My towel had slipped… Syed Kirmani’s funny revelation about 1983 WC, won’t be able to stop laughing
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Actually, in the 1983 World Cup against Zimbabwe, it was decided to bat first after winning the toss. Although the Indian team could not start well in that match. Only 5 wickets had fallen on the team’s score of 17 runs. Recalling this incident, Kirmani said on Star Sports, ‘I was never considered an all-rounder, so used to bat lower down the order. I had seven all-rounders in front of me. I was relaxed when Kapil Dev decided to bat first after winning the toss against Zimbabwe.
He further said, ‘I was getting ready to take a bath and have a nice breakfast, I wrapped myself in a towel. Then suddenly, someone from outside shouted ‘Padd up, Kiri!’. I thought they were pulling my leg so I ignored. But they shouted again. This time I looked out the window at the scoreboard and saw 17/5. Trust me, the towel I was wearing had slipped.’
Let us tell you that in that match against Zimbabwe, Syed Kirmani batted brilliantly along with Kapil Dev. He scored an unbeaten 24 with the help of 2 fours. Apart from this, talk about Kapil Dev, he played an incredible inning of 175 not out in 138 balls, in which 16 fours and 6 sixes were seen from his bat. Team India had set a target of 267 runs in front of Zimbabwe. However, Zimbabwe were all out for 235 and India won the match by 31 runs.
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