Alvin Kallicharan is a former West Indies cricketer of the Indo-Guyanese ethnicity and played for the nation from 1972-1981. A stylish left-handed batsman during his playing days, Kallicharan was known for his elegant and watchful batting style. He was also a useful off-break bowler. He was the Wisden Cricketer of the year in 1973.
He was a part of the West Indies World Cup winning team. He was appointed the Windies captain in 1977-78 when Clive Lloyd resigned from the captaincy for the Kerry Packer issues. He was later involved in a controversy when he led an unofficial rebel tour to South Africa. He finished his career with 4399 Test runs and played 66 Tests during that period.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.
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