{"id":39761,"date":"2022-11-19T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/?p=39761"},"modified":"2022-11-19T08:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:16:37","slug":"vishys-master-class-at-madras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/?p=39761","title":{"rendered":"Vishy\u2019s Master Class at Madras."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-12-1-212x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-12-1-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-12-1.jpeg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-15-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-15-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citybell.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/images-15-1.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right from scoring 137 on debut, Vishwanath always performed when others failed. He raised his degree of batting excellence on pitches others found a nightmare.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if there is one innings that defined his genius and temperament , it was his 97 not out against the rampaging West Indies at Madras in 1975. West Indies arrived at Madras with a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India won the toss and opt to bat first. Andy Roberts\u2019s hostile spell of fast bowling blew the Indians apart to India 55\/6. At this point even the most optimistic of Indian supporters to believe that India would lose the Test and the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But West Indies had to deal with one man who was short in height but steel in stature Gundappa Vishwanath. He single-handedly took control of the situation and guide the Indian tail to show why he would be acknowledged as the India\u2019s greatest batsman ever. From 91 for 7 Vishy helped India score to 191. He missed his well deserved hundred by three runs .The last four wickets added 114 runs .Viswanath\u2019s contribution being a whopping 80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viswanath had scored 51.05% of India\u2019s runs and single-handedly defied the fire and fury of Roberts who finished the innings with seven wickets for 64 runs. It was a brilliant performance by Gundappa which helped Indian fight back to level the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right from scoring 137 on debut, Vishwanath always performed when others failed. He raised his degree of batting excellence on pitches others found a nightmare.&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39762,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39761\/revisions\/39762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybell.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}