My XI: Erapalli Prasanna: Saqlain Mushtaq
'Saqlain was like an English spinner with a subcontinental touch'
Part nine: Erapalli Prasanna on a spinner whom even Sachin Tendulkar found hard to bat against
Producer: Tanveer Gogada
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- Players/Officials : Saqlain Mushtaq
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One genuine offie admiring another...Are EAS Prasanna's video available?
Amazing that he retired at only 27. That's generally reckoned to be the age that spinners come into their own. I reckon he's the best offie I've seen. I saw a little of Prasanna down under in 77/78 but I think he was past his best and I was more impressed with Bedi and Chandra, given that Saqlain's my pick for best offie.
The one statement that symbolized Pak's hold over India in the 1990s was "That's the line Saqi!" Great bowler.
Pity Pakistan wasted a man with such prodigious talent.. Could have been among the contemporary legends... The inventor of the doosra and the only person who can assuredly lay claim to its legitimacy..