Talk:Javagal Srinath

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  • Srinath has had to shoulder the burden of the strike bowler almost single handedly and had to undergo an operation on his right shoulder in 1997.
  • Spearheading the Indian pace attack for numerous years, Srinath rarely let down the cricket fans in the country. Whether in Test cricket or the limited overs game, whether in making the initial breakthrough with the new ball, breaking up a vital partnership in the middle order or cleaning up the tail, Srinath could always be depended upon to deliver the goods. Bowling with a smooth action, the `Karnataka Express' was always able to extract pace and bounce from even docile wickets. Perhaps the finest tribute to his pace bowling skills is the fact that a large percentage of his impressive bag of international wickets have been taken on unfriendly tracks at home. On the bouncy tracks in Australia and South Africa and in green conditions in England, he was more often than not the leading wicket taker. Srinath frequently displayed the entire repertoire of the fast bowler's art - the dipping inswinger, the late outswinger, the deadly yorker, the whistling bouncer. At the same time he never compromised on the basic qualities of bowling - line and length.
  • He retired from international cricket after the 2003 world cup in South Africa in which he gave a stellar performance until the final against Australia, where he appeared to crumble under pressure, conceding an alarming 87 of his 10 overs. He is remembered as a trailblazer for Indian pace bowling. Strongly built and lightning in his youth (there are reports that he clocked 157 km/h in 1996 V South Africa), he was for a decade the lion of India, striking fear into the hearts of opposition Batsmen from Brisbane to Bangalore. Despite being one of the best fast bowlers the World and India had ever seen it was unfortunate that he was never given the credit he deserved

Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 00:43, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

The last bit is most definitely POV and reads like a fan-club posting, so I've summarily removed it. Some of the other sections are more of a judgement call, so I've left those to be dealt with by editors who know Indian cricket better than I do. Loganberry (Talk)
Thanks to the person who left the (unsigned!) comment on my Talk page about this. I think what I said above is a little unclear, so I'd better clarify: I took out the last bit about "lion of India" and "unfortunate that he was never given the credit he deserved" as they are blatant POV that doesn't need to be replaced. I've left the rest alone, ie the para beginning "Spearheading the Indian pace attack" since I feel that needs to be rewritten rather than just deleted, and I don't know enough about Indian cricket and Srinath in particular to do that fairly. Loganberry (Talk) 14:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
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