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by Ottayan
I grew up idolising G.R.Vishwanath.To me he symbolises all things cricket. A gentleman cricketer to the core, his square cuts were legendary. In his prime, he was reputed to have two shots for each delivery.Similarly, when he danced down the wicket, particularly to wily bowlers like Derek Underwood it was treat to watch him adjust to the drift and length of the delivery.
Against fast bowlers, his defense was impeccable.Despite being short statured his handling of the short-pitched ball was a impeccable. He would raise himself on his toes and defend the ball coming at his throat so delicately that the ball would drop down dead and lie there unmoving at his feet like a loyal puppy.
Most of my memory is now reduced to three vivid images.The first one is a photograph of Tony Grieg lifting him up on scoring a century. The second was the innings he played against the West Indies at Cheapuk and the third was sadly the image of seeing him fall time and again to Imran Khan for meager scores to what turned out to be his last series in Pakistan.
To me he was and still is the epitome of batting and undeniably the 'Bradman'.
So who was your 'Bradman'?
I grew up idolising G.R.Vishwanath.To me he symbolises all things cricket. A gentleman cricketer to the core, his square cuts were legendary. In his prime, he was reputed to have two shots for each delivery.Similarly, when he danced down the wicket, particularly to wily bowlers like Derek Underwood it was treat to watch him adjust to the drift and length of the delivery.
Against fast bowlers, his defense was impeccable.Despite being short statured his handling of the short-pitched ball was a impeccable. He would raise himself on his toes and defend the ball coming at his throat so delicately that the ball would drop down dead and lie there unmoving at his feet like a loyal puppy.
Most of my memory is now reduced to three vivid images.The first one is a photograph of Tony Grieg lifting him up on scoring a century. The second was the innings he played against the West Indies at Cheapuk and the third was sadly the image of seeing him fall time and again to Imran Khan for meager scores to what turned out to be his last series in Pakistan.
To me he was and still is the epitome of batting and undeniably the 'Bradman'.
So who was your 'Bradman'?
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