Sumit Ganguly: In 1987, the best ever the star of Indian cricket was, Sunil Gavaskar had retired from the game of cricket. Many thought that such player cannot be replaced by another individual. In fact, the player who faced 74 fast bowlers cannot be replaced. But the Bust of Indian Cricket, Bombay was thinking of something else. Its symbol was first founded in the '87-'88 Harris Shield and Giles Shield. But the special incident started from '88-'89, Ranji Trophy.
Gujarat vs Bombay Ranji match started on 13th December 1988 in Bombay. While Dilip Vengsarkar was leading India vs New Zealand in Visakhapatnam on that day. However, the captain of Bombay was Lalchand Rajput at that time. Gujarat's captain, Dhanushk Patel won the toss and chose to bat. Pradip Kasliwal (4/28) and Anup Sabnis (5/41) bowling finished Gujarat's innings for 140 runs in 50.1 overs. Other than Laliwala (42), none of the guys in Gujarat showed that they could bat.
Rajput and Shishir opened the innings for Bombay. Bombay lost its 1st wicket at 47 runs in the form of Shishir (35) at the bowling of Dhanushk. At the end of the first day, Bombay finished for 95/1. The whole of India does not know at that time what was going to happen tomorrow
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On the other hand, in Visakhapatnam India bundled New Zealand for 196 runs. Jones 63 and Rutherford 75. Srikkanth took 5 wickets for 27 runs. Indian scored 197/6 in 46.2 overs and won the match. Srikkanth scored 70 Azhar 48. Vengsarkar was out for a duck.
On the second day of the Ranji match between Gujarat and Bombay on 14 December, Alan Sippy added another 111 runs with Rajput but at the score of 206, unfortunately, Rajput got run out when he was at the individual score of 99. After this, the first block of the domination in world cricket which spans over 2 decades was placed. Came to bat a 10th-grade school student, 15 years 7 months and 17 days old Saradashram Vidyapith student. Sachin Tendulkar, wonderful son of the father, Ramesh Tendulkar, Marathi language professor and mother, Rajni Tendulkar, a bank employee. After that, Sachin Tendulkar and Alan Sippy added 155 runs. Sippy batted for 5 hours 45 minutes, with 14 fours and 1 six scoring 127. When he was out, the team's score was 361. After that Rajput was not declaring innings, only for Sachin's century. Sachin had 92 (in 127), and he had already scored 12 fours till then. Zinto who got Sippy's wicket was bowling. His bowling figure was 38 runs off 16.3 overs and took 2 wickets. Sachin playing in his 1st first-class match stepped out and hit him for 4 in two consecutive balls. As a result, Bombay in 105.5 overs scored 398/6 and Sachin has remained unbeaten on 100 for 129. He became the 63rd player in Ranji trophy, and for Bombay 6th, who scored a century for Bombay in his debut match in the Ranji. 38 years ago, Madhav Rao Apte scored 108 runs against Saurashtra and then this innings.
B Mistry scored 120 runs, Gujarat scored 306 runs in 96.2 overs. Kasiwal again 4/14 and Sabnis 3/89. In response, the match was drawn after Bombay scored 43 runs in 7 overs. Bombay collected 13 points from the match and 4 points were for Gujarat.
It should be remembered that this period was full of ups and downs in Indian cricket. This year ('88 -89) India won 4-0 in one-day series and drew 1-1 in the test series against New Zealand. After that lost 3-0 against West Indies. After a long time, Kapil Dev took 5 wickets for a couple of times in Tests. Hirwani and Ayub were good spinners but the team could not believe in them in long run. There was not much for the future except for Sanjay Manjrekar, Azhar, and Sidhu.
The time period was complicated. Many people (cricket lovers and selectors) looked at domestic cricket. Where some important events occurred. Manoj Prabhakar of Delhi did not get chance in the National team. That year in Ranji he scored 532 runs and got 39 wickets. He scored 106 against Haryana, 229 against Himachal Pradesh and took 7 wickets for 77 runs with the ball, against Odisha took 10 wickets for 107 runs, in the semi-finals scored 123 and 11 against Bombay. In the final, against Bengal took 6 wickets for 107 runs in two innings. And forced others to take notice of him. He also had a batting average of 42 in the Duleep trophy. In Deodhar trophy took 6 wickets. He had an average of 61.50 with one 50 runs in the Wills Trophy and 8 wickets (in 3 matches).
Ajay Jadeja made his debut this year. On October 23-25 in that year he scored 79 runs against Jammu & Kashmir in Srinagar with 9 fours. That year, he scored 221 runs in 5 matches but grabbed attention for his fielding (7 catches). He went to Pakistan for the Under-19 Indian team in early '89. A total of 410 (29.28 avg), 8 catches and scored 4 fifties and got 12 wickets.
Baroda's Nayan Mongia also scored 413 runs in 7 matches (34.41 average), 2 fifties, 21 catches, 1 stump he holds.
Ananthapadmanavan of Kerala debuted in Ranji this year. Got 6 wickets in 3 matches.
Rajesh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh also made his debut in Ranji this year. He got 5 wickets in 21 matches. His first match was 13-15 November 1988, taking 11 wickets for 69 runs against Rajasthan.
Maharashtra's Salil Ankola debuted in Pune on December 17-19, vs Gujarat. He scored 7 for 145 with a hat-trick and scored 43 runs with the bat. In that year, in Ranji, he also made 65 runs in 5 matches for 24 wickets and gave him the identity.
It was also heard that Ashish Zaidi, Bhupinder Singh, Gyanendra Pandey, Snehashish Ganguly of Bengal, Sagarmoy Senasarma. Among the older people, Basanta Ranjan, Roger Binny, Madanlal, Yashpal Sharma, Kirmani, Sandeep Patil, TA Shekhar Rao still making the selectors think of them. Even Anshuman Gaikwad also. Ashok Malhotra was also there. Then the names of Srikanta Kalyani (Maharashtra), Venkatapati Raju (Hyderabad), Kanwaljit Singh (Hyderabad) was heard apart from them Venkatarama (Tamil Nadu), Robin Singh (senior) or Bihar's Saba Karim then went to the West Indies tour. Robin Singh played two One Day matches. The elderly Praveen Amre played that year for the railway.
And the curiosity is that Sumit Dogra, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Vinod Kambli still U-17 have been doing well at the zonal level.
But there was one who was surpassed every other. He is Sachin Tendulkar. In Rajkot against Saurashtra (December 17-19) he scored 58 and 89. He finished at the end of three innings at an average of 123.50, 247 runs 2- 50s, 1-100. Today's batting maestro Cheteshwar Pujara's uncle Bipin Pujara played in that match for Saurashtra. At the end of the year, against Baroda, he failed for the time. He scored 17 runs. In the opposing team, there were Tushar Arothe, Kiran More, Anshuman Gaikwad, who were Marathis settled in Gujarat. In this match, the first time he bowled in a first class (4-0-11-0). Then, on 14-16 January 1989, he scored 81 and 4 not out against Maharashtra in Aurangabad. In the regional league, playing for Bombay, the team finished in 2nd place and could not win the Talim Trophy but Sachi n scored 349 (average 87.25) in 6 innings. 3- 50s, 1- 100.
59 and 15 in the pre-quarterfinals against Hyderabad. Vivek Jayasima, Raju, Arshad Ayub, Narasimha Rao didn't score many runs the valuable 118 runs 5th wicket partnership between Sachin and Vengsarkar helped them to get a first innings lead.
Faced Uttar Pradesh in the quarter-finals. Now 7 and 75. Bombay then won the match. In the semifinal, Bombay lost to Delhi by an innings. But there also Sachin scored 78. Total services are 583 at 64.77 avg. 1 century 6 half-century and no 0's.
'Indian Cricket' wrote
"The positive aspect was debutant 15 years old Sachin Tendulkar top scoring with 349 runs in the league with an average of 87.25 and later topping 500 in the season. He was the youngest ever to be capped by Bombay. In pressure situation like the urgency for batting points as well as the challenge of a turning track, Tendulkar proved equally at home. He was happy against pace and spin alike. That he could outclass players like Vengsarkar, Manjrekar, Rajput, and Hattangadi speaks of his fine temperaments and class". (Blossoming of youth- Pradeep Vijayakar, INDIAN CRICKET, P-129, 43rd edition, Kasturi, and sons limited).
The writer did not understand, this was just the beginning. After that, in the 1989 Irani trophy, he scored 39 and 103 against Delhi. And after that, at the age of 16 years and 205 days, just after his first-class cricket debut in just 353 days he would debut in Test cricket. How could the writer know this?
Joy Zinto! Did he know that with his hands chasing great Mumbaikar Sunil Gavaskar's record of 81 centuries is being started?
Gavaskar's memories were still not over (only 2 years). Sadly none thought Tendulkar as next Gavaskar. But what did Gavaskar think?
In the '87-'88 season, he scored more than 2,500 runs in school cricket or writing his name with Kambli in the Guinness Book of World Records. Despite having scored a double triple century, he did not get the received 'Shantabhai Deshmukh' Junior Cricketer Trophy, Jatin Paranjape, son of Basu Paranjape got the award. Being the next generation of reliable batsmen of Bombay, he played only 2-3 ODI matches till then. Sachin broke down. Wanted to leave the game. Knowing this Gavaskar, wrote a letter to Tendulkar and said that he did not get Shantabhai Trophy like Sachin Tendulkar. There is nothing to worry about.
Sachin was not worried. But was the future became worried. About 16,000 runs in Tests, 18,000+ in ODIs 25,000 in the first class, about 22,000 in the List A (1 run less). 2700 + in T-Twenty? Centuries 51 in Tests, 49 in ODIs, 81 in first class, 60 in List A and 1 in T20. First Double century in one-day international What does all else have? Played 200 Test, World Cup, Ranji many more. This statistics could not be a worried future?
Sachin was not worried. But was the future became worried. About 16,000 runs in Tests, 18,000+ in ODIs 25,000 in the first class, about 22,000 in the List A (1 run less). 2700 + in T-Twenty? Centuries 51 in Tests, 49 in ODIs, 81 in first class, 60 in List A and 1 in T20. First Double century in one-day international What does all else have? Played 200 Test, World Cup, Ranji many more. This statistics could not be a worried future?
Sachin was honored with the Padma Shri in 1999, Padma Vibushan in 2008. And he is the only Indian Cricket who has ever received Bharat Ratna
Where is Kambli? Scored two double centuries and finished. Manjrekar? 1 double century and finished. Not played International matches since 1996. Now they have become commentators. Lalchand Rajput? People have forgotten the name. None have forgotten Vengsarkar but Shishir Hathangari? Mumbai has forgotten the name. Prabhakar was finished in 1996. Jadeja in 2000, Azhar in 2000, Ankola in 1996 (now became an actor), Chauhan in 1997, Raju in 2001, Mongia 1999, and Zaidi, Bhupinder, Padmanavan, Snehashis, Kanabaljit, Gyanendra Pandey, Sagar Mehra all of them could even play for the Indian National team.
Only Sachin, with him? Saurav Ganguly scored 17 Test centuries and Rahul Dravid with 36 centuries in Test cricket The rest? .....
Vanished
This cricketing star celebrated his 45th birthday on April 24th, 2018. Belated Happy Birthday Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
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Shreyas Iyer took the mantle of Delhi from Gambhir. He played his first match as a captain against KKR on 27th April and the fortunes of Delhi changed overnight. He scored 93 off 40 balls and Delhi posted a total of 219/4 and KKR could only score 164/9 and Delhi won the match by 55 runs. But this is only a small part of that day. The main attraction of that day was the batting of two World Cup-winning U-19 batsmen. Famous from his school days, Delhi Daredevils batsman Prithvi Shaw scored 62 off 42 balls with the help of 7-fours and 2-sixes in his second IPL match, he scored 22 off 10 balls in his debut match. While Shubman Gill of KKR scored 37 runs off 29 balls with 3-fours and 1-six. He was the only Indian player in the U-19 World Cup in 2018 to score a hundred. If he did not get run out the result of the match could be little different. Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar was in all praise for this youngster's batting during the commentary, he was mesmerised by Shubman's batting technique and his flawless hittings. Let us hope these young stars can make it big in the International Arena. And let's see if any of them get selected for the upcoming one-off test versus Afghanistan. 
