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Journalism of Courage
By some quirk of cricket, even the greatest batsmen have tried to avoid facing left-armers
SUNIL GAVASKAR: Dismissed 12 times in Tests by England’s Derek ‘Deadly’ Underwood. Wrote in Idols that he didn’t always relish the prospects of facing a left-arm spinner
SACHIN TENDULKAR: The most famous recent example. The man who can destroy Shoaib has fallen to such worthies as England’s Ashley Giles, Zimbabwe’s Ray Price and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori
JAVED MIANDAD: Had a long-running pitch battle with Dilip Doshi when bilateral cricket resumed in the 1970s. Includes the famous ‘hotel room’ episode…
