Five Greats who began and ended their Test career against India

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#2 Carl Hooper (West Indies)

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Hooper was a constant threat to India

A constant nemesis of India, it is no wonder that the West Indian all-rounder made his debut and played his last game against the same nation.

The Guyanese batsman scored 5,762 Test runs and captured 114 wickets with his off-spin.

Carl Hooper’s Test debut against India occurred in the 1986-87 winter tour. He played his first Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and scored 37 in what resulted as the nine-wicket Test win.

Hooper performed at his best against India, even his highest Test score of 233 was scored against India on his home ground at Guyana. The all-rounder played his Test of the career against the Subcontinental giants at Kolkata in 2002, where Hooper as captain scored 19 and grabbed the wicket of Sourav Ganguly.

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