5 things you must know about one of India's unluckiest cricketers Padmakar Shivalkar

#2 Legendry domestic career

Vinoo Mankad helped Shivalkar during his early days

After getting support from Vinoo Mankad, Vijay Manjrekar and GK Menon in the initial stages, Padmakar Shivalkar lived up to their expectations by becoming the most successful spinner from Mumbai.

He made his debut at the age of 22 and soon became an integral member of Mumbai’s juggernaut that won 20 Ranji tournaments in 22 years. Shivalkar was part of 18 Ranji trophy victories and was famous for routing oppositions in final matches.

His demolition of Tamil Nadu in the 1973 Ranji final is a part of folklore. Mumbai in their 1^st innings registered a paltry score of 151 and at 62 for 2 Tamil Nadu looked set to gain the vital 1^st inning lead.

Shivalkar then stepped to the occasion and grabbed 8 wickets for only 16 runs. From 62 for 2, Tamil Nadu collapsed to 80 all out. If this wasn’t enough, he came back in the second innings to incur further damage and picked up 5 more wickets. Mumbai won that match by whopping 123 runs.

He ended his first-class career with 589 wickets and till date, is the highest wicket-taker in spin department for Mumbai.