Souravday

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

King of Comebacks.

Sourav 19



Wow! That’s what you call a comeback year. He ended with a double ton, back-to-back centuries, man of the match and man of the series awards against Pakistan in 2007 December.
He started it in December 2006 against South Africa in an away Test series. There he scored the highest runs in the Indian team. He followed it up with four half-centuries on his return to ODIs. He continued his fine run in England, finishing as the second highest scorer in Tests.


So that is Sourav Ganguly, the comeback man.



For Ganguly's profile, look here. But before him we have Mohinder Amarnath as the comeback man. See what Cricinfo says about him:



He was cricket's Frank Sinatra - the master of the comeback. He started his career as suspect against short-pitched fast bowling, and finished it as one of the finest and bravest players of pace.

His defining season was 1982-83: coming back to the side after three years, he stood tall to knock off 1182 runs - including five hundreds - in 11 away Tests against West Indies and Pakistan.

He crowned the season with back-to-back Man of the Match awards at the climax of India's World Cup-winning campaign in 1983. But his world came crashing down again the following home season, when he managed only one run in six innings against that same West Indian team. "Mr Amarnought" got the axe.


But it wasn't the end: he bounced back with renewed force and vigour and was soon hooking fast bowlers off his eyebrows again. He didn't go in for cheap runs - nine of his 11 Test centuries were scored overseas -- and he collected his share of bruises. He will be remembered as a batsman who didn't flinch in the face of fire.



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