| From S. Giridhar and V. J. Raghunath, India
The elder amongst us has watched left handers from the days of the incomparable Neil Harvey and was a first division left hand batsman in Chennai and Mumbai. The other can recall the magic of Sobers whom he saw more than 43 years ago and has bowled leg breaks without much success to left handers of even minor league quality. We argued, debated and traded anecdotes to compile a list of what we believe are the most sublime of left handers. The dictionary defines sublime as something that is characterized by feelings of grandeur, nobility, awe, magnificence and something that is ennobling. Going by this definition, we let our memories guide us in our quest of pulling out 12 gems. Here they are in order of their appearance in test cricket: Frank Woolley of England, Neil Harvey of Australia, Garfield Sobers of West Indies, Graeme Pollock of South Africa, Alvin Kallicharan of West Indies, David Gower of England, Brian Lara of West Indies, Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, Saurav Ganguly of India, Adam Gilchrist of Australia, Kumara Sangakara of Sri Lanka and Gautam Gambhir of India. |
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