Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, India (1964-1979)
Had more excuse than Tufnell to be terrified. The Indian leg-spinner played before the advent of helmets and his right arm was withered by polio at the age of five (he bowled right-handed, threw left-handed and – for what it’s worth – batted right-handed, but not for long). In Jamaica in 1976 when the Indian second innings was brought to a close on 97-5 – a lead of 13 – Chandra would have been relieved; captain Bishen Bedi claimed that four of his players were injured so they did not have to face up to the fearsome quartet of West Indian pacemen.
The finest hour in 1978 the Australians presented him with a bat with a hole in the middle to commemorate his batting prowess. Chandra apparently was amused. He acquired a record four pairs in Test cricket.
Test record 58 Tests, 167 runs, average 4.07