#5 Javagal Srinath
Although India keeps on churning out many top-notch batsmen and spinners, the fast bowling cupboard has, however, never been at the same notch. Javagal Srinath was among those few quality pacers India was fortunate to have. While most pacers came and disappeared, Javagal Srinath was a constant in the Indian pace attack for more than a decade.
The Indian speedster took up the mantle of leadership after the legendary Kapil Dev’s retirement and did a commendable job until his retirement in 2003 where he was a key cog in India’s 2003 World Cup campaign. It has been difficult for India to unearth a bowler of the calibre of Srinath, who picked up 315 wickets in 229 ODIs and is widely regarded as the nation’s greatest pace bowler after Kapil Dev. On his day, the Karnataka native could pose very serious problems to the batsmen with beautiful inswingers and cutters.
Apart from being a fine bowler, he could also whack the ball in the death overs.
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