“Vishoo’s googly was the most deceptive of the lot.”  For someone who kept wickets to stalwarts Subhash and Baloo Gupte at first-class and club cricket, that is high praise coming from CT Patankar for VIshwanath Gangadhar Lele, 89, who passed away in Pune recently.

The leggie, who represented Bombay across the 1953-54 and 1968-69 seasons, claimed 92 wickets in 33 first-class games. “Vishoo was my teammate at Ruia College and we played together for Shivaji Park Gymkhana as well. He was a very good leg-spinner,” remarked Patankar, 91, Mumbai’s oldest living Test cricketer.