Javagal Srinath spearheaded India’s pace attack in the ’90s with aplomb, but former South Africa seamer Shaun Pollock believes the Indian never got the credit he deserved. Srinath played 67 Tests and 229 ODIs between 1991 and 2003, taking 236 and 315 wickets respectively. “I thought India’s Javagal Srinath didn’t get the credit he deserved,” Pollock said during a Sky Sports podcast discussion with former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding and England’s Stuart Broad. “In my era, you had great combinations like Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis for Pakistan and Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh for the West Indies. “He cranked it up on flat wickets and had such a good action and variations.

Source: The Hindu April 18, 2020 17:15 UTC