Birthday Special: The player who had cricket in his blood, batted despite having 6 stitches in his jaw

Sports Desk, Obnews: India won the 1983 World Cup for the first time under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Even today, when we talk about winning the World Cup, Kapil Dev's name comes to mind first. But the biggest hand in winning this title was played by a player who had the strength to play on the field even with six stitches in his jaw.

We are talking about the player who was the biggest hero of the 1983 victory. We are talking about the legend who inherited cricket. We are talking about Lala Amarnath's son Mohinder Amarnath, whose birthday is today. He is celebrating his 74th birthday today.

Man of the Match in the 1983 World Cup

Mohinder Amarnath played the role of an all-rounder in the final match of the 1983 World Cup. He scored 26 runs and took three wickets in that match. He was selected Man of the Match for his brilliant performance.

Cricket is in the blood

Mohinder Amarnath is popularly known as Jimmy. Cricket is in his blood. His father Lala Amarnath himself was a great all-rounder of India, who scored the first century for the country. Mohinder's brother Surinder Amarnath was also a cricketer, although he could not play much cricket, but he also scored a century in his Test debut.

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Debuted in 1969

Mohinder Amarnath entered international cricket in the year 1969. He played his first match against Australia in Chennai. Mohinder scored 16 runs in his debut test. While in the same match, he took two wickets. Mohinder made his debut in cricket when cricket was going through a phase of change.

Showed strength in ODIs too

After Tests, ODI cricket started in 1975. In this cricket format, the role of an all-rounder is very important. This is why Mohinder fit in ODIs. He played 85 ODIs in his career and scored 1924 runs, while also taking 46 wickets. In 69 Tests, he scored 4378 runs and took 32 wickets.

wanted to snatch captaincy from Dhoni

Mohinder Amarnath was known for his fearless style. He also knew how to put forward his point fearlessly. So when he became a part of the Indian team's selection committee, he wanted to remove Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of India's successful captains, from captaincy. Despite winning the 2011 World Cup, India had lost 8 consecutive Tests in England and Australia under his captaincy. Due to which he was in favor of removing Dhoni from captaincy. However, BCCI President N Srinivasan had stopped this.