Alvin Kallicharan's incredible assault on Dennis Lillee in one of the runoff matches during the 1975 world cup
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@kakabelly577 жыл бұрын
The half buttoned shirt is considered bad ass in Guyana, Kalli's home country. That was not an accident. It was attitude. And he was not scared. He was rated ahead of Richards in 1975. He was quick on foot with good eyes, as they say in the WI. I like this for the sheer attitude. You have the ball. I have he bat. Let's go. On this day, Kalli won. Could have been otherwise - its cricket. Celebrate the contest. Much respect for Lillee.
@hampibadrib44756 жыл бұрын
Astrology
@TonkaGoldman-xd5iw6 жыл бұрын
Destroyed? The first two strokes off Lillee were not controlled.
@gtanj6 жыл бұрын
Not controlled? Why does the Australian commentator say "Great Shot" then?
@TonkaGoldman-xd5iw6 жыл бұрын
@@gtanj BECAUSE HE IS AS STUPID AS YOU ARE.
@carapo665 жыл бұрын
The half-buttoned shirt came form Gary Sobers.
@boiragirules8 жыл бұрын
Playing Lillee on a green top..without a helmet. Man he had balls.
@MultiElishah8 жыл бұрын
Awesome to watch, those days the only helmet you had was your eyes on the ball, the records that was set by batsmen in those days should never compare with those who wear helmets these days..
@latinvibe89858 жыл бұрын
They did not have helmets then, doh!
@drahcirnevarc91527 жыл бұрын
I reckon he didn't bother with a box.
@virtuosowins7 жыл бұрын
Exactly what my dad says Mr Bradshaw and you're so correct.
@mclaren8556 жыл бұрын
"Playing", he more than just played him. He hit him all over the park as if Lillee was a school boy.
@amitjain110004 жыл бұрын
2:30 the best hook shot you will see in a long time. As Indians, we had great respect for Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Kalicharan and Gavaskar were very close friends. And Rohan Gavaskar was named after Kanhai.
@rajanjoshi47323 жыл бұрын
The name itself says it all Kalicharan(goddess kali'sfootstep).he had the power of goddess Kali.
@sourav21242 жыл бұрын
@@rajanjoshi4732 bas kar de.... Bsdk kisiko vagwan banake vagwan ka insult mat kar..... Cricketer ko cricketer rehne de.
@garethwest9069 Жыл бұрын
Sunny was India's greatest batsman.
@ratnamaravind Жыл бұрын
Not as good as the one from Lloyd in the '75 final.
@ManiKumar-ht1cf8 ай бұрын
Rohan Gavaskar aFaikure inspite of push
@Biscayroad15038 жыл бұрын
Clive Lloyd often said that Kalli had the best footwork of any batsman he had seen
@harishkiran36634 жыл бұрын
Ha haha, not for nothing his name was "Kali Charan"!!!
@GregB19724 жыл бұрын
Beautiful footwork. Great memories as a kid growing up in Sydney.
@goldenjet68164 жыл бұрын
True Sir C. Lloyd
@surensalgado9454 жыл бұрын
AK was a great batsman with quick foot work ...👌🏻
@ab01753 жыл бұрын
Lol! Those era batsmen always lack footwork... That's why bowling seemed to be deadly..... Jeff Thomson was recorded his maximum at 147 kmp/hr
@Charyaa12 жыл бұрын
respect to the man who faces Lillee with no helmet and shows no fear!
@jeangowcharan74562 жыл бұрын
blacky playz alvin down fall was the hook shot saw him at bourda 1973 vs aussie went back to visit and my green card a young aussie 19 year old name jeff hammond trick him the hook shoot and got lilee and massey got hurt jeff and max walkeropen the bowling for the aussie morris foster birth they all got drunk and get bowl out for 125 runs lawrence got hurt in the third test that was a big blow the west indies lost the series two to zero a good series kanhai did not have great pace bowlers gibbs was the mainwicket taker
@vkitet9 жыл бұрын
I have had the honor to have met this legend and he is a very nice person.
@rickyd020211 жыл бұрын
Just look at the awesome footwork of Kallicharran! Thanks - this video demonstrates a true master at work. Shirt unbuttoned, no helmet and he's facing Lillee when Lillee was at the prime of his career. I was in my early teens then but I was privileged to see Kallicharran live. What a genius! What impeccable timing and footwork! That is batting!
@Sudipto17Kolkata9 жыл бұрын
No restrictions on bouncers. No helmets. No buttons on shirts. Well, not the top three at least. This is how men used to play cricket. Those watching the circus Down Under right now should watch these once in a while.
@John-yf7iy7 жыл бұрын
Um tell that to Phil Hughes' widow, brothers, sisters, parents and friends. Maybe they would be feel better if Phil had had his shirt unbuttoned and no helmet on when he got killed, because then he would have died like a man".........?
@Sudipto17Kolkata7 жыл бұрын
By "circus down under" - I referred to the Indian team's tour of Australia that was going on when my comment was made. It had nothing to do with Phil Hughes or his death. In fact I did not know about him until I googled up jut now.
@vasant3967 жыл бұрын
Wat shot
@ssheikh35987 жыл бұрын
Sudipto Roy Batsman are padded and covered, that is a good thing, but rules are very much in favour of Batsman these days...
@lsbrother7 жыл бұрын
oh yes - 'real' men don't button their shirts !
@MUNIPRASADGUTHA8 жыл бұрын
Omg : All text book shot's executed with brilliance and grace. This is the best batting I have seen against world class pace bowling. Bow to you 👍👏👏👏
@AdamDCC12 жыл бұрын
I played with Alvin a few years ago before he retired, even at 60 he ran about 15 laps of a sports complex every day :P great man
@DNW286 жыл бұрын
Adam S ....I played with his brother Derrick for a couple of years mid 80's. He batted just like Alvin, great leg spin bowler and he was the best fielder I ever played with or against. He really looked upto his big brother .
@udit43604 жыл бұрын
Great words of sharing your experiences
@ishtiaqueahmed84504 жыл бұрын
Kalicharan is a Indian origin cricketer, just want to know
@ianbynoe65154 жыл бұрын
@@ishtiaqueahmed8450 , he is west indies and not from India.
@quranlearning99294 жыл бұрын
I was told that kalicharan relationship with Madras I don't know whether or not
@danmcbmusic11 жыл бұрын
no helmet, no chest pad, no arm guards ... but damn he could bat ...
@sap_waasap_waa21203 жыл бұрын
makes batsmen from today's genre look like super-weenies.
@Freerider150210 жыл бұрын
no helmet, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway-unbuttoned shirt... facing a fast and furious pace bowler the likes of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising the ball for a six. This is will be called having a deathwish in modern cricket.
@kannansubramanian358510 жыл бұрын
Yep Free so true
@kazirasheedi89010 жыл бұрын
So true.
@suniltambe86110 жыл бұрын
No restriction on short balls ..............
@John-yf7iy7 жыл бұрын
Viv Richards and Ian Botham never wore helmet in their whole careers..Amazing
@mgsriramiyer7 жыл бұрын
And, IMHO, Lillee and Thompson bowled to hurt.
@sanjayd4116 жыл бұрын
Top class batting by Alvin Kallicharan. I remember watching many test matches between India and West Indies during the 70s on black and white TV of those days. Kallicharan and Gordon Greenidge were a terrific and highly formidable opening pair for West Indies. It was a great pleasure watching them bat. Those were the great days for Cricket for sure.
@MrTicktock141411 ай бұрын
Kali never really opened the innings for WI must have been Haynes
@akbarali786akbarali28 ай бұрын
Greenedge and Roy fredricks were openers kallicharan one down
@RG-ja34sep5 жыл бұрын
A supremely talented batsman, he may have been a short or diminutive man, but he was a giant at the crease. Pure artistry, but brutally executed, and without a helmet, facing a very fast bowling legend! Respect!!!!!!!
@Stryker56313 жыл бұрын
Check Kalli, no helmet, these guys had guts and skill. Also check Lillee's run up and delivery, just beautiful.
@AdityaDeorha11 жыл бұрын
Hooking a ball like that without a helmet at 1:46, that is absolute daredevilry.
@Pranam1008 жыл бұрын
70s n early 80s was a tough time to be a batsman... Ooooh Lilly , Thomson , Holding , andy Roberts , garner , craft , leni poscoe , marshal , imran , kapil , hedly ............ None of todays batsman can face the accuracy or pace of these bowling greats....
@Critic2247 жыл бұрын
Prashant Namdeo 👍🏻
@sugarnads6 жыл бұрын
Bullshit. Pure bullshit.
@imSaicat6 жыл бұрын
Prashant Namdeo STFU
@dervaishkhanofficial6 жыл бұрын
Include Asef Nawaz too in the express bowlers list of 70s /80s.
@chieftain53916 жыл бұрын
Except Khalli
@100Aurangzeb5 жыл бұрын
Never seen anybody writing Poetry with a Cricket Bat !!! Alvin, you Beauty !!!
@durgabhawanee99577 жыл бұрын
Kallicharan was one of the greatest in cricket. I never missed a match back then, and as a young teenager was always excited when Alvin Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai were batting. Yes, no protective gear back then--you had to be a dare devil at heart to face these crazy fast bowlers. And Dennis Lillee was more crazy than normal. There should be more exciting videos of Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Sunil Gavaskar, Vishwanath. and Kapil Dev are some of the dare devil players from India who batted so well against the fast bowlers of this period. Great cricket to remember and watch again!
@Dr-7895 жыл бұрын
Miandad..majid khan...waseem raja were still there...
@murtadah63275 жыл бұрын
doctor atif: Of all the names you mentioned, Zaheer Abbas’s name should come first, which unfortunately you forgot to include even. He was gem of a player. The only player whom I liked most among the Pakistani cricketers.
@Dr-7895 жыл бұрын
@@murtadah6327 ...Asain bredman. But he concentrated most on first class while.he shd concentrate on international cricket....
@biswadipdasgupta42044 жыл бұрын
Indeed Durga Bhawanee - Kalli used to be known as the "Left handed Kanhai" in Guyana.
@salilphansekar95574 жыл бұрын
@@biswadipdasgupta4204 Guyana isn't an island but country in south America
@Dogevpr216 жыл бұрын
"Kalli" was one of the greatest - he scored against any type of bowling and was the first to decimate the feared Lillee (and Thomson ) duo.
@ShivIsGreat16 жыл бұрын
Alvin Kallicharan was without a doubt one of the most complete batsmen of the 70's.
@pique6213 жыл бұрын
@brizfightfan Dude..Kalli was a sublime batsman, a touch player of the highest standard. He has almost 5000 runs and 12 centuries. He has been out in the 90s 9 times ! He has also played all over the world and scored well in all countries - dear Dennis ,undoubtedly a great bowler, never played in the subcontinent except once in Pakistan where i think he went wicketless. Cricket would have poorer without the Kalli chapter !
@saleemkirmani55839 ай бұрын
Dennis got two wickets vs Pakistan in the 3rd test at Lahore in 1980. He went wicketless in the first 2 tests.
@CheckYourHealthUS13 жыл бұрын
Jesus no helmet either! Wow!
@Cyril_Squirrel3 жыл бұрын
No armguards, no body protector either.
@mizofan12 жыл бұрын
Lillee was one of the handful of greatest bowlers. I really enjoyed Kallicharan's tremendous knock at the time- very fine little player, often overlooked.
@biswadipdasgupta420410 жыл бұрын
Kalli was definitely the most aesthetically pleasing batsman I saw in the seventies. He had such economy of movement that it all seemed so effortless yet he somehow combined Asian wristiness with Carribean explosiveness, test match rectitude with one day improvisation and did it all seemingly so calm, unhurried and unfussily. He looked like a little kid until he turned into a flashing silhouette of a whirling dervish in the split second between delivery of the ball and contact with the bat - unforgettably electrifying!!
@shoumomukherjee23078 жыл бұрын
Our Vishwanaths 97 not out was equally brilliant.Against Andy Roberts
@HemanthKumar-uw8bx7 жыл бұрын
English professor?
@duttakunal827 жыл бұрын
Beautifully written! The first drive through cover-point, the bat lifting as the ball is released - rather than the pre-lifted technique everyone is taught nowadays - so beautiful to watch! He fell away, perhaps due to the Afro-dominated team selection policies of the Caribbean team's golden age, till he was dropped and then sealed his own fate by joining the banned rebel tour. I remember reading somewhere, he mentioned the chatter in the dressing rooms of his teenage, "why don't you Hindus eat some beef man, get some strength in your body"? He said these things fired him up, to excel in batting and fielding; he'd run on the ground till everyone else was tired and had gone home, etc etc.
@biswadipdasgupta42046 жыл бұрын
He did not have the long test career that he should have had but no one who saw him bat for West Indies or for Warwickshire ever doubted his quality. I was fortunate to meet him in 1980 at a bhajan in Wolverhampton my family used to attend. He was very humble and straightforward - when asked about this innings he simply said that everyone asks him about it but he had just played his natural game and he had nothing personal against Dennis Lillee.
@chieftain53916 жыл бұрын
And yet he was not honored in his country the West Indies!
@atbh1010 жыл бұрын
This is top class cricket played by real men!! Not by little boys wearing all sorts of shields and helmet.
@anirudh27k9 жыл бұрын
And with all those shields,grills and top class helmet a bright talent lost his life..!!
@rgopi74047 жыл бұрын
earning lot of money without scoring.
@sugarnads6 жыл бұрын
Fuck metheres a lot of real brave cunts in india. None of whom have ever faced real venomous fast bowling.
@vichuboy115 жыл бұрын
It is top drawer stuff sir but Batman do need protection gear to avoid grevious injuries .It makes good sense
@bharattank11159 жыл бұрын
Alvin kallicharan proved his class to play one day game against spin & pace bowler,showing his aggressive batting against world best pace bowler Dennis lillee from aus pace battery.😂
@ashutoshmore15607 жыл бұрын
alvin kalicharan.. the legend of west indies cricket team.
@billneath32735 жыл бұрын
A truly fine stroke playing batsman of the windies team
@r8rdarklord13 жыл бұрын
@xajactor Alvin Kallicharan stands with the greatest West Indies batsmen. I remember when Clive Lloyd brought his team in 75 or 76 to India. The lineup was Greenidge, Fredricks, Kallicharan, Richards, Lloyd, Murray, Roberts, Boyce, Julian, Gibbs and Holder. What a fantastic team it was they won the series 3-2.
@mohammedeajaz353712 жыл бұрын
Kali is definitely lists among the greatest of West Indians, and I think he is the best left handed batsman I have ever seen - his amazing batting display is a sheer delight to watch, specially watch the last 3 balls and the 2 sixes he it, is the best I could possibly ever watch.
@shreepanicker7 ай бұрын
Alvin Kallicharan was a left handed Rohan Kanhai
@stellaviolens16 жыл бұрын
The Oval when it was a big ground ! Quick bowler, bouncy wicket yet Kalli had all the time to hook him easily to the boundary. Best batting i've seen by the little man and great footage from the 75 world cup..
@TheQ-Continuum9 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live at the time, played on a Saturday. Australia v West Indies at The Oval. It was the inaugural World Cup. Australia made only 192, the West Indies soon chased this down. The umpires were Harold "Dickie" Bird and David Constant. In the days before helmets and sponsorship logo's were worn on the shirts ! Alvin Kallicharan reminded me of David Gower, both left-handers, not very tall men, but both had an elegant sense of timing and ease in their shots. Also equally adept at spin or pace:
@zafarov19657 жыл бұрын
Alvin Kallicharan, height 5ft 5in. David Gower, height 5ft 11 in.
@davidfarmer51586 жыл бұрын
The Q-Continuum n
@ghabcdef6 жыл бұрын
Wow you are lucky to have seen this
@partha23276 жыл бұрын
To be honest,Kalicharan was more daring that Gower.
@psalm51876 жыл бұрын
The Q continuum.... I remember this too, the 1975 world cup was memorable for many reasons not only the final. sixty overs... no circles no power plays..... classic 1970's one day cricket.
@roostewrum13 жыл бұрын
Such fast footwork - he really had Lillee rattled by late in that over.
@randyeduo4 жыл бұрын
thats something Lillee can never forget when he searches through his worse of the fortunate bowling career that he had. no batmans in their right mind has ever done this to Lillee. Alvin Kallicharan was my 2nd favorite West Indian batsman
@longjohn5322 Жыл бұрын
Oh please, do explain what you mean by Lillee’s fortunate bowling career? He must’ve had more good fortune than any bowler in history with 355 Test & 90 WSC wickets at an average of 23
@randyeduo5 ай бұрын
@@longjohn5322 More good fortune huh? doesn't seem he was experiencing his good fortunate at that moment when he was going against Kallicharan. There are many bowlers who have surpassed that number, regardless of he being a great bowler. what exactly did I say there thtw asn't true, unless you are in denial and can't handle it
@longjohn53225 ай бұрын
@@randyeduo Seems you can’t understand a simple question. I asked you to explain your claim that Lillee had a fortunate career. I don’t expect an answer that will explain this because there isn’t one. And just to educate you, there is only one other bowler in history who surpassed Lillee’s 355 wickets from the same number of tests he played (70) and two others who were equal to it.
@sameerthakur26269 жыл бұрын
Pure class. David slays Goliath
@THEKACHMANMEDIA11 жыл бұрын
I always Love KALI.. Sad he does not get the praise he deserve.. He was beautiful... All parts of the Ground... Make that Dennis Look like a school boy!
@kirankumar-sx6qk8 жыл бұрын
Kalixharan is mass , today kid cricketers can take a leaf from him
@soyabchohan95555 жыл бұрын
kiran kumar He is in North carolina
@markwakeman62823 жыл бұрын
Kalli played for many years for my local first class cricket team Warwickshire in Birmingham, England and was still a regular vistor to the ground when he retired from playing in 1990. He now lives in Carolina in the States.
@MultiElishah8 жыл бұрын
Great to watch....awesome hitting, and that was done without a helmet!
@devanshj71693 жыл бұрын
Imagine having a strike rate over 100 in tests in that era... That's Kallicharan for ya
@swagata12346 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing genius! Facing lilee without much protective gears and such amazing batting with gutso!! Hats off to him.
@Aleander19889 жыл бұрын
That hook shot at 1:50... West Indian cricket in a nutshell. Amazing.
@kannansubramanian358510 жыл бұрын
he dint destroy Lil he murdered him LOL
@tigalbaby5 жыл бұрын
Aussie G , how did leprosy come into this? . Kalli simply mauled Lilli on that day . A great piece of cricket and always a pleasure to watch for all cricket fans.
@aussieg11075 жыл бұрын
@@tigalbaby If Lillie was a street in India he would have shit all over him lol
@tigalbaby5 жыл бұрын
Aussie G , what does a street in India have to do with Kalli hitting such great shots? Cut the racism and appreciate the contest. Cricket after all is still a gentleman’s game.
@aussieg11074 жыл бұрын
@@salilphansekar9557 you are indian therefore you are irrelevant
@aussieg11074 жыл бұрын
@@salilphansekar9557 Australia has won 5 world cups with a population of only 27 million. India has only 2 with a population of over 1 billion. Just goes to show how pathetic India truly is.
@whiteliketar10 жыл бұрын
those were the days my friend - i thought they'd never end
@fk90-b9z2 жыл бұрын
Best left hander at that time. Equally great against pace and spin, kalicharan mastered all conditions. Kalicharan and lara are identical in strokeplay, elegance and explosivness combined with quick hands, feet and hand eye coordination. Only difference was that lara had a high backlift and was more unorthodox, kalicharan was more wristy and orthodox.
@simoncumming15784 жыл бұрын
Alvin Kallicharan was my favourite West Indian during the 1975/76 tour of Australia (along with Clive Lloyd). He had a beautiful, free flowing style and his wristy pull and hook shots are classic Kalli. He was not particularly tall so a lot of the short pitched deliveries were up around shoulder/head high. He had two options: 1. Duck and weave out of the way of short pitched bowling 2. Take on the short pitched bowling This video clearly shows which of the two options he preferred. Wonderful to see the other little master in action again.
@richardjohnson90910 жыл бұрын
No one and I mean no one could bat like Alvin Kallicharan against fast bowling. We hear very little of him these day because he went to play cricket in the Republic of South Africa when it was severely frowned upon in those racial segregation (apartheid) days. But he was undoubtedly a brilliant bat.
@kakabelly577 жыл бұрын
Richard Johnson After 50 tests, his average was 50. Things happened and he had low scores for 12 straight tests. He was a little giant.
@asitde95206 жыл бұрын
Richard Johnson , probably you forgot a name, SUNIL MANOHAR GAVASKAR. He faced Roberts & co at their den.
@chieftain53916 жыл бұрын
He was discriminated against by the predominantly black West Indies Cricket Board!
@jherb6 жыл бұрын
Correction, he was the only player who didn't go to South Africa. Then after taking over the captaincy he eventually lost his place later on when the full team reunited.
@chieftain53916 жыл бұрын
That is how I heard it. This trip to SA was under the auspices of the West Indian Cricket Board. The black players refused to go. He went as Captain and was blacklisted thereafter. The West Indies Cricket Board became a political organization kowtowing to the small Island which had black players like Viv Richards and Curtley Ambrose. Guyana and Trinidad were left out because they had Ethnic Indian and white players. Trinidad was able to win a lot of the Regional tournaments but Richards and the top men on the WI team were racists. Did not think the coolies deserved to play!
@sanjayd4115 жыл бұрын
West Indies ruled cricket in the 1970s...respects🙏
@rajottam11 жыл бұрын
guy had balls... crazy hooks with no protection... Respect...
@911wtfdude8 жыл бұрын
The last name itself is ferocious.What else do you expect?
@ashutoshjoshi55555 жыл бұрын
KAALI CHARAN
@salilphansekar95574 жыл бұрын
Literally goddess kali's feet
@almasmohammad5598 жыл бұрын
what a player again no helmet hardly anybprotection superb really love to watch than ipl
@errolbaptiste6 жыл бұрын
Lillie got rimmed in the Aussie bull bags after being apart by Kallicharan.
@RizwanShah113 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing and simply wow... Thanks for the upload
@Human-no9gj9 жыл бұрын
a most scary thing I have ever watched in cricket ! brilliant batting !
@dodul6514 жыл бұрын
this is a fantastic display of batsmanship and vintage guts.... no helmet, no elbow guard and facing a genuine fast bowler of the calibre of Denis Lillee.... it is fantastic. I have watched him play in the end of his career when he led a West ndian team to India in 1979 or maybe a yaer later... I am not sure.
@docgonzales3 жыл бұрын
He was so light on his feet, he reminded me of an olympic fencer.
@richardjohnson90911 жыл бұрын
No batsman played fast bowling better than Alvin Kallicharan.
@jacktattis1435 жыл бұрын
YOU DO KNOW WE HAD A bATSMAN NAMED bRADMAN
@piyalsamarakone4 жыл бұрын
One fortunate guy who watched Alvin here in Sri lanka in early 70s My all time favourite to date...
@docgonzales3 жыл бұрын
Thalmus Scantlebury Bradman averaged 57 in the bodyline series, people tend to forget that.
@mangojulie1233 жыл бұрын
There was once called a man by the name, Vivian Richards
@richardjohnson9093 жыл бұрын
@@mangojulie123 Please be a little bit more respectful. It’s sacrilege to say, “Vivian Richards.” It’s Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards. Now for your edification, it is actually the great man Sir Vivian Richards himself, who said so and he was right.
@kazirasheedi89010 жыл бұрын
This is the romance of cricket yet BCCI and ICC limited one bounce per over to destroy fast bowling.
@anirudh27k9 жыл бұрын
Coz we were too scared of handling fast bowling accompanied with bouncer :D :D :D :D
@kazirasheedi8909 жыл бұрын
I am not like you. I am against BCCI but not people like Kapil Dev or vast reasonable Indians fans, the only fast bowler that India produced can be part of any country with good pace attack.Yes with BCCI you do not have one single bowler with flair pace and bounce.If Kapil was in charge you would have four of them now.
@shivamshukla63595 жыл бұрын
What Indians bowler did last year, with all these modern day restrictions, is arguably the best the world has ever seen.
@cineramic.official2 жыл бұрын
Im proud to say this guy is my coach!!! I play for the Triangle Cricket league in Morrisville NC and this guy is my coach!
@nassermj76713 жыл бұрын
And Miandad said, thanks for the smile Lillee. You got reamed - again!
@kalyanbanerjee43652 ай бұрын
Many.many.thanks for showing this rare video I have seen Kallicharan in action. He is a.genious
@suniltambe86110 жыл бұрын
Stylish and Fearless , Elegant and Lefty One and only !
@ayakkadjayaram6493 жыл бұрын
This is real exemplary batting. Kallicharan is one of the most talented cricketer the world has ever seen. It is really a sad thing for cricket fans that they were unable to watch Alvin in many matches due to the rebel tour. WI cricketers of those times were naturally gifted and they do not fret like the cricketers of today
@apawar-rs3ow9 жыл бұрын
kalli was always best against fast awa spin attack.here he slaughters lillee .
@manishsinghrautela81382 жыл бұрын
Who is here after sathguru named him his fav stylish player
@kazirasheedi89012 жыл бұрын
This is best that cricket can produce.
@carygson4 жыл бұрын
First international team I saw. They were all brilliant. Lillie taught a great lesson.
@nitinkataria26966 жыл бұрын
Cricket nowadays is like a drama of capitalist limelight, dancing girls, weak characterless men and too many commercials. Round the year, cricket season is enforced on money minded players who just play to earn money as there is hardly any test cricket, real pace, real swing bowling and real cut, pull, hook and drive shots (with test match like finesse). What's going on lads ??
@saquadri92342 жыл бұрын
Legendary batsman...one of the best in the world His timing and perfect stroking had made him unique and fast bowlers like Dennis Lillee were punished very badly
@ritchybinoo91503 жыл бұрын
Kalli makes the Aussie speedster the Lillie of the valley!
@Gazacommandment3 жыл бұрын
lol
@deepakavinash80372 жыл бұрын
He is hitting Lillee effortlessly. Wow what a fearless batsman.
@IronMan-ho7vt5 жыл бұрын
That hook at 1:50. Had he missed his head would've been taken clean off. Batsmen really had plenty of confidence those days, playing without a helmet.
@pradeepselvaratnam94593 жыл бұрын
Great video... Enjoy watching these greats both Alvin and Dennis l.. Both. had retired by early eighties..
@nickali1038 жыл бұрын
I just a boy in Trinidad but I remember that day
@pappujack76677 ай бұрын
I remember watching Alvin Kalicharan at Lords Cricket ground in the 1970's. He was just amazing! Since then I have been his and fan of the West Indies.
@asishnanda25384 жыл бұрын
Great Legend Alvin kalicharan One of the greatest ever
@seeget17 жыл бұрын
what a simple uncomplicated batting style, stand, watch and deliver - beautiful.
@asd36f8 жыл бұрын
2:05 - That cover drive was the pick of the bunch!
@shoumomukherjee23078 жыл бұрын
This is why u cant compare todays batsmen w those days'
@drahcirnevarc91527 жыл бұрын
I liked the 6 he flicked over fine leg.
@lenandlarsingh6 жыл бұрын
beautiful backfoot cover drive. they don't play it like that anymore
@Imrankniazi15 жыл бұрын
He was a supreme strike bowler..Had the tendency to over-attack and get carried away sometimes, as in this occasion. Just like your very own Waqar Younis :)
@feelfreetoreply63162 жыл бұрын
Are you watching this video after sadhguru videos
@ISLAMVIDEO7865 жыл бұрын
Oh Boy! No helmet not even a cap, without thigh pad and I don't think he is wearing any other inner protection either and facing fast and furious bowler at his peak. This guy without even putting on his buttons is hitting in all parts of the ground. Absolutely no comparison!
@suniltambe86110 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the most loved WI batsman.He was left handed GRV or GRV was right handed Kallicharan ? both wristy and stylish batsmen. Longing to see video ff delicate leg glance Kalli hit so often
@kyoorius74277 жыл бұрын
And who is GRV?
@saikrishnan82776 жыл бұрын
Gundappa vishwanath
@krishnaputradaasa10265 жыл бұрын
Nope.. GRV never pulled with such ferocity
@calisthenix59874 жыл бұрын
Brave Kallicharan, Playing the Hook-Shot without wearing a helmet against the fastest and a dangerous Bowler of the 70's - Dennis Lillee..... Now a days there are up-teen protective pieces to protect a Batsman even against the Spin-Bowling...
@hammerlou27188 жыл бұрын
PERFECTION !!!!!
@srinivasanvasudevan48454 жыл бұрын
This is top class Cricket played by real men! Not by little boys wearing all sorts of shields and helmet. No restrictions in bouncers, no helmet, no chest pad, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway unbuttoned shirt....facing a fast and furious pace bowler of the calibre of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising ball for a six. Just look at this diminutive expert's awesome footwork, a true master at work !!! Hooking a ball like that without a helmet....that is absolute daredevilry. Super Hitting !!!!h That was the era of West Indian legends. There was no TV, one could only listen to BBC Commentary those days. Who can forget Henry Blofield, Tony Cozier and the great team of Commentators, and the legendary umpire Dicky Bird !!! Half way unbuttoned shirt is the killer 😃😃
@gokuvegeta95002 ай бұрын
Shields 🛡️? The so called express bowlers were trundlers. Jeff Thomson was the only fast bowler timed at 160.45 Kmph in 1975 and then 152 Kmph in 1978 Rest of them were below the low 140 Kmph. And Thommo declined rapidly in his later 20s. We had Brett Lee, Nortje, Wood, Bond, Akthar etc so many guys these days who were extremely quick even after their 30#
@pontybajaj7 жыл бұрын
cover drive ...pure class... waw !
@peterdawson26452 жыл бұрын
Wow. I was there as an 18 year old student (paid a tout for a ticket and had could only afford a sandwich and a can of pop all day!) I have never forgotten that last hook for six and the noise which was as loud as any football crowd.
@allan001ish11 жыл бұрын
Yeah he did look like a left handed Gavaskar :D
@biswadipdasgupta4204 Жыл бұрын
@Allen Farrel he was known as the "Left handed Kanhai" in his early days in Guyana.
@lincolnkarim14 жыл бұрын
Every time I feel too small to stand up to the WM, I play one of these Kallicharan videos--the I go out there and hit them for six!
@FoxMcScrooge12 жыл бұрын
That is some sublime batting.
@samirchopra116 жыл бұрын
What batting. Amazing stuff. The whole look-n-feel of that era is something else. And that last hook?! Genius.
@Biscayroad15038 жыл бұрын
Now THAT was batting !!!!!!
@petercorbett37944 ай бұрын
I saw Kallicharan at I think the Oval around 1973, WI v England. He scored a hundred and was playing jumping hook shots at about nose height! Amazing batter.
@ToeCrusher87875 жыл бұрын
Facing Lillee without helmet 👏👏👏👏
@prateepbhaduri80233 жыл бұрын
The sound of the stroke speaks the perfection and the footwork.
@kazirasheedi89012 жыл бұрын
Now that is cricket,Schachin or any current cricketer cannot do that without helmet.Amazing!
@navinchandrabhalani26593 жыл бұрын
Absolute simplicity on face but absolute perfection in arts of game my salute to this very simple looking marvellous cricketer
@sampathkumar30186 жыл бұрын
Left handed version of sunny. Ishant shd watch lillee.
@turkeytwizzler88722 жыл бұрын
Played against Kallicharan in the Central League when he was at Rugby CC. I’m guessing he was mid 40’s and remember thinking how could such a small framed man hit the ball so hard. Nothing fancy to start with then went through the gears. Different gravy.
@dawgsbaadz62878 жыл бұрын
thats my kalllyyy. damdamdamdam my greatnest.kally.