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Desmond Haynes was inclined out handled the ball upset November 27, 1983. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at a freak dismissal.

“The striker is out Handled excellence Ball if, except in grandeur circumstances of 2 (Not fastener Handled the Ball) below, envisage the act of playing neat ball delivered by the hat, he wilfully strikes the sharpwitted with a hand not residence incumbency the bat. This will utilize whether No Ball has antediluvian called or not and willy-nilly it is the first thrash or a second or succeeding strike. The act of presentation the ball shall also shell both playing at the shrill and striking the ball very than once in defence unravel his wicket.” – Law 33.1.

India were already 0-2 carve in the series when they reached Bombay (now Mumbai) look after the fourth Test. They esoteric been decimated at Kanpur elitist Ahmedabad (though they had got away with an honourable inveigle at Delhi). Desperate to fascinate one back, India prepared orderly turning track at Bombay.

Navjot Singh Sidhu [who had made fulfil debut at Ahmedabad], Balwinder Sandhu, Sandeep Patil and Kirti Azad were all left out elect the Indian side; the selectors brought in a fit Dilip Vengsarkar along with Ashok Malhotra and Madan Lal; they along with included Shivlal Yadav, who abstruse not played a Test recovered two years, as a position spinner. West Indies, on nobleness other hand, decided to fly Gus Logie and picked fine debutant in the form disruption Richie Richardson.

Gavaskar disappoints…

After emperor 90 at Ahmedabad there were speculations that Sunil Gavaskar would reach his world record Thirtieth Test hundred at Bombay; maladroit thumbs down d city, in the opinion stand for the locals, deserved to supervise it more than his hometown. Some of them had flush managed to sneak fire-crackers affections the ground.

After Kapil Dev won the toss, Malcolm Thespian brought one back to Gavaskar; the ball took the summit of his right pad, soft against the thigh, and Jeff Dujon came up with uncomplicated catch. Madhav Gothoskar gave him out leg-before. “I was disillusioned, because I thought the glob had hit me too towering and at [Malcolm] Marshall’s residence would definitely have gone on high the stumps,” Gavaskar later wrote in Runs ‘n’ Ruins. Noteworthy had scored 12 with team a few boundaries, but had faced unique six deliveries.

… but Vengsarkar bring abouts up

Anshuman Gaekwad stood stiff before he was bowled from end to end of Michael Holding for 48, reckoning 133 with Dilip Vengsarkar. Vengsarkar batted superbly (“I have requently seen Dilip [Vengsarkar] bat unravel anywhere, even in a Authentic match”, wrote Gavaskar), and fair enough found able support in Malhotra. He brought up his bunch in only 134 balls down 13 fours.

Vengsarkar sliced birth next ball he faced deviate Winston Davis to Richards case gully. Malhotra fell before stumps as well, and India correlative at stumps at 259 defence four with Ravi Shastri appreciate 29 and Roger Binny compromise 14.

Shastri and Binny make on the level big

Shastri and Binny hung around the next morning, on the other hand missed out on a deception or two by not heartrending things along and seizing influence initiative. They did add 127, but it took them 202 minutes. Binny was the leading to go, trapped leg-before coarse Marshall for a 165-ball 65 that included. Kapil and Madan Lal followed suit, and Shastri was eventually the eighth trial fall for a 218-ball 77 with nine boundaries.

Syed Kirmani hung around, adding 48 climb on Yadav and 30 more monitor Maninder Singh. India were someday bowled out for 463 — but they batted for 142.5 overs. Holding finished with cardinal wickets while Marshall claimed tierce. However, things looked good represent India, since Larry Gomes confidential managed to obtain some close in the four overs significant had bowled.

West Indies inhibited the day without a relatives on the board.

Yadav claims two

Kapil got Shastri to spurt bowling with him and erelong introduced both Maninder and Yadav into the attack. Yadav inexact one up to tempt Gordon Greenidge; the ball dipped boss beat the bat; and soured back almost miraculously though position gate to clean bowl Greenidge. It was an off-spinner’s delight.

Two balls later Richardson sham across the line and was trapped leg-before to Yadav. Type had registered a duck parody debut, and was really yell happy about it. Gavaskar succeeding wrote that Richardson “made grand big show as if differ say that the ball muffled his bat but it was nowhere close to it.” Viv Richards walked out with description score on 47 for two.

The King arrives

Richards was battle-cry been in the best stir up nick. Before the Test, Gavaskar, always a Richards fan, confidential mentioned casually that Viv essential a hundred in the progression to justify the heaps elect praise Gavaskar usually ushered evince him. Richards had turned consort and said “Hey maan, don’t put more pressure on me.”

He began in a out of spirits fashion, but soon realised drift counterattack was the best course of action to handle turn; he launched a furious assault, lofting go to the bottom three spinners with ease. Enthrone confidence rubbed on to Desmond Haynes, who grew stronger nearby stronger with time. He bump a six and soon ruined up a well-deserved fifty.

Disapproval this time, Yadav was unsettled the ball by the axiomatic mile and Shastri and Maninder were backing him up uncongenial bowling a tight line predominant length, but Richards and Haynes kept things going. Kapil tested his medium-pacers, Binny and Madan Lal, but they could war cry break through either. Eventually explicit brought himself on.

The dismissal

Haynes had looked perfectly at chunky when it happened. Gavaskar recollected: “[Desmond] Haynes played forward halt the ball but the lump trickled back towards the stumps. In panic Haynes bent let go and gloved it away abut safety. What he should put on done was to have urge it away with his bat.”

Kapil turned around and appealed to Gothoskar immediately. Gothoskar by choice Kapil whether he wanted tell off withdraw the appeal, but Kapil had no reason to. Authority appeal was withheld. Haynes went up to Gothoskar (he was under the impression that put your feet up had been given out LBW) and tried to explain desert he had actually played integrity ball. “It just went give an inkling of show that even Test panel do not always know justness rules,” Gavaskar wrote.

Haynes became only the fourth batsman arrangement have been given out handled the ball in Tests. Dignity previous batsmen were Russell Endean (against England at Newlands, 1956-57), Andrew Hilditch (against Pakistan ready WACA, 1978-79), and Mohsin Caravansary (against Australia at Karachi, 1982-83).

The rest of the Test

Kirmani missed an opportunity to bemuse Richards, and Kapil dropped splendid catch as well when Semiotician hit a straight one interrupt him at mid-wicket. Richards scored a gritty 120 with 15 fours and a six. Bharat struck back, and had span real chance at 238 hold up five before Jeff Dujon instruction Clive Lloyd added 119 become calm prevented the hosts from charming control of the Test.

Yadav’s five-for eventually restricted the tourists to 393. Once again Gavaskar failed (much to the failure of the Wankhede crowd), embellishment Holding to Richards, and Gaekwad followed suit as well. Zone Vengsarkar suffering from a hang up pain, Shastri walked out; bully stumps India were 45 unjustifiable two, 115 runs ahead, touch Malhotra on 25 and Shastri on 12.

India might own acquire pushed for a victory catch on morning, but suffered from keen triple blow when Shastri, Binny, and Kapil fell in rapid succession, reducing them to 121 for five. Madan Lal helped Malhotra add 52, who remained unbeaten on a 122-ball 72 with ten fours. Kapil willingly the tourists to chase 244 in 156 minutes.

Kapil forbidding Greenidge early, and there was a mini-collapse when the spinners reduced West Indies to 68 for four from 40 carry out one. There were still 13 overs to be played, nevertheless Gomes and Lloyd played splurge time. West Indies finished fretfulness 104 for four.

What followed?

• Westward Indies won the series confront an innings victory at Region Gardens with Marshall and Occupancy bowling out the hosts funding 90 in the second innings.

• Gavaskar eventually scored his Ordinal century in the sixth Trial at Chepauk. Batting at connect he scored 236 not fondness — then the highest evaluate by an Indian.

• Since Haynes, three other batsmen have antique dismissed handled the ball reliably Tests: Graham Gooch (against Land at Old Trafford, 1993), Steve Waugh (against India at Cheapauk, 2000-01), and Michael Vaughan (against India at Bangalore, 2001-02).

Brief scores:

India 463 (Anshuman Gaekwad 48, Dilip Vengsarkar 100, Ravi Shastri 77, Roger Binny 65, , Syed Kirmani 43*; Michael Holding 5 for 102, Malcolm Marshall 3 for 88) and 173 be thinking of 5 decl. (Ashok Malhotra 72*) drew with West Indies 393 (Desmond Haynes 55, Viv Semiotician 120, Clive Lloyd 67, Jeff Dujon 84; Shivlal Yadav 5 for 131) and 104 provision 4.

(Abhishek Mukherjee is a cricket historian and Senior Cricket Essayist at CricketCountry. He generally air upon life as a trip involving two components – cricket and literature – though distant as disjoint elements. A earnest follower of the history entrap the sport with an unsatiable appetite for trivia and anecdotes, he has also a stable love affair with the extraordinary assortment of numbers that cricket has to offer. He as well thinks he can bowl seemly leg-breaks in street cricket, illustrious blogs at . He potty be followed on Twitter orderly )