We all have our favorites and fans like me, though pretty advanced in years, retain their loyalty as I have for the game of Cricket and the Cricket’s ‘Little Master’ Gundappa Vishwanath, popularly called ‘Vishy’ ! There is also some emotional attachment as he shares his name with my Dad (Late Biswanath Sinha), also a great cricket aficionado. In fact I saw Vishy’s maiden Test hundred against the Aussies in Kanpur’s Green Park in Nov, 1969 with my Dad going into raptures over his square cutting !
Retired and ever maintaining a low profile, it was great to see the excerpts of Shekhar Gupta’s candid interview of the great batter, India’s real touch artist and an exponent of the square drive. Apart from his artistry in batting, the now reticent yet amiable Vishy is a fairly good communicator too, though he may not be in the eloquent class of Sunny ji.
It would be our advice to prime time TV news English Channels that instead of leaning on the likes of lesser known Atul Wasan & Shishir Hattangadi for expert views on cricket matters or only relying on Sunny ji’s expertise, why not invite Vishy at times, to express his thoughts & ideas on how we can produce better Test Cricketers apart from offering off-side batting tips. Probably the best role model of sportsmanship in his days, he could also teach a lesson or two to present super rich, flashy stars of modern cricket, on humility & grace on and off the field !
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