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Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a leg spinner.Considered among the top echelon of leg spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated spin bowling during the 1960s and 1970s. [1]
Gupte's brother Baloo was also a leg spinner who played for India. Gupte met Carol at an official function during his successful 1952–53 tour of the Caribbean with India, which he finished claiming 50 first-class wickets. [12] They married in the late 1950s he moved to Trinidad where his finished his career as a cricketer in 1964.
[note 1] [5] Described by West Indies cricketer Viv Richards as the "most difficult" bowler, [6] Chandrasekhar took 16 five-wicket hauls during his international career. He developed an interest in the game when he was a child, watching the playing styles of Australian leg spinner Richie Benaud . [ 7 ]
Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called a leg spinner. Leg spinners bowl with their right-arm and a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery is called a leg break, [1] which spins from right to left (from the bowler's perspective) when the ball bounces on the pitch.
Anil Kumble (pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. [1] A right-arm leg spin bowler, [2] regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, [3] [4] he took 619 wickets ...
While a normal leg break spins from the leg to the off side, away from a right-handed batter, a googly spins the other side, from off to leg, into a right-handed batter (and is distinct from an off break delivery). The bowler achieves this change of spin by bending the wrist sharply from the normal leg break delivery position.
Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed and batter Kamran Ghulam have been recalled by Pakistan for the second test against Bangladesh, the national cricket board said on Wednesday. Team management released the ...
Yuzvendra Chahal (born 23 July 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in white ball cricket as a leg spin bowler. He also plays for Haryana in domestic cricket and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League and Northamptonshire in County Championship. He is a right-arm leg break bowler.