West Indies vs India 1974 - 3rd test, Eden Gardens Culcutta

West Indies vs India 1974 - 3rd test, Eden Gardens Culcutta
Comments in the introduction are based on Mihir Bose’s “A History of Indian Cricket” and conversations with B S Chandrasekhar.
Background music is a slice of melody from Rajanigandha released in the same year (1974).
Photos at the end are from Chandra’s collection.

[@rajendraparsuramka2446]

I was fortunate to be at Eden Gardens on this day.India won by three gr8 spinners,batting by Viswanath, a magician on flicks shorts..was darling of the crowd apart from 3 gr8 spinners...I was sitting at gallery seat close to boundary line..It is of immense pleasure to be on that day when we shouted in pleasure in the grd.

[@viswanathswamy5312]

I distinctly remember this series. Being a Banglorean,I adored Gundappa Vishwanath. Who can forget the Chennai test match where GRV made the famous 97 Not out. I was studying 2nd P.U.C at the National College Basavanagudi. Most of wickets and fours we actually heard while cycling from Seshadripuram to Basavanagudi ,in those days just in less than 30 minutes. Incidentally,I watched the 1st Test match in Bangalore on all five days. We used to reach the Stadium early morning at 6am to get the best seats.

[@vinayvidyadhar3199]

Ahhh...the good old days. Bangalore was beautiful then with the greenery, minimal traffic, and unscathed.

[@mohanramachandran4129]

I watched his best knock of his carrier at Chepauk Chennai.We ( All brothers )are great fan of Vishy .In fact my younger brother named his son " Sunny Vishwas"

[@aniruddhachakrabarti6497]

I was on that series fortunate enough to witness Vishwanath s classic 139 in eden gardens Calcutta .I was present as a spectator. Behind eden gardens the construction work of Indoor stadium was going on .the world Table Tennis Championship was held in May 1975.calcutta. beautiful memories.

[@soumitraguha839]

I went to see a test match for the first time on the fourth day on which Viswanath scored the century... watched a galaxy of stars batting & bowling from the either team on my very first visit to the Eden Gardens.. What a memory to cherish !!

[@mohammadaftabalamhashmi2365]

Eden Gardens Jam Packed with 120000 Capacity back then for a Test Match.... What a passionate Sporting city Calcutta is and what a Passionate Cricket lover we Indians are... Simply Unbelievable

[@dr.subhash3436]

Admire Tiger Pataudi battling with one eye, no protection on head or arms or chest , facing world's fastest bowler Andy Roberts , getting hit in the face and still had the guts to come back to bat. In my teen age years he was a legend.

[@mrmadhavarao1]

Square cuts and delicate Late cuts by Vishwanath were a treat to watch in those days and still a treasure. My favourite Hero then.

[@abhijitmodak8938]

mine also

[@padmavatihiintdecors127]

We were told many things about late cuts of viswanath but today only seen those - what a wonderful player. Spinner s - all of them were good. Became a fan of nawab patawdi

[@realhuman7908]

True test cricket. No armors and no guard. No Helmet, or chest pads, or thigh pads or forearm guard. Vishwanath had the best square cut ever in the history of cricket. This video is a historical document.

[@wilsonlucca554]

InstaBlaster

[@ashwinpandya691]

9

[@subramaniamramamoorthy6816]

No ego too

[@msmathew7370]

Very nostalgic. We had some unsung heroes like Kersen Ghavri and Eknath Solkar. While Ghavri saved the team many a time by his dogged batting lower down the order, Solkar was the hero who magnificently supported the spin-trio with many outstanding catches standing close to the crease.

[@telsaenglish7048]

Jai Galagali.. Hats off to you sir... You have triggered the Nostalgia in millions of us Cricket lovers of that era... No TV No Internet.. No WhatsApp

[@anilusha1652]

Thank you again and again Mr.Galagali sir what a great work you are doing for all cricket lovers across the world, i remember i was in the 7 th std, No TV and only Radio commentary. we were Die hard fans of Vishy and Chandra, if i remember vishy was not out on 75 and we were very eager and anxious about his century our sister went for lunch and came back and we circled her to hear about the news, she announced he had indeed done it , our joy was at its peak, and the photos which came in papers i had a massive collection about all sports magazines and THE HINDU, illustrated weekly, Sportstar magazines and kannada PRAJAMATHA, i remember vishy photo bowled Holder for 139, and chandra's googly that bowled Lloyd , just a bail had fallen, what days are those we really are grateful to you SIR, What about DREAM COME TRUE its a LONG WISH Of Mine.

[@bdeshpan]

I was in kindergarten during that series and vaguely remember watching the BLR match on live tv at the press club of India in cubbon park!! Don’t know which foreign broadcaster was arranging it, but my dads best friend who was a reporter allowed us to watch! Too bad I didn’t understand cricket or live TV. 😁

[@rajeevvarma7946]

Do you have Sports & Pastime as well?

[@shivmuttoo]

This is just beautiful. Vishwanath, Engineer, Bedi, Prasanna, Chandra, Madan Lal, Ghavri, all from almost half a century back.

[@georgen9755]

sita ragahav rao wife of prasanna

[@cherukupallivenkateswarlu7646]

Thanks for having seen the legendary Richards, Lloyd, Kallicharan, Pataudi, Gundappa Viswanath and the great spinners Prasanna, Bedi, Chandrasekhar and Lance Gibbs.

[@vvk594]

Lovely nostalgic feeling, I remember listened to radio commentary along with my father I was 10 years then. In those days my father asked me to make a cricket album, by cutting the cricket photos from Indian express newspaper and paste them in a old scrap book. Really lovely days.

[@mohammedtahsin3276]

standing in line trying to get in was the most amazing experience i had as a 14 years old then . Cricket at Eden Garden was a very serious matter indeed and the whole city came to a stand still where no one wanted to work all day and the smell of food that was cooking under the stand was unreal . I had oranges and tea and chanachur to start the day at the ground .I wish i could have those day back for a little bit lol . I always came out at the end to eat Fuchka in the maidan before going back to the hotel .

[@rajeevvarma7946]

I am your age and I have similar nostalgia. Used to listen to running commentary and then collect newspaper clippings of players' pictures.

[@naranarayanbhaduri6977]

Present day Indian cricketers are nowhere even 10000 miles closer to them in terms of quality is concerned. My best regards to the former and present day cricketers 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@girishbhandiwad4654]

Brought back the memories of school days in Bijapur when the series was being played.

[@amanshukla9465]

It's a treat for my generation to watch these legends play. I had only heard stories about Vishi Sir's batting , Gavaskar's heroics in Indies , Ekanath solkar's fielding (as my teacher used to tell me , we shared this sheer love for this game) . I still wish I could show him these recordings...It would have been a great gift for him . Thanks sir for the uploads . We are grateful .

[@atulparte4308]

Thanks a lot Galagali Sir. You have rekindled our memories. What a series it was. Series level 2:2 after Madras test. Fifth and final test to be played at brand new Wankede stadium at Mumbai.

[@bikramjitroychowdhury5325]

I remember listening to running commentary on All India Radio.Most parts of India didnot have TV sets .I was a student of 4th or 5th standard.Great everlasting memories.

[@bluekanishk1]

Wow.. Vishwanath looks such a great batsman. His shots were so much akin to the modern batsmen. Lovely stance. No wonder he was so highly rated during his times. Wonderful victory by India.

[@kishantantiya3327]

I am highly delighted and thankful to you for showing this invaluable recording of Gundappa Vishwanath batting.

[@krishnasen397]

Thank you so much for uploading this match. The Nawab of PATAUDI was the heart throb, Prince Charming for his female fans, including Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar and of course Rinku Tagore. It is simply great to see legends PATAUDI, Viswanath(the batsman with the magical, artistic touch) the spin wizard Chandra who gave his best for his young skipper and also a host of other Indian and West Indian cricket luminaries. Warm regards

[@rajatshubhrosengupta284]

Pataudi was NOT young then. Match was won on 1st Jan and 5th Jan 1975 was his 34th birthday. That was his last series as a test cricketer.

[@subhomoybhattacharjee7205]

Pataudi was brought back as captain in this series after the Indian disaster in England in the previous summer, that ended Wadekar's career

[@JeevAms-m3v]

@@rajatshubhrosengupta284 haha he didn't mentioned that pataudi as young man then .. he just mentioned as prince charming .. for looking charm age doesn't require at all .. charm comes by birth ..

[@atulbesra822]

Pataudi was one of the seniormost players that is why he was made captain. Careers of Pataudi and Engineer ended after this test series.

[@nealenewton4971]

The very beginnings of the great West Indian team that followed soon after. Lloyds first series as captain,and Roberts,Greenidge and Richards' first series in the team. The summer after they toured Australia where Lillee and Thomson gave them a torrid time, and Lloyd got the idea of pace pace and more pace. No helmets,halcyon days !

[@biswadipdasgupta4204]

Indeed @Neale Newton sir - Oz '75 planted the thought in Lloyd's mind. But it was after India chased down a world record beating 404 to beat a West Indies side with 3 spinners at Port of Spain in 1976 that the idea really took root - Lloyd never played a spinner in his side again!

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@biswadipdasgupta4204 He did a number of times.

[@desilad3912]

Those beautiful happy people in pavilion. I wasn't even born then. Great video.

[@parthasarathyn474]

I heard this commentary on 01st Jan 1975. Chandrashekhar took 3 quick wickets and completely changed the match.

[@SUDMAA]

Wow...see the jam packed crowd...This shows even in those days also cricket is a religion in india...

[@mukuphoolbagan65]

Absolutely awesome feeling watching glimpses of Vishwanath Bedi Chandra Richards Kalicharan playing in Eden Gardens.

[@markhiggins8315]

Once again I must express my gratitude to Mr Galagali for his excellent production and presentation of this fascinating archive material. Thank you Mr Galagali.

[@mohammedtahsin3276]

I was there all 5 days remember almost all the bowling and batting , its like being in a time capsule

[@ravigawai7322]

My god! I thought i will not see this comment atleast on this video! Happy to be wrong . Stay strong sir!

[@iang8169]

Where was gavaska?

[@pataudi8025]

This is a superb recording Indeed, but we have to find the clip where Pataudi struck 4 fours in a row to Roberts just after he came back after retiring hurt. That's the highlight of this match!

[@vivekanandhakumar5361]

Vishvanath was a great batsman in that era along with sunil gavaskar.Vishy was a favourite batsman then.

[@pankajkumarpandey6658]

I still remember this match. That time we didn’t have good middle order except Vishwanath.

[@asaveerkhan6261]

U watched that match?

[@ayoungperson3408]

Shame on those who disliked this gold footage

[@ahmedbaig7279]

Good old video. I think first class slow bowlers. Vishwanath Gandapa played flawless innings of 139. Please load his innings of 146 at Faisalabad. Gavri and Madan Lal also got some wickets. I have seen first time Nawab Pattudi in action. Julian, Holder, and Gibbs were also seen first time.

[@raajgurunathan]

What a great victory after loosing in Bangalore and Delhi. Even we won the Fourth Test also in Chennai. But series lost to mighty WI

[@JitendraKumar-tk5mr]

Please check the spelling of losing.

[@VasanthTamilGamingYT]

Today Dhoni may be a Chennai Hero. But the all time Chennai hero is VISHY only

[@buttegowda]

Wow !!! Thanks a million. First time we get to watch all shots of GRV. Hats off to the little master. Lata didi at 4:10

[@prashantmahale9009]

And the world famous aware cut @ 16 of Julian

[@lakshminarayanab.v.krishna7141]

Great win for India. Listened to excellent commentary in those days which was highly entertaining.

[@FarrookhHussain]

Brilliant piece of vintage, great to see some of the legend, specially Spin legend Prasanna & Chandra

[@dibag7443]

What an epic battle. We all know West Indies was a fear for every cricket team in 70s.. It was never easy to face these heartless fast bowlers without any helmet but bravo to Indian batsmen who fought so hard and finally won it comfortably. Thanks Sir for uploading this rare footage from Eden Gardens , Calcutta in 1974. We wish more and more such old cricket matches.. great job 👍

[@gilly2bad]

The West Indies were not the feared side you claim in 1974. That didn't come until 1976 (following a drubbing by Australia in 1975) when they put Roberts, Holding, Garner and Croft together. The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse as they were dubbed. When India faced THAT pace attack they surrendered the match rather than face them..

[@atulbesra822]

This west Indian team only had Andy Roberts. Other feared fast bowler Holding debuted next year, followed by Croft and Garner a little later.

[@mahadevanrangarajan5031]

Jai, you are doing a superb service by uploading such videos where we are able to enjoy once again the grace and mastery of the original little master Gundappa Vishwanath, who sadly seems to be a forgotten hero today. Thank you and look forward to videos of the master pertaining to the Ind - Eng 1976 series, especially the Bangalore Test that India won thanks to a superb 79 from him, the home New Zealand series of 1976,the home West Indies, Australia and Pakistan series of 1979, the home England series of 1982 and of course the Jubilee Test where he showed exemplary sportsmanship by recalling Bob Taylor. Any possibilities of getting away series videos of the West Indies 1976 Port of Spain historic victory, Australia 1977 and the World Cup match against West Indies in 1979 where he scored 75?

[@anilusha1652]

YES sir,ind - Eng 1976 series, especially the Bangalore Test that India won thanks to a superb 79 from VISHY- sir certainly true i watched that test live what a innings it was yajurvendra singh batted well held some 5 to 6 catches and what a bowling from CHANDRA, Tony greig was the captain if i am not wrong

[@JaiGalagali]

Mahadevan Rangarajan Seen this.? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHjdnnpurLKfjpY

[@subrotomitra]

Thank you for making this . I was 12 years old and listened to this match on a small Philips radio shared in school. Brought back so many memories !!!

[@sanjeevmundra2774]

I fully remember this series and match as my brought ticket for me for one day and I could relate some part of the clip in the video. Thanks sharing this video which made me nostalgic

[@indiaone9485]

GRVishy ,terriffic,confidence , just stood still till ball is off the bowler's hand!!!!!! Amazing eye sight ,striking ,flicking ,late-cutting !!!!!! at the moment fielders get lazy as if batsman has left it!!!!!?? that too between two slips ,sometimes 4slips also could not stop Vishys cuts to boundary!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jfr3511]

I watched this match live... Thanks for uploading.. Missing those days

[@indiaone9485]

Even Chandra ,who could not hold a bat properly __sorry ,he had polio attacked in his childhood_also faced WIndies pace without cap !!!!!!!!!!!??? simply true legends!!!!!!!!

[@jaybhatt5884]

Wearing helmets didn't become the norm till late 70 to early 80's. You will get more info if you will google it.Cheers!

[@anantraman7799]

So Nice to see this Video. I was in school when this match was played..I started following Cricket very much from this series. Thanks.

[@atulparte4308]

I started following test cricket from West Indies series of 1971 which India won 1.0 and rise of great little master Sunil Gavaskar. I was 9 year old school boy in 4th std.

[@kallolmukherjee4479]

I was in the field. Now i am 65+. What was the moment in eden when Chandra bold Lloyd. Really it's a nostalgic

[@atulparte4308]

I remember the pic of shattered stumps of Lloyd bold by Chandra in the news paper I was only 11 year old then

[@sahdevkanchan31]

Golden moments of my College days 👍

[@deivasigamanisundarathatha5202]

Wonderful to watch these which I used to follow through radio commenteries. Thanks a lot.

[@Badrn100]

Magnificent and brilliant match saving and match winning century from Vishy

[@tubeboss1975]

Badrinath B.S ,players like wiswanath are very rare today.

[@garygrief7609]

Fantastic to see these greats of a byegone age in action. Many thanks to the one and only Mr Jai G Can't help but wonder at the way the original footage was edited, though - how many times did we get to see the bowler run in, then it cuts to a shot of the crowd as we hear the words 'And he's out!'??

[@indiaone9485]

Houseful stadium for a test match,!!!!!unbelievable passion of this time fans!!!!?? now a days many watch on direct telecast on their TVs & Palm tops!!!!!!!!!? how boring today's players play a match,,more over those players were ametures ,but today professuonal players are very much boring to watch!!!!!????????those players went to work in their respective offices when there was no matches!!!!! they were given special leaves for these sport activities!!!!!! unbelievable,unconceivable thing for today's fans!!!!!!!!???????

[@grantss1]

Good to see coverage of a great test of the past. Editing of the video was a bit weird though: a lot of the wickets were missed through the editor choosing to focus on the crowd reaction as the wicket was taken, rather than showing the wicket. Would much rather see the wicket!

[@dhruvakumark4840]

Calcutta spectator use to shout, "BOWLED" whenever Baghavatchandrasheker, start bowling,remember our schooldays, we will never get bowler like Chandra in our Indian Team

[@dhruvakumark4840]

Gundappavishvanath famous for latecut is another Gentleman in Indian cricket world

[@mohammedtahsin3276]

yes i was there at the age of 14 flew from Dhaka then came back

[@mohammedtahsin3276]

@@krishnarajagopalan528 loved the game , played the game and loved Calcutta just as much

[@ashok755]

Thanks for the upload! Brings back memories of teen age years :)

[@livewelllivegood7724]

What a magnificent vintage stuff.....never knew greenidge and Richards played in 1974 as well

[@Sahil-Singh.]

There career started with this series

[@bmmr]

Thanks for uploading, these are treasures of world cricket

[@biswadipdasgupta4204]

4 short legs (even without Solkar) set by Pataudi for Chandra at 9:49 - wow great days!

[@padmavatihiintdecors127]

I too wondered yar. How brave the bowler and how confident the captain

[@senthilsrinivasan1629]

Amazing upload...always a delight to see the great westindies team and the Indian spin legends .

[@curewish574]

Thanks for these gems......India is the greatest, Jai Hind!

[@vasudevarao24]

Venktaraghavan was the Indian captain in the previous test at Delhi but is the 12th man in this test, the only time such a thing happened in the history of test cricket. Vishy played one of the greatest innings ever. Towards the end the commentator praised Prasanna for the victory, but he went wicket less in 36 overs in this test. Madan Lal (63 runs and 5 wickets in 2 innings) made bigger contribution.

[@rajatshubhrosengupta284]

I saw this match live in EDEN Gardens on the 1st n 4th day. Other 3 days on TV . Prasanna bowled SUPERBLY . He compensated his lack of wickets, by bowling India to victory in the next test at Madras. He took 10 to 12 wkts. there.

[@vasudevarao24]

@@rajatshubhrosengupta284 Yes Sir. Prasanna was a great bowler (who was rather unfortunate that his career coincided with that Venkat), but I was talking only about this test where he went wicketless. However, how could you watch this match on TV? As far I remember, the first telecast match outside Delhi was in 1982. Before that, only Delhi tests were telecast. Mr. Jay Galagali may have more accurate information.

[@rajatshubhrosengupta284]

@@vasudevarao24 For the first time, during this match, arrangements were made to telecast live, a test match in Calcutta . OB Van was used. Telecast range was within the city n maybe it's suburbs. Calcutta Door Darshan was started permanently in Aug 1975.

[@vasudevarao24]

@@rajatshubhrosengupta284 Very good to know Sir! I am from AP. The first time I saw live cricket was in 1982 India vs England series.

[@atulbesra822]

I listened to the radio commentary of entire match starting from the very first delivery. Sudhir Naik was dismissed on the very first ball of the test. Anshuman Gaekwad and Karsan Ghavri made their test debuts. Vishwanath scored half century and century in the test. He was man of the match. His man of the match prize was a black and white TV.😂

[@vikramantin3995]

As a kid, I was at the Bangalore Inaugural test match in 1974. Seeing Andy Roberts, Holder, Keith Boyce and Bernard Julien live was a thrill. Greenidge, Lloyd and Viv Richards (made his debut I think) were amazing as well. A memory I'll carry with me.

[@judgementravijudgementravi9930]

It's very very difficult to reach da boundaries such a largest stadium in India but nowadays construction like tennis court so everyone 6ers😄😃😀😍

[@prashantmahale9009]

What a video sir. Happy to see GRV's 138 at Eden Gardens and that square cut off Julian... Thanking you so much, you made my day

[@arupchattopadhyay7035]

139 Sir

[@prashantmahale9009]

@@arupchattopadhyay7035 Thank you sir 🙏😃

[@rgopi1000]

Superb presentation and work by the one and only CRICKET MASTER Jairaj Galagali!!!

[@padmavatihiintdecors127]

What an excellent set of spinner s. Who have the courage to get 7 fielders to get closer to mighty dare devil west Indian batsmen - Viv Richard s, kalicharan and Clive Lloyd. I was 4 years according to commentary, it saya it starts 1974 and ends in 1 st January 1975. Commentary comes before the play - it's like josiam rather than commentary. Please upload it with some digitalisation because the pictures are not clear

[@Waseemashraf1979]

Another brilliant upload keep it up

[@indiaone9485]

Even tailenders ameture players like BEDI,PRASANNA facing WINDIES pace battery without even caps!!!!!!!!??????? & hitting boundary!!!!!!!!! how much confidence !!!!??? compare today's top order line- ups!!!!!!!??

[@abhijitsen7749]

When you don't know any better, you adapt. It's like saying how did people drive cars without power steering in the 80s. You make do with what you have, that's how the human brain works.

[@abhishekchatterjee6162]

Pataudi's batting was so so majestic

[@yogeshdharia7511]

viswanath legend so classy innings .......

[@krushangdave4464]

Wish list :- India tour of West Indies 1971, 2nd Test Match, Port Of Spain

[@atulparte4308]

Wish list:India tour of West Indies 1976 last Test at Barbados.

[@dnagarajan5571]

Wow this is amazing guess there was just a clip on KZbin with no sound . Thank you again. Bucket list: 1. England in India 1976-77 and 1984-85 2.Pakistan in India 1979-80- Chennai and Mumbai test 3.West Indies in India 1983

[@JaiGalagali]

D Nagarajan kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHjdnnpurLKfjpY

[@siddharthasarkar9134]

What a tour to past. Only 8 then. The bengali commentary on radio by Ajoy Basu. Even mom took interest from kitchen

[@auroraticroshan181]

A two - day double wicket cricket tournament called the G D Birla Trophy was played at Eden on 16 n 17.2.84. The Holdin-Gerner pair had won it beating Duleep Mendies-Ashant D'mel. Sobers, Hall, then just retired Lillee, n many other international stars were among the participants. All hv forgotten this tournament !!! No video is available on you tube!!! Plz upload one if you can.

[@manmohanhegde7172]

Superb Really Fantastic Thanks So Much 👍🏼

[@iicydr4933]

Look at the audience,class audience.

[@Niluua]

Even today one can recall the sheer tension on 5th morning 😅 Match was so delicately balanced both India and WI could win. WI win would mean series gone 3-0 Pataudi bringing Chandra 'on' right at start of Day 5 (despite Chandra having leaked runs and looked off-colour previous day) was an inspired move.

[@samuelsalins3762]

Too great Indian cricket of the past.. 🙏🙏🙏

[@MARKETMANTRA_LiveTrading]

Wish I cud give a million likes to these truly rare videos, hats off to u Jai Bhai for this selfless effort

[@prashantmahale9009]

Yes, you rightly summarised

[@manojsinha6280]

Beautiful video...though limited camera work, but brilliant old memory and music too....very thoughtful. And to top it all....we had the great lata mangeshkar too...

[@biswajitgoswami8866]

Give me a memorable moment special thanks to the presenter and that test ended in 5th day before 5minutes of lunch after this test match India again win against West Indies in 4th test at madras at least In Bombay West Indies beat India in 5th test after this test patudi retd from cricket

[@atulbesra822]

Bombay test was the last test for Engineer too. He had a forgettable test. Dropped Lloyd who then scored a double century. With bat, Engineer made a pair.

[@indiaone9485]

Any one noticed slip,gully fielders at "hand shaking"distance from striker!!!!! that too "helmetless" !!!!!!?

[@sksahanawajhossen5610]

I not even born than,but I can say facing Mical Holding,and Andy Robert without Healmet very very risky,what our team did this and won the match.

[@diptabratadutta699]

Enjoying the Eden ambience 1974 i was a kid then 3years

[@chaitanyapandey9927]

Kudos to the then memories.... Thanks for uploading

[@londonthumakda8329]

Old is really Gold

[@NarasimhanMG]

Sharmila Tagore at 21:49 . It was said that M.A.K. Pataudi scored a duck whenever she was in the stadium! She must have come after his innings!

[@waltercyril8843]

This is cricket . Not what we see is these days 2020

[@footyupdates7913]

Now cricket is just becoming a brand, no passion, all about the money nowadays. Cricket is following football in becoming a brand - it doesn’t care about fans anymore

[@snhoque]

Footy Updates That’s why I don’t watch no more Passion is gone

[@kumarba9135]

Super comments and game on that days we hard on AIR SUPER

[@SoniaPandaArtist]

Our Trio spinners are as deadly as WI pacers and need due credits to win not only in India but overseas.

[@ramsanjeevgowda9599]

Vishwanath and Chandrasekhar pride of Karnataka.

[@nageshkaigonahalli8397]

Jai Sir kindly upload 1977-78 India-Australia series played in Australia. Aussie captain was Bob Simpson & Indian captain was Bishensingh Bedi

[@mohammaditradecentre5591]

Very old memories worth like gold

[@krishnatikoo3445]

Those days radio commentary was more exiting.

[@vasudevarao24]

Thank you for another great video. You are really amazing. Does any one recognize the voice of the commentator here? I used to listen to radio commentary regularly in 70s but can not recollect this voice - it is not Suresh Saraiya, not Narottam Puri, not Dicky Ratnagar, not any of the other voices I still remember.

[@JaiGalagali]

Vasudeva Rao He is Zul Velani, not a commentator but a voice over who worked for Govt of India.

[@JaiGalagali]

Joining the few dots of what I could find on the internet, the narrator is this wise guy in beard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX-ocniDeaehZqc

[@vasudevarao24]

@@JaiGalagali Thank you!

[@celestialspartan7977]

Gavaskar broke his finger and missed few tests in that Series. Chinnaswamy Stadium was new and reachable from South End without traffic ! Richards, Greenidge and Kirmani made their debut. Heady days....

[@atulbesra822]

Wankhede Stadium of Bombay was also new. These two stadiums had their first test matches in this test series.