Indian legends who who would have been brilliant in the IPL

R.G.Nadkarni and Rusi Surti

And if T20 cricket lays the onus on a bowler’s talent to pin down a batsman from belting the ball around, then who else could have done it better than Indian cricket’s Bapu R G Nadkarni, the left hand all rounder who holds the world record for bowling the maximum number of maiden overs in a Test match?

Then there was another left hand all rounder from that era Rusi Surti, who would never let the ball pass him on the field, wherever the captain and the bowler place him.

Eknath Solkar and Ajith Wadekar

So was  another Mumbaikar Eknath Solkar, who would have struck fear into batsmen swooping up even the faintest nick or a bat-pad catch at close in positions while fielding, and then grab a vital wicket or two and polish off a game with his bat in a crisis , batting lower down.

No wonder , Solkar was seen as the ‘crisis man’ along with another Mumbai teammate and former India captain Ajith Wadekar. The latter’s sweetly timed sweeps and drives plus his impeccable slip catching would have also made him an ideal pick for the T20 IPL cricket.