Javagal Srinath Biography
Javagal
Srinath was born on August 31, 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka is a former Indian
cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his
retirement, being the second Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev to take 200
Test wickets. One ball during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured 156 km/h
(97 mph). He also clock 154.5 km/h (96.0 mph) at the 1999 World Cup.[1] He is
the leading wicket taker from India in World cups with 44 wickets in 1992,
1996, 1999, 2003 Cricket World Cup
Personal life
Srinath
was born in Hassan in Karnataka in a Brahmin family. He was attracted towards
cricket right from an early age. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in
Instrumentation Technology from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering,
Mysore. He was earlier married to Jyothsna in 1999 but both decided to split
away with mutual understanding. He remarried in 2008 to Madhavi Patravali a
journalist.
Career summary
Although
Srinath was a batsman as a youth, it was in a club match that he caught the eye
of former Indian Test batsman Gundappa Viswanath, now a selector for the state
team. In 1989/90, Srinath made his first class debut for Karnataka against
Hyderabad, taking a hat trick in the first innings. He followed this with
wickets from successive balls in the second innings. Srinath finished the
season with 25 wickets from six matches, and took another 20 the following
season. The second season involved a display of reverse swing against
Maharashtra at the Nehru Stadium in Pune, taking 7/93 to dismiss the home team
for 311 in response to a Karnataka total of 638 on a good batting track.
Srinath
made his One Day International debut in the Wills Trophy at Sharjah in 1991. He
is also India's most prolific wicket-taker at World Cups with 44 wickets from
34 matches. He remains India's highest wicket taker in ODI matches as a fast
bowler and only Indian pacer to surprass 300 wicket tally in ODI matches. Only
other Indian bowler to achieve this feat is Anil Kumble who is a spinner.
Srinath
then was selected to the Indian cricket team for the 1991/92 tour of Australia.
Making his Test debut against Australia at Brisbane, he took 3/59 while playing
as the third pace bowler. He finished the tour with ten wickets at 55.30. He
was given an opportunity to take the new ball against South Africa in Cape
Town, where he took an economical 4/33 in 27 overs. Srinath ended the tour with
12 wickets at 26.08. However, due to wickets in India being conducive to spin,
he subsequently spent seven consecutive home Tests watching from the sidelines
as India only fielded two pacemen. It was not until three years after his
international debut, in late 1994 and with the retirement of Kapil Dev that
Srinath played his first home Test, against the West Indies. He took five
wickets and scored 60 in the second innings to be named Man of the Match as
India won by 96 runs. His increased opportunities also coincided with an
improvement in his batting, scoring two half-centuries in the series.
Srinath
took over 500 first class wickets, playing for Karnataka he took 96 at 24.06.
In 1995, he joined Gloucestershire, and took 87 wickets in his one and only
season with them including taking 9-76 against Glamorgan. He has also played
English county cricket with Leicestershire and Durham.[2]
In the
1996-97 series in South Africa, Srinath's speeds were timed at 150 km/h with
one particular delivery measured at 156 km/h.[3] For many years, Srinath was
India's only regular pace bowler, and the workload is often believed to be the
partial cause of injuries, which forced him to undergo an operation on his
right shoulder in 1997.[4]
Some critics
argue that Srinath's average and strike rate suffered as a result of bowling on
the predominantly dry and spin-friendly wickets in India; however, his average
at home was in fact superior to his average away from India: Srinath knew how
to reverse swing the ball.[5]
Though his
batting average is not impressive, he has played quite a few scintillating
innings and won matches for India with his batting. He scored a vital 30 runs
off 23 balls against Australia in the 3rd match of Titan cup series (1996) in
Bangalore,[6] thus winning the match and securing a berth in the finals for
India. This innings contained 2 fours and a six. In the same series he also
scored a 50 against South Africa in Rajkot.
He retired
from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa in which he
performed strongly until the final against Australia conceding 87 off his 10
overs. He toured England with the famous Lashings World XI team in the summer
of 2005, and also served as a commentator for the India-England Test series in
2006. Once in an interview, 1992 World cup winning Pakistan captain Imran Khan
said, after watching him bowl 150 km/h speed on Indian pitches, that Srinath is
the most grossly underrated bowler in the world. It was Courtney Walsh who
recommended Srinath to the county when he got injured and they was asked to
recommend someone. Javagal Srinath counts among the few fighter cum gentlemen
in Indian cricket in the same league as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil
Kumble, and Robin Singh. Among his best friends was former teammate Anil
Kumble. Srinath and Kumble got married on the same day. When Kumble was looking
to take his tenth wicket in the India-Pakistan test in 1999, Srinath, who was
bowling from the other end, was trying to bowl way outside the off stump to
avoid taking the final wicket in order for Kumble to get to the record.
In April
2006, he was selected as a match referee by the International Cricket Council
and served during the 2007 World Cup.[5] So far, he has officiated as ICC match
referee in 22 Test matches, 117 ODIs and 19 T20Is.[7]
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