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His big-hitting not only had the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground crowd on their feet, it also made teammates Kiran More and Chandrakant Pandit to watch the action from an area near the sightscreen
Sunil Gavaskar, who scored a century for India in the 1987 World Cup game against NZ in Nagpur. Pic/Getty Images
Did you know?
Farokh Engineer was on air when Mohinder Amarnath trapped Michael Holding leg before wicket in the 1983 final. Apart from describing the dismissal, Engineer yelled, "Give them a holiday, Mrs Gandhi, give them a holiday."
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Navjot Singh Sidhu scored 50-plus in every innings of the 1987 World Cup except once — 22 against England in the semi-finals
Man to watch
England's mercurial all-rounder, first represented his country in 2011, but he hasn't had the honour of playing in a World Cup. Playing on home turf, Stokes will be viewed as a dangerous customer with bat, ball and in the outfield. He didn't exactly have an unrewarding last series against Sri Lanka where he top-scored with 67 off 60 balls in England's massive 219-run loss in Colombo.
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