The continued Take a look at between India and Bangladesh on the Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur has been within the highlight for numerous non-cricketing causes.
Within the lead-up to the Take a look at, a stand on the outdated venue was deemed harmful for spectators by the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Division (PWD), prompting the organisers to shut the higher C stand for the match. There have been additionally the sights of langurs (leaf monkeys) and their trainers in sight on Day 1, particularly roped in by the UPCA to regulate the monkey menace on the venue.
The Kanpur stadium, one in every of India’s oldest Take a look at venues, is extensively identified for its eventful line of off-field moments and cricketing achievements. The primary turf pitch in India was laid in Kanpur earlier than India beat Australia for the primary time in Take a look at cricket in 1959. 57 years later, India performed their five hundredth Take a look at in Kanpur, recording a 197-run victory over New Zealand.
When ‘poor batsman’ Gavaskar was run out in Kanpur
The enduring venue was additionally the place batting legend Sunil Gavaskar as soon as claimed to be a ‘poor batsman’. Taking part in the sixth and ultimate Take a look at of an extended house collection towards England in 1982, captain Gavaskar was left furious when he was concerned in a run-out along with his brother-in-law Gundappa Viswanath.
Batting in reply to England’s 378/9 declared, Gavaskar and Viswanath laid out an 87-run partnership for the third wicket earlier than a mix-up value Gavaskar, shortly after he crossed his half-century and have become the one batter to succeed in 500 runs within the collection.
Gavaskar scored his ultimate Take a look at hundred on the Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur in 1986. (Specific File)
“Gavaskar tapped the ball to mid-on and took off, however Vishy took a few steps after which ran again. Ian Botham rifled in a throw and he was caught wanting the bottom. He was livid from the second Vishy turned him down,” former cricketer and first-class umpire Sunil Chaturvedi as soon as advised The Indian Specific as he recollected the dismissal.
“I hid beside the wall (within the dressing room) and listened to him. He (Gavaskar) was speaking to himself, ‘I’m not a boundary hitter, I’m a poor batsman who runs loads of singles. Please run singles for me.’ It went on for a couple of minutes earlier than he cleared his thoughts and joined the others outdoors,” Chaturvedi, the thirteenth member of the squad then, stated.
The ‘poor’ Indian skipper returned for 3 extra Checks to Kanpur within the following years. In his ultimate outing at Inexperienced Park in 1986, Gavaskar cracked his thirty fourth and ultimate Take a look at ton (176) towards Sri Lanka, earlier than ending his profession with 10,122 runs.