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Syed Abid Ali is carried off the field by fans after securing India's series win

Those fine men of Hyderabad

Playing alongside the likes of Pataudi, Abid Ali, Jaisimha and Abbas Ali Baig was an experience to be cherished

Ajit Wadekar made 48

Lefties I've loved

From Sobers to Sangakkara, plenty oozed grace at the crease. Each had his own distinctive style

(From left) KVR Murthy, PK Belliappa and K Bharadwaj walk out for a Jolly Rovers match

A Jolly Rovers reunion

It was all nostalgia and anecdotes when late-1960s alumni of a well known Chennai club got together one evening recently

Alvin Kallicharran drives on his way to a half-century

Where have all the stylists gone?

You'll get powerful and innovative shots, spectacular fielding and express pace in this year's World Cup, but at the cost of artistry and mystery

Budhi Kunderan on his way to 192

Remembering Budhi the dasher

Before Sehwag, and even Srikkanth, India had a swashbuckling opening batsman who also kept wickets

Sunil Gavaskar cuts on his way to a half-century

Gavaskar's stunning entrance

For Indian cricket fans of a certain vintage, the Caribbean summer of 1971 was the most glorious of all

Gundappa Viswanath

A wizard called Vishy

Remembering a magician who invariably rose to the occasion when conditions favoured the bowlers, especially the fast men

ML Jaisimha made his Test debut at Lord's

Cricket for the Nawabs

Hyderabad cricket in the 1970s had more than its fair share of characters: among them short-sighted umpires, legspinners with Elvis hairdos, and prodigious batsmen