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SYED KIRMANI

Syed Kirmani

Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani was born on December 29, 1949 in Madras participated in cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.

International career

Universally acknowledged as 'Kiri', Syed Kirmani is normally watched as the supreme wicket keeper to amuse for India.

1971-1982

He started off as a substitute to Farokh Engineer in the tours of England in 1971 and 1974 and to the 1975 Cricket World Cup. . His 12-year stint at the peak saw a change of tack in the mode India played. The before instance part of Kirmani's career was washed-out keeping wicket to the well-known twist quartet, on no account the easiest of responsibilities. After they washed out away, he had to stride back a few paces to agreement with a stratum harass organized by Kapil Dev. Kirmani prepared his first appearance in opposition to New Zealand and in his second Test, equaled the world record of six victims in an innings. He tracked this with a horrific sequence in West Indies where he failed to spot numerous opportunities and very much contributed to Vivian Richards attaining hundreds in three successive Tests.

When New Zealand visited India the subsequent year, his apexes the batting standards with 65.33, and achieved 305 runs in the visit of Australia. He did not have a very good quality time at the back the stumps in opposition to Pakistan and West Indies in 1978�79.

He was crashed in favour of Bharath Reddy for the 1979 Cricket World Cup and the consequent series in opposition to England. Sunil Gavaskar was also kicked out as the skipper. Despite the fact that Kirmani was plunged superficially for act, there was a rumour that the genuine motive was that both he and Gavaskar had been loomed by the organisers of the Kerry Packer's World Sequence Cricket.

Back in the side for the succession in opposition to Australia in 1979�80, he attained a hundred as a night watchman in Bombay. His innings of 101* in five hours virtually after everything else exposed the day. He had 17 catches and two stumpings in opposition to Pakistan in the same period and it identical Naren Tamhane's Indian testimony for a single progression. In opposition to England in 1981�82, he did not give up a single bye in three successive Tests at the same time as 1964 runs were gained.



1983 World Cup

Kirmani won the reward for the most excellent wicket keeper in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, his show up of which was the vicious circle of Faoud Bacchus that he took in the final in opposition to the West Indies. In the first round match in opposition to Zimbabwe, he equaled the then record by carrying out three catches and two stumpings. in opposition to West Indies at home, he partnered Sunil Gavaskar - who scored 236* - in a record position of 143* for the ninth wicket in the Madras Test. Kirmani was a subordinate order trustworthy batsman and one more example is the endless 126 for ninth wicket with Kapil Dev in opposition to Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup with Kirmani contributing 26 and that partnership proved critical in India being able to go on with their run in the event. He has played eighty eight test matches scoring over the twenty seven hundred runs and forty nine one day internationals scoring three hundred seventy three runs.

1984-1986

At Bombay after that year, he kept count his instant hundred in Tests building 102 and adding 235 with Ravi Shastri, at a standstill an Indian record for the seventh wicket. In the Madras Test in the similar succession he missed some fundamental catches which throw in to an Indian crush. He was plunged at the end of that sequence in favour of Sadanand Viswanath.

Kirmani made a reappear in the Australian tour of 1985�86, where he passenger realistically in good health. He had in a minute taken a wonderful catch to dismiss Allan Border in a World Sequence Cup match, when he injures his leg shoddily. He was strained to sit out of the lingering games of the tournament and that in point of fact ended his worldwide career. India went for youthful keepers like Kiran More and Chandrakant Pandit and regardless of trying hard; Kirmani was by no means competent to reclaim his position.

Domestic Career

Soon after in his career he took part in for Railways in domestic cricket for a period, subsequent to which he revisit to his past team, Karnataka.

In Movies

Kirmani played the function of a criminal character in the movie Kabhi Ajnabhi the, which as well attributed his up to date Sandip Patil. One of his distinctive personalities was his spotless shaven cranium He served up as the chairman of the selection team for India in the early 2000s. He also plays a small part in a forthcoming Malayalam film at liberty Mazhavillinattam Vare. He will be before a live audience in the film which is on the subject of an adolescent Pakistani cricketer's life-changing voyage.

Awards

He was granted the Padma Sri in 1982.
Modern age: 61 years 179 days
Major squads: India, Karnataka, Mysore, Railways
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm off break
Fielding position: Wicketkeeper

Career statistics

Competition

Tests

ODIs

Matches
88
49
Runs scored
2759
373
Batting average
27.04
20.72
100s/50s
2/12
0/0
Top score
102
48*
Balls bowled
3.1
-
Wickets
1
-
Bowling average
13.00
-
5 wickets in innings
0
-
10 wickets in match
0
n/a
Best bowling
1/9
-
Catches/stumping
160/38
27/9