Published 19:36 IST, February 25th 2020

Sanjay Manjrekar's tricky question decoded by fans as they have only one answer

Sanjay Manjrekar's tricky question was decoded by fans on social media after the cricketer-turned-commentator had posted a nostalgic video from early 90s

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Sanjay Manjrekar came forward and posted a video where a West Indian left-handed batsman was castled by a brilliant piece of bowling by 'Mysore Express' Javagal Srinath during an ODI match between India and West Indies in early 90s. This probably might have happened when two teams had locked horns in World Series 1991/92 which had also featured Australia preceding 1992 World Cup Down Under.

Sanjay Manjrekar asks a tricky question

After sharing video, Manjrekar asked fans wher ball had done trick back n as it does t do much se days, did pitches of those days have something in it or were it  batsmen who made bowling look better? 

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However, fans had only one answer and y hailed pacer Javagal Srinath who was man behind this incredible delivery. One fan also said without any hesitation that it was indeed 'Ball of Century'.

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Javagal Srinath's illustrious cricketing career

Javagal Srinath has represented India in 67 Tests and 229 One Day Internationals. He is one of engineer-turned cricketers as Karnataka fast bowler holds a bachelor's degree in Instrumentation. Srinath was first Indian bowler to take 300 ODI wickets and was second speedster to take 200 Test scalps after Kapil Dev. With 315 scalps, Srinath is second-highest wicket-taker for India in ODI's after Anil Kumble (337). Srinath is also India's joint-highest wicket-taker in India World Cups along with Zaheer Khan. 'Mysore Express' has taken 44 wickets in four editions of quadrennial event that he has featured in which include 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003 respectively. 

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tall pacer was a part of Indian squad that had reached semi-finals of 1996 World Cup under Mohammad Azharuddin and finals of 2003 edition under Sourav Ganguly.

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19:36 IST, February 25th 2020