The Unbelievable Upset!

The victorious team
The team


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Bhagwat Chandrashekar
'It was dream come true, really!'
Ajit Wadekar

'If I'd bowled Luckhurst earlier, we'd have won'
Ray Illingworth

That Unbelievable Upset!

'If I didn't do well, it was likely I wouldn't play Test cricket again'
B S Chandrashekar
The scorecards
'That dismissal was the turning point'
Eknath Solkar

'I knew we could beat them'
Dilip Sardesai

Images from the 1971 tour

Series Statistics

Solkar at his best