1977 England India Madras: John Lever, Bedi, Greg, Gavaskar, Vishwanath, Vaseline

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[@asanjeev003]

Commendable effort in obtaining archives and uploading free for all viewers!!!

[@happymathur1980]

Superb upload sir, BCCI actually was very timid in those times and did not support Bedi

[@sukumarnatarajan592]

Loved this video. Loved "thoroughly researched". Those were the days.

[@waseemchaudhry2933]

Another Brilliant Upload Keep It up

[@zibtihaj3213]

Great - make one of the Australia vs India 1977 or so , especially with Jeff Thomson fastest spell … according to gavaskar , with some footage . Thx

[@montecristo1769]

I remember well the Vaseline incident with Lever. England may have pulled the same trick in the 1974 series too, the one where India were bundled out for 42. It was an all around disgrace for fair play and cricket spirit. Unsurprisingly, Lever was cleared by MCC, such was the skewed power structure in international cricket those days. On a separate note, the "Jamaica Farewell" tune is a perfect accompaniment to cricketing nostalgia on this channel.

[@rajkumarrajamani4811]

A poor test for India. It was also marred by the so called VASELINE controversy of John Lever. The match was jinxed from the 1st ball. Mohinder dropping Amiss of Madan Lal. I saw the match at Chepauk on all days was thoroughly disappointed. Underwood & Willis destroyed India with their bowling. I think this was the last test of Chandra at Chepauk (sadly).

[@waseemchaudhry2933]

Dear well come back after long time

[@vivekdatar]

John Lever used vaseline just to protect his left toe!

[@vish6306]

This was also the last test for Pras, Bedi, and Chandra at Chepauk. Only Venkat would go on to play 2 more tests here in 1979.

[@KalyanaAathmanathan]

Vasalineplayet

[@Madgoorlore]

Dr Raj or Vishy photo missing in background!! Atleast I missed it badly!!

[@JaiGalagali]

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[@subramanianramamurthy620]

The Vasiline matter was nothing but just an excuse for the spineless captaincy of B.S. Bedi.

[@tbeau6663]

spot on

[@vish6306]

Watched this test. One of India’s forgettable matches. Only 694 runs were scored in 4.5 days in a low scoring affair. India scored only 247 runs in the match and it was actually an innings defeat. Apart from Lever who clearly had help probably with Vaseline, it was Underwood who impressed both with his bowling and fielding. He more than held his own against the spin trio of Bedi, Pras, and Chandra. Apart from Gavaskar nobody batted with any interest or determination for India.

[@habibdhanani7065]

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