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One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday. Rediff.com salutes the legend.
It took her six months to create the fibreglass mural.
'Though I had my reservations about Sunny as a captain, I must say that he is a very proud Indian.'
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.'
'He was the one who set the agenda for the 1983 World Cup win with 89 in the first match against the West Indies, then top-scoring with 40 in the crucial match against Australia when we had to qualify for the semi-finals.' 'He played another brilliant innings of 61 against England in the semi-finals.'
'I have seen Bishan paaji get worked up when he felt the game was losing its character because of some individual.'
They were speaking at a function to mark the release of 'Defying the Paradigm,' a coffee table book on Srinivasan's 50-year journey with India Cements.
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.'
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