Raise a toast to Karsan Ghavri
Updated On: 19 March, 2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Former all-rounder's coaching success with 2019-20 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra is one of his many feats which embellished Indian cricket across 50-plus years on the first-class scene
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Mumbai coach Karsan Ghavri (third from left) celebrates with the Talim Trophy for topping the West Zone League before the 1993-94 Ranji Trophy win
If you couldn't help noticing coach Karsan Ghavri on television last week, sitting amidst his Saurashtra players as they made progress in their Ranji Trophy final against Bengal in Rajkot, you were seeing a man of 50-plus years experience in first-class cricket.
Ghavri is not considered one of the greats of the game, even though he was the first Indian pacer to claim 100 wickets in Test cricket (he bowled left-arm spin occasionally). Rarely do cricket fans recall how he dismissed Australian captain Greg Chappell on both occasions in India's victory in the 1981 Melbourne Test.
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