Pravin Amre. I used to look how he used to knock hard at the pitch awaiting the ball. He used to have his face tight. Then, he made some runs. Was the second highest scorer for India in the
first ODI I saw. Also helped India win in SA in the
final ODI of the 7 match series which I watched full. Had quite a good
series at home v England in 93. I liked the determination he had when batting. Probably should have played more tests. Seeing his record, he wasn't even a good List A player.
PS - I always like the obscure heroes people mention more than the non obscure ones. So I like a Trevor Gripper mentioned by PEWS. As a kid starting off, you are innocent. You have no idea who is good or bad. So when people say their first cricketing heroes are a Tendulkar or an Imran Khan, while it's plausible that they are, I find it more interesting when I find an obscure name mentioned.
Another point - Even after watching so much cricket, we always tend to select players who are superstars. So when some one will mentioned a John Crawley or McClenenghan, say, to just pick two names out of so many, it's kind of nice. While I admire talent, I also admire styles of play. This is often lost by the modern spectator when it should be even more, given that we get to see so much cricket on television apart from domestic games we may watch. Let's see a fan of the run up of Yasir Shah, hey.
