KQA Cricket Quiz 2019 Finals

Well Of Course
Finals
Annual KQA Cricket Quiz
Sreeram, Sohan, Manish
Edition IX

2
Rounds
• List It
• Written Round 1
• Clockwise (18 questions)
• Written Round 2
• Anti-clockwise (18 questions)

4
List It
• 6 Elements need to be identified
• 5 points for every correct answer

5
List It
• In a Duleep Trophy match in 1982, A dismissed B in a certain fashion. A
was selected for the Indian team next month. It is said that the dismissal of
B was responsible for the selection.
• D replaced A from the top of a list a few years later.
• 23 years after the first incident, C dismissed D in the Challengers
tournament in a way similar to the 1982 incident. C was fast tracked to the
Indian team in the same season. He took the place between D and A in the
list.
• Who are A, B, C & D ? What list ? How were the batsmen dismissed that
attracted attention ?

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List It
• A – Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
• B – Sunil Gavaskar
• C – Piyush Chawla
• D – Sachin Tendulkar
• List – Youngest Indian Cricketers
• Caused the batsmen to misread a googly. Gavaskar padded up.
Tendulkar was bowled through the gate attempting a cover drive.

9
Written Round 1
• 8 images – non-cricketers taking part in cricket
• +7 for getting each question
• +4 bonus for everything else

1
0
1
• Identify this
grand-slam
champion

1
1
2
• Identify the bowler learning swing bowling from Imran Khan

1
2
3
• Identify this long serving royal

1
3
4
• Identify this royal who is currently
heading towards a century himself

1
4
5
• The video shows a dignitary enjoying a game of cricket. Identify the
dignitary.

1
5
6
• He turned out
for his club
Shrewsbury in
June 2018 as
he was not
required
elsewhere

1
6
7
• Ask this guy to bowl leg spin

1
9
1
• Identify this
grand-slam
champion

2
0
A
• Ash Barty
• She gave up tennis
for a couple of
years to try her
hand at cricket.

2
1
2
• Identify the bowler learning swing bowling from Imran Khan

2
3
3
• Identify this long serving royal

2
4
A
• King Hussein of Jordan

2
5
4
• Identify this royal who is currently
heading towards a century himself

2
6
A
• Prince Phillip
• According to him, the only
thing not good about cricket
is that you don’t get good
fitting pants

2
7
5
• The video shows a dignitary enjoying a game of cricket. Identify the
dignitary.

2
8
A
• Haile Selassie
• He visited a cricket
match on his visit to
Bombay in 1956

2
9
6
• He turned out
for his club
Shrewsbury in
June 2018 as
he was not
required
elsewhere

3
1
7
• Ask this guy to bowl leg spin

3
2
A
• Steven Lynch of the Ask Steven fame

3
4
A
• Phil Neville
• Gary Neville
• Neville Neville

3
6
Clockwise Round
• 18 questions
• 10 points on the bounce
• DRS Pounce system – 2 wrong pounces throughout the quiz after
which -10 for every wrong pounce

3
7
1
• The image is one of the earliest scoreboard interfaces of Cricinfo.
What is the inspiration for this?

4
0
A
• The iconic SCG scoreboard

4
1
2
• The men have a red ribbon surrounded by gold stitching below the
coat of arms. The women have a gold ribbon surrounded by red
stitching below the coat of arms. There is now a move to make them
the same.
• This has been requested after a certain name used to address the
women’s team will now no longer be used in the official capacity.
• What nickname? What is different?

4
3
A
• Nickname – Southern Stars
• Men and Women’s baggy green are different

4
4
3
• This is the bus that
dropped the Pakistani
team for their group
encounter against
India at the Champions
Trophy 2017. What
was the more
infamous use of the
bus in 2016?

4
6
A
• The infamous LEAVE
campaign bus which
falsely stated that UK
contributed 350 million
pounds a week to
European Union

4
7
4
• India had been a full member of ICC since 1926. But its status was
changed to “provisional” by the ICC in 1948 subject to a review in the
next meeting. Complaining of the strain imposed by touring India,
MCC decided not to tour a provisional member in 1949-50.
• Certain events took place that ensured ICC made India a full member
again 2 years later.
• What was the reason for the withdrawal and why the restoration?

4
9
A
• The ICC, then known as Imperial
Cricket Conference was only for
countries within the British Empire
and the Commonwealth of
Nations
• India decided to join the
commonwealth of nations when it
became a republic in 1950 after
which India’s status was restored

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0
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• Sanjay Manjrekar in his auto-biography fondly recalls a time in his
youth when X personally gave him a Gray-Nicolls bat. At the time X
was known to be using Gray Nicolls.
• With the bat, was a rolled up poster of an iconic photo where the
Gray-Nicolls appears prominently. Which iconic photo?
• Without the presence of the bat, most parents would probably not
allow the poster on the wall.
• Also who is X?

5
2
A
• Sunil Gavaskar
• Greg Chappell Streaker
incident

5
3
6
• Darius Shaw played four Ranji matches for Mysore in the 1950s. An
off-spinning all rounder, he groomed his younger brother who went on
to become a prominent cricketer. Later in life, Shaw studied in the
Imperial College, London and settled in England.
• In England, he played for several years in the 1st and 2nd XIs of
Mobberley CC in Cheshire and served as its Vice President. A award
in his name for the most promising cricketer in the club is presented
every year by his brother.
• As seen in the Cricketarchive profile, he adopted the surname Shaw,
to the name of his father, after completing his studies in England.
Under what surname did he play Ranji trophy and why did he change
his name ?

5
6
A
• Darius Engineer, brother of Farokh Engineer.
• He went to England to study structural engineering. He changed his
name because he got tired of telling people that he is really an
engineer named Engineer.

5
7
7
• These are 2 A teams
that took on touring
teams in 2012 and
2018 in warmup
games. The “strategy”
involved in the
selection of these
teams was successful
in one instance and
unsuccessful in
another instance.
What “strategy” was
used?

5
9
Answer
• Not giving touring teams “spinners” to play against in warmup games
• India A took on England with an all seam attack in 2012. Strategy
failed as England ultimately won the test series 2-1
• Pakistan A took on Australia, but here the strategy worked as they
won the test series 1-0

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• Apart from the usual suspects Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Wasim
Akram, Inzamam, X is also considered to have played a hidden hand
in Pakistan winning the 1992 world cup.
• Before the team headed out to Australia, X handed Imran something
that was used in the dressing room through out the tournament.
• When Pakistan lost their first few games, X told Imran “Fans are not
only cursing you, but because of this they are cursing me as well.”
• When Pakistan finally won the world cup, the world heard X’s
contribution.
• Identify X and his contribution

6
2
A
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• His qawalis – especially “Allahu Allahu”

6
3
9
• His nickname refers to these tubs of thick glue omnipresent in Aussie
classrooms. School teammates refer to his stick-fingered slip
catching. One test-mate believes it relates to wet dreams and sticky
sheets. Jeff Thomson claimed that it originated “because well he was
a bit soft, Not a real macho type, really, was he?”
• In a story recounted by Christian Ryan, X and his teammates visited
Glenelg Beach before his 19th birthday. “He was in the water with a
couple of girls. He was very excited. There was a bit of foam about
from the ripples; a lot of foam, as a matter of fact, for what really were
quite small ripples”
• Who and what nickname?

6
6
A
• Kim Hughes
• Claggy

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7
10
• The Duke of Norfolk was the manager of the 1962-63 Ashes tour. In
the middle of the series, he flew back to England for two weeks. The
Duke had been in charge of doing something non-cricketing that
involved many people including several members of the parliament
and the royal family. This was a preparation event and was done
every three months for a few years till it became unnecessary in 1965.
• What did the Duke of Norfolk go back to England for?

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9
A
• Rehearsal for the arrangements for the state funeral of Winston
Churchill (1874 - 1965).
• Churchill was in his late 80s and his funeral was to be a major event.

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11
• While playing for Glamorgan against
Warwickshire in May 1971, Roger
Davis suffered an injury that nearly
killed him. He spent two months in
the hospital and underwent several
operations.
• When the play resumed the next
day, what did his teammate Tony
Cordle do to prevent a similar injury.
Within a week, some of his fellow
players started imitating him and it
became a common practice in
cricket ?

7
2
A
• Cordle wore a fielding helmet.
• Davis was hit on the side of the head while fielding at short leg. Cordle
borrowed a white boxing helmet from a gym in Cardiff and used it.

7
3
12
• When Australia came to India in 1969, there were protests against
Doug Walters at many venues. In Calcutta, a crowd of ten thousand
picketed the Australians’ hotel, carrying the placard ‘DOUG WALTERS
GO HOME’. Posters were plastered all around the city.
• In fact, Walters was innocent of what he was accused of. The only
Test cricketer who did it was his teammate Tony Dell. Consequently,
Dell is the only living Test player to do something, even though many
others have done it in the past.
• What was Walters accused of ? What is Tony Dell the only Test
cricketer still alive to do ?

7
5
A
• The people thought that Doug
Walters had fought in Vietnam.
He had only undergone some
army training in Australia.
• Tony Dell is the only living Test
cricketer to be on active service in
a war.

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6
13
• Charlie Turner was having a miserable Ashes tour of 1893. He had
taken 11 expensive wickets during the test matches and had multiple
tiffs with other players in the side.
• In the test at Manchester, after England took a 39 run first innings lead
and Australia were tottering at 182/8. Turner batted resolutely eating
up time but had a mishap and dislocated his finger. He was helped
rather unusually and continued to bat long enough to save the test.
England didn’t have enough time to chase.
• Who helped Turner?

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8
A
• The doctor in the house – WG Grace

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9
13
• Brian Lara’s test in Barbados 1999, was also the comeback for Ricky
Ponting. He had been dropped after misdemeanors etc. during the
preceding Ashes and the first 2 tests of the WI tour. He desperately
wanted to do well and looked at commonalities in his previous 2 test
hundreds scored at Leeds and MCG.
• He realized a common trait between the 2 innings and decided to
employ that tactic - something that made it really difficult for him in
Barbados, which he later admitted by saying "Jeez, it is sticky out
there".
• What did Ricky Ponting do during the course of innings to score his
100?

8
1
A
• Wear a sweater in Barbados
First 100 at Leeds Second 100 at MCG

8
2
14
• Couple of images from the movie Lagaan. One image shows a Jack
Blackham style telling us that the game in Lagaan possibly took place
in 1893. The other image shows a Hanson Carter style - telling us that
the game in Lagaan should have taken place in 1897 or later . What?

8
4
A
• Jack Blackham style of
keeping – stumpers would
bend from the waist
popularized by Jack
Blackham.
• Hanson Carter style of
keeping – stumpers would
crouch on their hunches in
the modern more accepted
fashion. He made his FC
debut only in 1897.

8
5
15
• Carrara Oval hosted the only T20 between Australia and South Africa
in 2018. It has hosted only one FC game in the 90’s where England
beat a Queensland team by 10 wickets.
• What is this game famous for?

8
7
A
• David Gower John Morris Tiger Moth incident

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8
16
• What is happening here?

9
0
A
• This was a protest by the players for having the stump mics turned on
too high. So they plugged the sponsors repeatedly so that
broadcasters would turn the volume on the stump mics off.

9
1
17
• Which cricketer, who paints occasionally, has painted these?

9
3
A
• Phil Tufnell
• He is nicknamed Cat

9
4
18
• These were being handed out to you in the 1970’s if you opened a
bank account in State Bank of India. Explain.

9
6
A
• Ajit Wadekar was a SBI employee through and through. So if you
opened a bank account, you would get these that were signed by Ajit
Wadekar.

9
8
Abba Ke Zamane Mein
• 10 classic images
• +7 for every correct answer
• +5 bonus for getting all right

9
9
1
• Laxmi Merchant, sister
of Vijay Merchant, had a
habit of collecting
autographs. She went to
X when he visited
Bombay and asked for
an autograph. X,
scanned the book for a
suitable page and put
his sign as No 17 here.
Who?

1
0
2
• He was considered as the
best batsman for Kent in the
80’s. But we will remember
him for his role in a 2008
incident.

1
0
3
• Another Kent stalwart – more
than 300 games for them. Father
of someone who epitomized ‘bits’
and ‘pieces’ cricketer genre.

1
0
4
• Identify the batsman and the
bowler from this sequence.
The batsman known to have
faced scary bowling called
the bowler “faster than
anything that I have seen”.
Bowler is representing
Queensland

1
0
5
• 4 cricketers of some
repute – 2 played
internationals – Arun Lal
and Kirti Azad.
• Identify the other 2.

1
0
6
• What historic
game is taking
place?

1
0
7
• Who admiring his
statue?

1
0
8
• He is getting
presented 2 match
balls as souvenirs.
Who?

1
0
9
• Picture taken in
1932. One of
the last
photographs of
him taken alive
– with his parrot
Popsey. The
picture was
titled ‘The Last
Journey’

1
0
10

1
1
1
• Laxmi Merchant, sister
of Vijay Merchant, had a
habit of collecting
autographs. She went to
X when he visited
Bombay and asked for
an autograph. X,
scanned the book for a
suitable page and put
his sign as No 17 here.
Who?

1
1
A
• Mahatma Gandhi
• The only time Gandhi and Jardine are together in the same frame

1
1
2
• He was considered as the
best batsman for Kent in the
80’s. But we will remember
him for his role in a 2008
incident.

1
1
3
• Another Kent stalwart – more
than 300 games for them. Father
of someone who epitomized ‘bits’
and ‘pieces’ cricketer genre.

1
1
A
• Alan Ealham
• Father of Mark Ealham

1
1
4
• Identify the batsman and the
bowler from this sequence.
• The batsman known to have
faced scary bowling called
the bowler “faster than
anything that I have seen”.
Bowler is representing
Queensland

1
1
A
• Batsman – Don Bradman
• Bowler – Eddie Gilbert – he was an aboriginal cricketer who was
called for a jerky action

1
1
5
• 4 cricketers of some
repute – 2 played
internationals – Arun Lal
and Kirti Azad.
• Identify the other 2.

1
1
A
• Amrit Mathur
• Piyush Pandey

1
2
6
• What historic
game is taking
place?

1
2
A
• First women’s ODI at Lords

1
2
7
• Who admiring his
statue?

1
2
8
• He is getting
presented 2 match
balls as souvenirs.
Who?

1
2
A
• Jim Laker
• Here he is being presented the 2 match balls with which he took 19
wickets

1
2
9
• Picture taken in
1932. One of
the last
photographs of
him taken alive
– with his parrot
Popsey. The
picture was
titled ‘The Last
Journey’

1
2
A
• Ranjitsinhji
• He is leaving England for the last time ever. He died in 1933.

1
2
10

1
2
A
• Graham Gooch pushing Chris Broad to get out of the ground after
being given out. Broad didn’t like the decision and wanted to stay his
ground.

1
3
Anti-Clockwise Round
• 18 questions
• 10 points on the bounce
• DRS Pounce system – 2 wrong pounces throughout the quiz after
which -10 for every wrong pounce

1
3
1
• Snapped during the
India England test in
December 2016.
• Identify the encircled
man, who sort of
became infamous in
the same city 4
decades earlier.

1
3
2
• The 1999 cricket world cup was truly abysmal for the home team. The
theme song for the world cup was released on the day England were
eliminated in the group stages.
• Among other things was the opening game of the tournament. An
event happened, which didn’t have the desired effect given the time of
the day the game started, but it did eventually cause the start of the
tournament to be delayed.
• Why was the opening game between hosts England and holders Sri
Lanka delayed?

1
3
A
• Fireworks
• These fireworks happened at the start of the day during a day ODI
game.
• Michael Browning, specifically rejected the idea of one of those grandiloquent
ceremonies that start Olympic Games, making old ladies gasp with admiration
and hardened hacks groan. Instead, he went for the worst possible compromise,
letting off a few cheap-looking fireworks and forcing several poor schoolgirls to
stand around in the cold.

1
3
3
• Australian domestic ODI
tournament has been giving
player of the tournament since
1998. This year’s edition was won
by the son of a famous Australian
cricketer, who still hasn’t played
international cricket. Identify this
cricketer.
• Who apart from this year’s winner
won the player of the tournament
but hasn’t played for Australia?

1
4
A
• Ben McDermott – son of
Australian fast bowler
Craig McDermott won the
player of the tournament
in 2018
• Tom Cooper has never
played for Australia as he
plays international cricket
for Holland

1
4
4
• This practice was used in Test matches in Australia and West Indies in
the 1940s and 1950s to compensate for shorter days of play. Till the
late 1970s it was occasionally employed, even in India, to force a
result in a Test series. The last time it was used in a Test match was in
the sixth Test between India and West Indies at Kanpur in 1978-79.
• But rain in Tests between India v New Zealand 1980-81 and a West
Indies Test in Sri Lanka in 1993 also led unplanned use of this. It was
also planned for the Australia v Rest of the World "Test" in 2005-06
but since it was one-sided match, it was not actually required. What is
this 'practice' ?

1
4
5
• The third match of first ever Test series by the Indian women was
played at Delhi in 1976. It was attended by the Union Minister
Kamalapathi Tripathi. During the match, Diana Edulji approached the
minister and made a personal request. The minister assented to it.
What did Edulji ask for and get from the minister?
• Few years later, she made the most of her proximity to Madhavrao
Scindia and met him with a proposal. To convince him, matches were
held during the Lok Sabha v Rajya Sabha games at the Kotla. Once
Madhavrao Scindia was convinced, he worked with then sports
minister Margaret Alva to make it happen. This started a tradition that
was to have a major impact on women’s cricket. What?

1
4
A
• Tripathi was the Railways minister – Edulji requested for a job in the
Railways.
• With the help of Margaret Alwa, Edulji was able to create the Railways
women’s cricket team

1
4
6
• Middlesex were playing Surrey at Lords. Everyone was afraid of
Sylvester Clarke, especially his faster ball. But there were whispers
that he chucked.
• There is a legend that Mike Brearley in his capacity as captain of
Middlesex, employed someone (a non-cricketer) to sit prominently in
the crowd, which made Clarke bowl well within himself.
• What did Brearley ask this guy to do? Mike Brearley does not confirm
or deny this story but said in an interview that this was a nice idea.

1
4
A
• He asked the guy to wear an anorak, carry a binoculars and some
instruments.
• This gave Clarke the impression that MCC were monitoring his action
and hence bowled within himself.

1
5
7
• Australia managed to beat Pakistan in the 1987 World Cup semifinal
in a close game. All Australian players and the management decided
to celebrate by having drinks - except one key player.
• At a team meeting he was actually fined by players for not celebrating.
The night before the final he revealed the reason for his reluctance to
celebrate to Bob Simpson. Who and what was the reason?

1
5
A
• Simon O’Donnell
• He was diagnosed with cancer and
did not think he had long to live

1
5
8
• This coin was used as a coin for the toss at a First Class game which
ended up being the final first class game for an Indian great. Which
game is this?

1
5
A
• MCC vs Rest of the World in 1987
• This George III coin was released to commemorate the MCC founding
in 1787.
• This was the final first class game played by Sunil Gavaskar – the
only hundred he scored at Lords.

1
5
9
• The 1971 England tour winning team took on Rest of India for a series
of 3 games at Calcutta, Delhi and Mumbai held over a few months.
This was not part of the Irani Trophy, but the games were played
between Indians XI and Rest of India XI. What was the reason for
these games?
• Gavaskar and Engineer did not participate in the first 2 games of this
series but played in the 3rd one. Why didn’t they participate in the first
2 games?

1
5
A
• Defense Fund games to raise money for the 1971 War
• Gavaskar and Engineer were part of the Rest of the World team that
took on Australia.

1
5
10
• In 1969, The Sunday League was launched with each innings lasting
40 overs. Another rule enforced was that no bowler could have a run
up longer than 15 yards. Why?

1
6
A
• The Sunday League was introduced to be concise enough to be
shown on BBC2, who had strict guidelines that games should not
exceed a certain time limit else they would not be showing the games
on TV.
• The 15 yard rule was introduced to ensure bowlers don’t have a long
run up and take too much time.

1
6
11
• An image from the 1932 Bodyline series. What is happening here?

1
6
A
• Lone paying spectator said to be ‘Yabba’ turned up for the final day of
the SCG test in 1932.
• Australia ended day 4 on 164/9 after England had secured a 164 run
lead. Day 5 saw very little action with England dismissing Australia for
the same score and scoring the 1 run required to win the game by ten
wickets.

1
6
12
• Connect these 2 dismissals

1
6
A
• The dismissal is c Bairstow b Willey
• The only father son combination dismissal in international cricket

1
6
13
• The abolition of what practice in India can be attributed to Jack Ryder
when he toured India on an unofficial tour in 1936?
• Similarly the abolition of the practice in Pakistan can be attributed to
Sam Loxton and Richie Benaud with a little help from visitor.

1
7
A
• Stop playing international games on Matting wickets.
• Dwight Eisenhower is supposed to have told Ayub Khan that he
thought cricket was played on grass and this also played an important
role in Pakistan getting rid of matting wickets.
• Sam Loxton is said to have told General Ayub Khan that Australia will
not be touring Pakistan in the future because of the matting wickets.

1
7
14
• He accepted a position of Director at London based Marsham tyres
that gave him a salary of 2000 pounds a year. Thanks to prevailing
rules at that time, this employment enabled someone to become
captain. How?

1
7
A
• Wally Hammond changed his status from professional to amateur
after getting employed.
• This allowed ECB to appoint him as captain as only Amateurs were
considered when appointing captains of the English cricket team

1
7
15
• These were the 6 List A matches this cricketer played. He played 18
test matches and shares a record with Dennis Lindsay and Andy
Flower. Who?

1
7
A
• Budhi Kunderan
• He along with Dennis Lindsay and
Andy Flower are the only
wicketkeepers to score more than 500
runs in a test series
• Post his international career he
emigrated to Scotland and played for
them in the Benson and Hedges ODI
tournament in the 80’s when he was
approaching 50.

1
7
16
• X was as a child quite a prodigy at tennis. He was in fact coached by Y’s
mother San-Marie. He had a strong serve, a solid volley and an excellent
double handed backhand. He was no 1 ranked U16 player and had even
received a scholarship from Houston University to study and play tennis.
• X instead chose cricket and ended up playing 24 tests before announcing
retirement, expressing his disillusionment with international cricket.
• However 7 years later, X returned to test cricket as captain in Y’s debut
match and played 16 more tests. He retired for good and Y took over
captaincy from X.
• Identify X and Y

1
8
A
• X – Kepler Wessels
• Y – Hansie Cronje

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8
17
• These flowers are considered native to
a country. When a city was being
constructed, they decided to get these
plants into the country, thinking that the
original country - where these plants are
found - would be part of the new
country. But that did not happen.
• As a consequence, an area earmarked
with these plants, got its name from
these plants that were grown there.
• Identify area or the plant name.

1
8
A
• Manuka
• The Manuka tree originally is native to New Zealand. When Canberra
was being built as a capital for the federation of Australian states,
initially New Zealand was also likely to be a part of it – A suburb in
Canberra was earmarked as Wellington Parade and Manuka flowers
were grown. New Zealand decided to remain a separate country and
the area now has the Manuka Oval.

1
8
18
• Thomas Musgrove Joy was a 19th century English painter. This
painting 'Cricket at Christchurch, Hampshire' is dated between 1844
and 1855. What did it supposedly inspire around nine decades later?

1
8
A
• The Wisden Almanack logo
• Second picture is the sketch that Eric Ravilious
drew while working on his engraving

1
9
List It
• 6 Indian men have made their ODI debuts in a World Cup game. List
them
• 3 in 1975
• 1 in 1979
• 1 in 1987
• 1 in 1992
• 6 points per answer

1
9
List It
• Karsan Ghavri (1975)
• Mohinder Amarnath (1975)
• Anshuman Gaekwad (1975)
• Surinder Khanna (1979)
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