IN REMEMBRANCE - INDIAN TEST CRICKETERS

YASHPAL SHARMA (11 August 1954 – 13 July 2021) 'Crisis Man For India' in the words of Sunil Gavaskar, Ludhiana born right-handed middle order batsman of the 1970s and 1980s, Yashpal Sharma is the only member of the victorious 1983 World Cup Indian team to have left this mortal world... Donning the Punjab cap from 1973, Yashpal came into the national limelight after his stellar knock of 173 for North Zone in the 1977 Duleep Trophy final, against South Zone packed with stalwarts like Prasanna and Chandrasekhar... Picked initially for the ODIs, Yashpal’s first match for India was in October 1978 against Pakistan. Making his Test debut in August 1979 against England at Lord's, Yashpal played his final Test in November 1983 against the West Indies at New Delhi, and his final ODI in January 1985 against England... With 2 centuries and 9 fifties in 37 Tests, Yashpal scored 1606 runs, 140 being his highest. From 42 ODIs he has 4 fifties in the 883 runs scored, with a to

🏏🏏 D. N. SARDESAI (8 Aug 1940 - 2 Jul 2007)  The only cricketer from Goa to play for India in Tests, Margao born Dilip Narayan Sardesai was a technically sound right-handed wristy specialist batsman with the ability to play both spin and pace with equal ease. He was the first Indian batsman to score a double century in an overseas Test, with his epic 212 at Kingston, Jamaica...  Sardesai's Test debut in 1961, and his final game in 1972, both were against England at Kanpur and Delhi respectively... In 30 Tests Sardesai scored 2001 runs @39.23 with 5 hundreds and 9 fifties, 212 as highest, and 4 catches... Playing for Bombay and West Zone in the domestic circuit from 1961 to 1973, Sardesai scored 10,230 runs from 179 first class games @41.75 with 25 hundreds and 56 fifties, highest being 222, and 85 catches. Bombay won all the 10 finals they reached out of the 13 seasons that Sardesai played for them...  Sardesai replaced Nari Contractor after the latter'