Mouseydread
Associate Captain
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2017
Uploaded the India 1986 Tour to England Test Playing Squad.
Since their tour of England in 1971, India had gone 15 years without winning a Test Series, though 8 members of this team won the 1983 World Cup against the mighty West Indies in 1983. (one of the worst days of my life) They also won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket in 1985 to show 1983 was no fluke.
The '86 squad despite this win less test series streak did have talent, and in a one day game this team could take your heart! Wisden called them the "The Team Of The Century" after their 1985 triumph.
Led by one of the best all rounders of all time in Kapil Dev and bolstered by the tall elegant batsman, Dilip Vengsarkar, the only man to score three consecutive centuries at Lords, the team comfortably beat England 2-0 in England.
At the top of the order was the legendary veteran "little master" Sunil Gavaskar and the dashing "blink and you'll miss it" Kris Srikkanth. With Vengsarkar in the lineup was the veteran batsman who could handle pace bowling in Mohinder Amanarth, along with the phenom of Indian cricket Mohammad Azaruddhin the only man to score three consecutive hundreds in his first three tests, and dynamic young all rounder in Ravi Shastri.
Though the spinning ranks were not as strong as 1971, the team did possess a player seen as the successor to the great Bedi, who did not quite fill his enormous potential in Maninder Singh. Also in the squad are two heroes of their 1983 triumph Madan Lal and Roger Binny, plus two very good wicket keeper batsmen in Kiren More and Chandrakant Pandit. However the surprise of that tour was fast medium Chetan Sharma who took 16 wickets in two test matches.
Though talented this team was they would not win another series until 1993 away to Sri Lanka.
I loved watching this team as a teenager as the batsmen had real class, Vengsarkar and Amanarth I had followed in the newspapers keeping track of their progess, Kapil Dev was another who I admired, but the man who really got me excited was Kris Srikkanth. He didn't have a high average but that was because he came in and blasted away, I feel he is a player who would thrive in today's game!
Special Thanks to Llewelynf for the uniforms and logos, Wasteryouryouth and too many others to mention for their inspiration!
Completed Teams: West Indies 1928, 1950 Touring, 1960-61 Touring, 1963 Touring, 1966 Touring, 1973 Touring, 1976 Touring, 1979-80 Touring, 1984 Touring. WI Completed Era Squads: West Indies 30's 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00s, and West Indies All Time and Bangladesh All Time. India 2011, India 1971, India 1986.
User name: Mouseydread
Since their tour of England in 1971, India had gone 15 years without winning a Test Series, though 8 members of this team won the 1983 World Cup against the mighty West Indies in 1983. (one of the worst days of my life) They also won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket in 1985 to show 1983 was no fluke.
The '86 squad despite this win less test series streak did have talent, and in a one day game this team could take your heart! Wisden called them the "The Team Of The Century" after their 1985 triumph.
Led by one of the best all rounders of all time in Kapil Dev and bolstered by the tall elegant batsman, Dilip Vengsarkar, the only man to score three consecutive centuries at Lords, the team comfortably beat England 2-0 in England.
At the top of the order was the legendary veteran "little master" Sunil Gavaskar and the dashing "blink and you'll miss it" Kris Srikkanth. With Vengsarkar in the lineup was the veteran batsman who could handle pace bowling in Mohinder Amanarth, along with the phenom of Indian cricket Mohammad Azaruddhin the only man to score three consecutive hundreds in his first three tests, and dynamic young all rounder in Ravi Shastri.
Though the spinning ranks were not as strong as 1971, the team did possess a player seen as the successor to the great Bedi, who did not quite fill his enormous potential in Maninder Singh. Also in the squad are two heroes of their 1983 triumph Madan Lal and Roger Binny, plus two very good wicket keeper batsmen in Kiren More and Chandrakant Pandit. However the surprise of that tour was fast medium Chetan Sharma who took 16 wickets in two test matches.
Though talented this team was they would not win another series until 1993 away to Sri Lanka.
I loved watching this team as a teenager as the batsmen had real class, Vengsarkar and Amanarth I had followed in the newspapers keeping track of their progess, Kapil Dev was another who I admired, but the man who really got me excited was Kris Srikkanth. He didn't have a high average but that was because he came in and blasted away, I feel he is a player who would thrive in today's game!
Special Thanks to Llewelynf for the uniforms and logos, Wasteryouryouth and too many others to mention for their inspiration!
Completed Teams: West Indies 1928, 1950 Touring, 1960-61 Touring, 1963 Touring, 1966 Touring, 1973 Touring, 1976 Touring, 1979-80 Touring, 1984 Touring. WI Completed Era Squads: West Indies 30's 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00s, and West Indies All Time and Bangladesh All Time. India 2011, India 1971, India 1986.
User name: Mouseydread
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There are so many talented uniform makers out there, I normally just put a Vanilla uniform in, and add in whatever up to date uniform Friedele/Lewellyn7 makes and let the user choose how they want their team to dress. Thanks for the spot. 
