Cricket Kasoti

[Pakistani Army]

Is is Dalip Vengsarkar.

 

[Almost_Austwick]

1. Is the player retired? - YES

2. Did he retire after 2000? - NO

3. Is he from the Southern Hemisphere? - NO

4. Was he a batsman? - YES

5. Is he a commentator now? - NO

6. Did he play for any Asian country? - YES

7. Is he from Pakistan? - NO

8. Did he play more than 30 Test matches? - YES

9. Lefty? - NO

10. Is he from Sri Lanka? - NO

11. Is his Test batting average more than 40? - NO

12. Is he Indian? - YES

13. Was he a Wicket Keeper? - NO

14. Has he played majority of matches in his career before 1990's? - YES

15. Did he captain India? - YES

16. Kris Srikkanth?? - NO

17. Is is Dalip Vengsarkar. - NO

A clue - Was a very young captain and a lack of 20/20 may well have hampered him. (The clue is cryptic)

 

[AbBh]

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi?

 

[Almost_Austwick]

1. Is the player retired? - YES

2. Did he retire after 2000? - NO

3. Is he from the Southern Hemisphere? - NO

4. Was he a batsman? - YES

5. Is he a commentator now? - NO

6. Did he play for any Asian country? - YES

7. Is he from Pakistan? - NO

8. Did he play more than 30 Test matches? - YES

9. Lefty? - NO

10. Is he from Sri Lanka? - NO

11. Is his Test batting average more than 40? - NO

12. Is he Indian? - YES

13. Was he a Wicket Keeper? - NO

14. Has he played majority of matches in his career before 1990's? - YES

15. Did he captain India? - YES

16. Kris Srikkanth?? - NO

17. Is is Dalip Vengsarkar. - NO

18. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi? - YES

Over to you!

 

[Abhas]

can u decrypt the clue please

 

[Almost_Austwick]

He lost his right eye (or at least most of the sight - it depends on which article you read) in a car accident shortly before taking over captaincy of India at 21.

It was said that had he'd been blessed with normal vision he may well have averaged a lot higher than the 34.91 he finished up with.

Good eyesight is often called 20/20 vision and the link to cricket was too good not to use - so hopefully that explains why he may have been hampered by a lack of 20/20!

 

[AbBh]

Yeah that clue gave it away. I'm ready.

 

[Abhas]

ah.... the same as 6/6 used in india...

because 20 is in feet, and is equal to 6 metres.. lol.. great work

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Is it a batsman?

 

[AbBh]

Is it a batsman?

1. Is it a batsman? Yes

 

[Abhas]

has he retired?

 

[AbBh]

has he retired?

1. Is it a batsman? Yes

2. Has he retired? Yes

 

[Almost_Austwick]

Did he play for a Northern Hemisphere team?

 

[AbBh]

Did he play for a Northern Hemisphere team?

1. Is it a batsman? Yes

2. Has he retired? Yes

3. Did he play for a Northern Hemisphere team? Yes

 

[harishankar]

Is he from the subcontinent?