42, not a love story!
Updated On: 23 June, 2024 08:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Tomorrow is 50 years for a low point in Indian cricket—demolished for their then-lowest score to lose the 1974 Lord’s Test to England, by an innings and 285 runs; off-field dramas leave bad taste
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England wicketkeeper Alan Knott throws the ball in the air after catching Brijesh Patel for one run off Geoff Arnold at Lord’s as India collapse to their lowest-ever Test total of 42. Pic/Getty Images; (right) India skipper Ajit Wadekar looks back to discover his stumps have been shattered by England pacer Chris Old for three. Pic/midday archives
June 25 has gone down as an auspicious day in Indian cricket. Not only is it the day when Kapil Dev lifted the World Cup at Lord’s in 1983, but also when India began their Test cricket journey at the same venue in 1932.
However, what can one say of June 24? Flipping through pages of the past, this day has not been kind—at least where India in Test cricket goes. In 1967, on this day, at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, England piled up 386 after MAK Pataudi’s team were bowled out for 152. No. 4 batsman Tom Graveney scored 151 as a 40-year-old. Ken Barrington missed his three-figure score by three runs when BS Chandrasekhar disturbed his furniture, en route his 5-127, for which he was rewarded £100 as part of the Horlicks Awards. Budhi Kunderan got the same for his 47 out of 110, as India ended up losing by an innings and 124 runs.
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