Chennai Super Kings To Honour Former Tn Cricketers, Groundsmen

Indian Premier League (IPL) side Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will honour and celebrate former cricketers who played for Tamil Nadu, at a function in Chennai later on Tuesday. "Over the past 85 years, Ta

Rajagopal, a wicketkeeper-batsman who played for Tamil Nadu, was unlucky to miss out on the 1967 Indian tour to Australia despite his prolific scores in that year's domestic tournaments, amassing nearly 800 runs in Ranji Trophy.

Hussain played for Mysore, Madras and Jolly Rovers in the 1960s and scored a century for Mysore against Hyderabad in a historic match that created a world record for the first time in 80 years of cricket. All the 20 wickets claimed by Mysore were dismissals recorded as 'Caught'.

Mani played for Tamil Nadu and South Zone alongside legends such as VV Kumar, S Venkataraghavan, AG Milkha Singh, Jaisimha, Prasanna and AG Kripal Singh and was an Indian team Test reserve.

R Prabhakar, a Tamil Nadu Ranji player often opened the bowling with his medium-pace cutters and batted down the order. His 160-plus knock in 30 overs in the Hindu Trophy included 16 sixes and 14 fours is still etched in the minds of people who witnessed the knock.

K Parthasarathy, curator at MA Chidambaram stadium from 1973 till his retirement in 2013 made pitches in all formats including three World Cup matches, four Women's World Cup matches, India 'A' series games and was also associated with the tied Test in 1986.