishwanath dominates Green Park
Former India cricketer Gundappa Viswanath has scored probably the most runs in Tests at Green Park, Kanpur. The right-handed batsman scored 776 runs in seven Test matches at a mean of 86.22. He has scored three centuries and 4 fifties on this floor.
It is on the identical spot when a pissed off Sunil Gavaskar sat in a nook and didn’t communicate to his greatest pal and teammate Gundappa Viswanath after the mix-up. Interestingly, Gavaskar is the second highest run-scorer with 629 runs.
Azharuddin’s third consecutive century
It was at this floor the place a 21-year-old teenager Mohammad Azharuddin scored the ultimate rating of his third consecutive century throughout his sensational debut within the 1984–85 Test sequence towards England.
This fashionable batsman from Hyderabad performed an excellent innings of 122 runs within the first innings. He scored 54 runs within the second innings. Though the Test match led to a draw, Azharuddin made his mark in come what may.
Mohammad Azharuddin scored 439 runs within the first three take a look at matches of his profession.
Martial Law on a Lively Green Park
On 22 October 1983, West Indies quick bowler Malcolm Marshall introduced himself on the world stage.
Marshall’s 8-5-9-4 spell within the night blew India away. He dismissed India’s high order Sunil Gavaskar (0), Anshuman Gaekwad (4), Mohinder Amarnath (0), Dilip Vengsarkar (14) together with his flamboyant bowling. Earlier within the day, Marshall performed a blistering knock of 92 runs and shared a 130-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Gordon Greenidge (194).
Marshall eliminated India’s high order within the second innings as effectively. His wickets had been Gavaskar (7), Gaikwad (5), Roger Binny (7) and Vengsarkar (65).
West Indies gained the match by an innings and 83 runs.
The mysterious batting of Prabhakar and Mongia pair
During the 1994 Wills World Series towards West Indies, the duo of Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia batted in mysterious methods, with India needing 63 runs to win from the final 9 overs, with 5 wickets within the hut.
Batting first, West Indies posted a rating of 257/6 in 50 overs. Centurion Manoj Prabhakar set the Indian chase and India seemed to be the favorites to win the match at 195/5 within the forty first over.
Nayan Mongia got here to the crease with Prabhakar and the duo surprised everybody with their useless batting. The pair added 5 runs within the subsequent 4 overs and 11 extra runs within the final 5 overs. India completed on 211/5. West Indies gained the match by 46 runs.
Prabhakar remained unbeaten on 102 off 152 whereas Mongia scored 4 runs in 21 balls.
Shahid Afridi’s 45-ball knock in Green Park
Shahid Afridi scored a century in 45 balls as Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets in Kanpur.
The harmful opener smashed 10 fours and 9 sixes in a scintillating 102 off 46 balls to assist Pakistan chase down India’s 249/6 in 42.1 overs.
Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif (78) helped India recuperate from Rana Naved-ul-Hasan’s opening blow and took 6 for 249 in 50 overs after taking the primary strike.
Naved eliminated the formidable opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag in his first three overs and dismissed Mahendra Singh Dhoni within the fourth over as India had been diminished to three for 26 after electing to bat on a slower wicket. Gaya.
Dravid and Kaif shared a 135-run partnership for the fifth wicket and Mongia performed an unbeaten 33 off 28 balls instead of Ganguly.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
