Bapu Nadkarni: The stingiest bowler in cricket history, bowled 21 consecutive maidens to the British
Bapu Nadkarni has an outstanding record in the history of Test cricket. He will always be remembered as the stingiest bowler. His name holds the record of not making a single run on 131 balls in a row in a Test.
Bapu Nadkarni has an outstanding record in the history of Test cricket. His name holds the record of not making a single run on 131 balls in a row in a Test. He will always be remembered as the meanest bowler. Bapu Nadkarni did this feat 59 years ago (January 12, 1964).
With his left-arm spin bowling, Bapu starved the British for runs in 1964 at the then Madras (Chennai) Corporation Stadium. During the Test match played here, he bowled 131 balls one after the other, on which not a single run was scored. In that innings, he bowled 27 maidens in a total of 32 overs, 21 of which were consecutive maidens. And gave only 5 runs. His bowling analysis was 32-27-5-0.
Madras Test: Four Mantras by Bapu Nadkarni
First mantra: 3-3-0-0
Second mantra: 7-5-2-0
Third mantra: 19-18-1-0
Fourth mantra: 3-1-2-0
He used to bowl by placing a coin on the net. His left arm spin was so accurate that the ball would just fall there. Bapu had an economy of 1.67 runs per over in his Test career. Bapu played 41 Tests, scored 2559 runs in 9165 balls and took 88 wickets.
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