Syed Kirmani , a key member of Team India ’s World Cup triumph in 1983, was in Vadodara recently. He shared, “I am thankful to Lord Bhikhu Parekh for inviting me to Vadodara. He had also played a key role in ensuring that I was honoured at the House of Lords (UK Parliament). ” The former wicketkeeper regaled the audience with interesting anecdotes from his journey and left everyone in splits too. Excerpts: ‘None of us expected to win the World Cup’ We were considered to be one of the weakest teams of the 1983 World Cup, and none of us expected to win the tournament. In fact, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who was newly married, told us he would go for honeymoon after the league matches, as he thought we wouldn’t qualify for the knockout stage. In the WC final, Balwinder Sandhu and I

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