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  • Mohandas Menon's XI
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     Openers

    Sunil Gavaskar

    Born: Bombay, 10-7-1949
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm medium
    Teams: Mumbai, Somerset, India






    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 12 108 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      125 380 15 206 1 206.00 1/34 - - 380.00 3.25


    Navjot Singh Sidhu

    Born: Patiala 20-10-1963
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm medium
    Teams: Punjab, India





    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      51 78 2 3202 201 42.13 9 15 9 9 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      51 6 0 9 0 - 0/9 - - - 9.00


     Middle Order

    Sachin Tendulkar

    Born: Bombay, 24-4-1973
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm slow bowler
    Teams: Mumbai (Bombay) & Yorkshire (in 1992)





    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      93 149 15 7869 217 58.72 29 31 8 63 0
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
    Tendulkar, SR 93 1962 58 1037 25 41.48 3/10 - - 78.40 3.17


    Gundappa Viswanath

    Born: Bhadravati, Mysore, 12-2-1949
    Type: Right hand batsman and leg break bowler
    Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, India




    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      91 155 10 6080 222 41.93 14 35 10 63 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      91 70 1 46 1 46.00 1/11 - - 70.00 3.94


    Mohinder Amarnath

    Born: Patiala, Punjab, 24-9-1950
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler
    Teams: Punjab, Delhi, Baroda, Durham, Wiltshire, India


    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      69 113 10 4378 138 42.50 11 24 12 47 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      69 3676 101 1782 32 55.69 4/63 - - 114.88 2.91


     All-rounders

    Kapil Dev - (Captain)

    Born: Chandigarh,6-1-1959
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm fast medium
    Teams: Haryana, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, India


    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      131 184 15 5248 163 31.05 8 27 16 64 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      131 27740 1060 12867 434 29.65 9/83 23 2 63.92 2.78


    'Vinoo' Mankad

    Born: Jamnagar, 12-4-1917
    Type: Right hand batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler
    Teams: Western India, Nawanagar, Hindus, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bengal, Mumbai, Rajasthan, India.


    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      44 72 5 2109 231 31.48 5 6 7 33 -
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      44 14686 777 5236 162 32.32 8/52 8 2 90.65 2.14


     Wicket Keeper

    Syed Kirmani

    Born: Madras, 29-12-1949
    Type: Right hand batsman and also right arm off break bowler
    Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, Railways, India



    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      88 124 22 2759 102 27.05 2 12 7 160 38
    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      88 19 0 13 1 13.00 1/9 - - 19.00 4.11


     Bowlers

    Javagal Srinath

    Born: Mysore, 31-8-1969,
    Type: Right arm fast medium bowler and right hand batsman
    Teams: Karnataka, Gloucestershire, India




    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      61 14036 542 6742 228 29.57 8/86 10 1 61.5 2.88
    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      61 83 21 851 76 13.72 - 4 12 22 -


    Erapalli Prasanna

    Born: Bangalore, 22-5-1940
    Type: Right hand batsman and right arm off break bowler
    Teams: Mysore, Karnataka, India



    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      49 14353 602 5742 189 30.38 8/76 10 2 75.94 2.40
    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      49 84 20 735 37 11.48 - - 15 18 -


    Subhash Gupte

    Born: Bombay, 11-12-1929
    Type: Leg break googly bowler and right hand batsman
    Teams: Mumbai, Bengal, Rajasthan, Trinidad, India.




    Bowling M B Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER
      36 11284 608 4403 149 29.55 9/102 12 1 75.73 2.34
    Batting M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St
      36 42 13 183 21 6.31 - - 6 14 -


     

    The BCCI's official statistician, Mohandas Menon, lists down his dream Test eleven.

  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Vijay Merchant
  • Mohinder Amarnath
  • Polly Umrigar (Capt)
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Vinoo Mankad
  • Farokh Engineer (wk)
  • Kapil Dev
  • Amar Singh
  • Erapalli Prasanna
  • Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

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