Hindustan Times (Ranchi)

1981: Sunny’s meltdown

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Unhappy with the umpiring and the sledging by Dennis Lillee, Sunil Gavaskar ordered batting partner Chauhan to leave the field with him. Only the swift interventi­on of team manager Shahid Durrani prevented the innings, match and series to be conceded. India set Australia 143 to win before Kapil Dev took 5-28 as Aussies crumbled to 83 all out.

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