Gopal Bose to be felicitated with CAB Lifetime Achievement award
[caption id="attachment_17842" align="alignnone" width="580"] Gopal Bose to be felicitated with CAB Lifetime Achievement award. File Pic[/caption] Kolkata: Not Arun Lal, former India opener and Bengal captain Gopal Bose is to be felicitated with CAB Lifetime achievement award this year. Gopal Bose is overwhelmed after hearing the news of receiving such an honour from CAB. He said, "I am overwhelmed with joy and happiness with the respect CAB is giving me. I have played for Bengal from my younger days and to receive such a respect from an organisation like CAB it feels great." Regarding Sourav Ganguly as President of CAB, Gopal Bose said, "For the last 20-30 years, the way is being run, it will be difficult for Sourav to change every thing overnight. But the way things are being possessed for the last one year or so, good results can be expected. One thing is clear that Sourav is not here to waste any time but he wants to do something for CAB and Bengal cricket and gradually we are seeing those changes."
In the early 70s, Gopal Bose was one of the prime contenders for the post of Sunil Gavaskar's opening partner. The be-spectacled Bengal batsman was known for his intense concentration and his ability to play a long innings. A marathon knock of 170 for Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match against Bombay in 1973-74 brought him closer to national selection. Picked for the tour of Ceylon later that season, Bose did commendably. In the first `Test' he got a hundred and shared a 194-run opening partnership with Gavaskar.
Not unexpectedly, he was selected for the tour of England in 1974. He started with a half century in the opening game but then found runs hard to come by and scored only 326 runs (20.37) in first class matches. He could not find a place in the Test side but played in the second one day international at the Oval where he scored 13 and bowled a full quota of 11 overs with his off breaks and picked up the wicket of David Lloyd.
Back home, India were still struggling to find a suitable opening pair with Gavaskar injured during the 1974-75 series against West Indies and for the fourth Test at Madras, Bose was brought into the squad of 14. It seemed sure that he would open but surprisingly the selectors left him out of the playing eleven and he was never considered thereafter. He however continued to represent Bengal with much success in the Ranji Trophy.
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Karla Gleichauf
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment
M Shyamalan
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment
Liz Montano
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment