00:00India's fastest bowler, who wanted to get a job.
00:06After engineering, he dreamt of getting a job in America.
00:11But fate made him India's first speed star.
00:16After retirement, he was called back and he did wonders.
00:22There have been many cricketers in India's cricket history who have left their mark in the world of cricket.
00:28Due to his unyielding skills, someone has made the world proud of his bowling skills.
00:34In this country, there has been a cricketer or a fast bowler who dreamt of getting a job in America after engineering.
00:43This gentleman player did not even dream that his career would be in cricket.
00:48He was playing cricket as the whole country plays, just for his hobby.
00:53But he did not know that this cricket would become his status.
00:56The name of this player was Jawagal Srinath.
00:59You can guess Srinath's ability from the fact that after retiring from cricket in 2002,
01:05Captain Sourav Ganguly called him back to play the 2003 World Cup.
01:10Srinath listened to Ganguly and joined the Indian team.
01:14Srinath scored the most 16 wickets for India in his last World Cup.
01:19When he broke the thumb of Ben Sarkar from Yorker.
01:22The year was 1990.
01:24At this time, the Indian team was preparing for the tour of England.
01:29During this time, a young net bowler was asked to practice Indian batsmen.
01:34And that young man was Jawagal Srinath.
01:37Subrata Banerjee, a former Indian fast bowler, said while recalling this incident that
01:41Dilip Ben Sarkar was batting, Bishan Singh Bedi asked Srinath to throw the ball.
01:45I have seen someone throwing such a fast ball for the first time in India.
01:48Srinath threw the bouncer ball and it hit Ben Sarkar's bat and his bat slipped from his hand.
01:53Dilip Ben Sarkar was shocked to see the speed and momentum of this ball.
01:57Because he had just reached the net practice and his eyes were not completely frozen.
02:02But suddenly he had to face such a dangerous ball.
02:06According to Subrata Banerjee, Dilip Ben Sarkar was not ready for this.
02:10On this, Ben Sarkar told Srinath, don't throw the bouncer, anything will work except the bouncer.
02:15Srinath listened to Ben Sarkar and then threw the ball.
02:19The ball fell on his toe and he was injured.
02:22Ben Sarkar, Astab and Bishan Singh Bedi were also shocked.
02:25No one expected such a fast ball from a young man.
02:30Actually, Srinath was the first speedy star of the Indian team.
02:34He was known as Mysore Express in the Indian cricket world.
02:38Srinath bowled against Zimbabwe in 1997.
02:40He threw the ball at a speed of 157 kmph, which was the fastest ball thrown by any Indian till date.
02:48Fast ball without sledging and with aggressive body language.
02:52It was the year of 1999 when Srinath surprised everyone with his speed.
02:57In the World Cup tournament, Srinath was only behind Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar in terms of speed.
03:02And he was ahead of South Africa's Alan Donald and Australia's Glenn McGrath.
03:06In this World Cup, Srinath bowled the most wickets in India.
03:12In his international career, Srinath took 236 wickets in 66 test matches and 315 wickets in 229 one-day matches.
03:21533 wickets in 147 first-class cricket matches is enough to narrate the story of his great journey.
03:28Presently, Srinath is associated with cricket as a match referee.
03:31Another speciality of Srinath was that he did not show aggressive body language like any other batsman.
03:37Nor was he ever seen sledging.
03:40Perhaps this is the reason why Srinath was the best gentleman cricketer in India.
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