Javagal Srinath

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Javagal Srinath is the former Indian opening fast bowler who is widely acclaimed as the first genuine pacer to play for India. He was known for bowling consistently over 150 Kmph speeds throughout his career, troubling batsmen with steep bouncers and deadly accuracy.He started playing cricket at an age of 12. The first time he led his school side was when he was studying in the tenth standard.According to Srinath, while growing up, he never thought of representing the Indian national cricket team.He completed his engineering after seven years of his international debut.In his entire career, the maximum dismissal came in the form of Andrew Hudson, a South African cricketer.He rates Wasim Akram as the best fast bowler during his time. He rates Aravinda de Silva, Ricky Ponting & Brian Lara as the toughest to bowl among the batsmen. Talking about his teammates, he revealed that Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar were the other toughest batsmen to bowl to during the nets.Not winning the World Cup on a couple of occasions in 1996 & 2003 is considered the most disappointing moment in his cricket career. Reaching the finals of ICC World Cup 2003 was among the best moments. Javagal Srinath in ICC World Cup 2003.Although Srinath was a batsman in his youth; however, on the advice of Gundappa Vishwanath, the then selector of the Karnataka state cricket team, Srinath turned to fast bowling.Javagal Srinath took the hat-trick in the very first innings of his domestic career against Hyderabad in a Ranji match in 1989.Srinath once revealed that Sourav Ganguly & Sachin Tendulkar were the best captains under whom he played.