<p>Bengaluru: The thing with the non-telecast era is that documentation of events becomes vastly subjective and differs from person to person. It’s mostly how one sees a particular incident and it may not necessarily be how it was. But then it becomes part of folklore. You can endlessly argue a dismissal, a particular shot or a ball without coming to a conclusion but a video clip will settle the issue decisively and kill the debate just as review systems have taken the soul out of spontaneous celebrations. </p>.When Prasanna and Co scripted history .<p>Not that we will trade off the DRS era with bygone days, but there’s a certain charm about that consistent inconsistency in details. It’s no different when it comes to EAS Prasanna’s dismissal of Sunil Gavaskar in the 1973-74 Ranji Trophy semifinal.</p>.<p>Some say it was a “floater” while a few others feel it was a “doosra” before it came to be known by that name. But the consensus is that it was one of the finest balls bowled in red-ball cricket. </p>.<p>“Sunny and I have played cricket together and against each other so many times,” Prasanna, the architect of the ball, said before recalling how he plotted Gavaskar’s dismissal. “I mean I have bowled to him so much in first-class matches and in the (India) nets, I knew his strength and he knew mine, he knew my weakness and I knew his. I knew the only way to get him out was by tempting him into playing for a drive. And I bowled one that drifted in and then turned away on pitching.. It was almost like a leg-cutter, which he missed. That’s all.”</p>.<p>Recodrs say Gavaskar clapped in appreciation of Prasanna’s wizardry as he walked back to the change room. It takes one master to recognise the other! </p>
<p>Bengaluru: The thing with the non-telecast era is that documentation of events becomes vastly subjective and differs from person to person. It’s mostly how one sees a particular incident and it may not necessarily be how it was. But then it becomes part of folklore. You can endlessly argue a dismissal, a particular shot or a ball without coming to a conclusion but a video clip will settle the issue decisively and kill the debate just as review systems have taken the soul out of spontaneous celebrations. </p>.When Prasanna and Co scripted history .<p>Not that we will trade off the DRS era with bygone days, but there’s a certain charm about that consistent inconsistency in details. It’s no different when it comes to EAS Prasanna’s dismissal of Sunil Gavaskar in the 1973-74 Ranji Trophy semifinal.</p>.<p>Some say it was a “floater” while a few others feel it was a “doosra” before it came to be known by that name. But the consensus is that it was one of the finest balls bowled in red-ball cricket. </p>.<p>“Sunny and I have played cricket together and against each other so many times,” Prasanna, the architect of the ball, said before recalling how he plotted Gavaskar’s dismissal. “I mean I have bowled to him so much in first-class matches and in the (India) nets, I knew his strength and he knew mine, he knew my weakness and I knew his. I knew the only way to get him out was by tempting him into playing for a drive. And I bowled one that drifted in and then turned away on pitching.. It was almost like a leg-cutter, which he missed. That’s all.”</p>.<p>Recodrs say Gavaskar clapped in appreciation of Prasanna’s wizardry as he walked back to the change room. It takes one master to recognise the other! </p>