Yashpal's less feted innings of 1983 WC that BBC didn't cover

On Tuesday, as Indian cricket lost one of its gutsiest soldiers to a massive cardiac arrest, one couldn't help but remember what a nice easy-going person Yashpal Sharma was, someone who was great at having a laugh or two even if it was at his own expense. Yashpal was like that bridge between India being a horrible ODI outfit to their transformation into world champions and the ODI revolution that happened after that in the country.

Yashpal's less feted innings of 1983 WC that BBC didn't cover
On Tuesday, as Indian cricket lost one of its gutsiest soldiers to a massive cardiac arrest, one couldn't help but remember what a nice easy-going person Yashpal Sharma was, someone who was great at having a laugh or two even if it was at his own expense. Yashpal was like that bridge between India being a horrible ODI outfit to their transformation into world champions and the ODI revolution that happened after that in the country.