Syed Kirmani

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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|name = Syed Kirmani
|fullname = Syed Mujtaba Hussein Kirmani
|image = Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|country = India
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras State]], India
|batting = Right-handed
|role = [[Batsman]], [[Wicket-keeper]]
|family = [[Sadiq Kirmani]] (son)
|international = true
|internationalspan= 1976–1986

|testdebutdate = 24 January
|testdebutyear = 1976
|testdebutagainst = New Zealand
|lasttestdate = 2 January
|lasttestyear = 1986
|lasttestagainst = Australia

|odidebutdate = 21 February
|odidebutyear = 1976
|odidebutagainst = New Zealand
|lastodidate = 12 January
|lastodiyear = 1986
|lastodiagainst = Australia
|columns = 4
|column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
|matches1 = 88
|runs1 = 2,759
|bat avg1 = 27.04
|100s/50s1 = 2/12
|top score1 = 102
|deliveries1 = 19
|wickets1 = 1
|bowl avg1 = 13.00
|fivefor1 = 0
|tenfor1 = 0
|best bowling1 = 1/9
|catches/stumpings1 = 160/38
|column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|matches2 = 49
|runs2 = 373
|bat avg2 = 20.72
|100s/50s2 = 0/0
|top score2 = 48[[not out|*]]
|deliveries2 = –
|wickets2 = –
|bowl avg2 = –
|fivefor2 = –
|tenfor2 = –
|best bowling2 = –
|catches/stumpings2 = 27/9
|column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|matches3 = 275
|runs3 = 9,620
|bat avg3 = 30.15
|100s/50s3 = 13/38
|top score3 = 161
|deliveries3 = 175
|wickets3 = 1
|bowl avg3 = 126.00
|fivefor3 = 0
|tenfor3 = 0
|best bowling3 = 1/9
|catches/stumpings3 = 367/112
|column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|matches4 = 84
|runs4 = 881
|bat avg4 = 25.17
|100s/50s4 = 0/3
|top score4 = 64
|deliveries4 = –
|wickets4 = –
|bowl avg4 = –
|fivefor4 = –
|tenfor4 = –
|best bowling4 = –
|catches/stumpings4 = 59/15
|date = 20 August
|year = 2020
|source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30116.html ESPNCricinfo
}}
'''Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani''' ({{audio|Syed_Kirmani.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 29 December 1949) played [[cricket]] for [[Indian cricket team|India]] and [[Karnataka]] as a [[wicket-keeper]]. In 2016, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for [[Cricket in India]].<ref name=Jagran>{{cite book|author=Josh, Jagran |title=Current Affairs January 2016 eBook: by Jagran Josh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fq64CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA230 |publisher=Jagran Josh.|pages=230–231}}</ref>

==International career==

===1971–1982===
He started off as an understudy to [[Farokh Engineer]] in the tours of England in 1971 and 1974 and to the [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975 World Cup]]. Kirmani made his debut against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] and in his second Test, equalled the world record of six victims in an innings.<ref name=Jagran/>

When New Zealand toured India the next year, he topped the batting averages with 65.33, and scored 305 runs in the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78|tour of Australia]]. He did not have a very good time behind the stumps [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1979–80|against Pakistan]] and [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] in 1978–79.

He was dropped in favour of [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] for the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]] and the subsequent series against [[England]]. [[Sunil Gavaskar]] was also sacked as the captain. Though Kirmani was dropped ostensibly for performance, there was a rumour that the real reason was that both he and Gavaskar had been approached by the organisers of the [[Kerry Packer]]'s [[World Series Cricket]].<ref name=Vaidya>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/syed-kirmani-17-facts-you-should-know-about-indias-great-wicketkeeper-498107 |title=Syed Kirmani: 17 facts you should know about India’s great wicketkeeper |author=Nishad Pal Vaidya |date=29 December 2016 |publisher=Cricket Country |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>

Back in the team for the series [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1977–78|against Australia in 1979–80]], he scored a hundred as a nightwatchman in Bombay. His innings of 101* in five hours nearly lasted out the day. He had 17 catches and two stumpings against Pakistan in the same season and it equalled [[Naren Tamhane]]'s Indian record for a single series. Against England in 1981–82, he did not concede a single bye in three consecutive Tests while 1964 runs were scored.

===[[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 World Cup]]===
Kirmani won the award for the best wicket keeper in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]], his highlight of which was the catch of [[Faoud Bacchus]] that he took in the final against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]]. In the first round match against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]], he equalled the then record by effecting three catches and two stumpings. Against West Indies at home, he partnered [[Sunil Gavaskar]] - who scored 236* - in a record stand of 143* for the ninth wicket in the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] Test. Kirmani was a lower order reliable batsman and another example is the unbroken 126 for ninth wicket with [[Kapil Dev]] against [[Zimbabwe]] in the 1983 World Cup with Kirmani contributing 26 and that partnership proved critical in [[India]] being able to continue their run in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerId=0944 |title=Player Profile - Test Cricket: Syed Kirmani (India) |publisher=Howstat |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>

===1984–1986===
At [[Wankhede Stadium|Bombay]] the next year, he scored his second hundred in Tests making 102 and adding 235 with [[Ravi Shastri]], still an Indian record for the seventh wicket. In the Madras Test in the same series, he missed some crucial catches which contributed to an Indian defeat. He was dropped at the end of that series in favour of [[Sadanand Viswanath]].

Kirmani made a comeback in the Australian tour of 1985–86, where he fared reasonably well. He had just taken an outstanding catch to dismiss [[Allan Border]] in a World Series Cup match, when he hurt his leg badly. He was forced to sit out of the remaining matches of the tournament and that effectively ended his international career. India went for younger keepers like [[Kiran More]] and [[Chandrakant Pandit]] and despite trying hard, Kirmani was never able to regain his place.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqCbp5XbiIEC|year=1988|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press |page=66}}</ref>

During his international career, his record included 160 catches and 38 stumpings during test matches, and 27 catches and 9 stumpings during one-day internationals.<ref name=Jagran/> Always a central figure on the field, he could dive and somersault to catch the ball, and was responsible for many run-outs.<ref name=Singh>{{cite book|author=Singh, Nagendra Kr |title=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVtuAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7648-233-2|page=360}}</ref>

==Domestic career==
Later in his career he played for [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] in domestic cricket for a season, after which he returned to his former team, [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]].<ref name=Vaidya/>

==Awards==
* He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1982.
* In 2016 he became the recipient of the 2015 Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=Jagran/>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1985
!''[[Kabhie Ajnabi The]]''
|Vijay Singh
|
|-
|2010
!''[[Deadly-2]]''
|[[Ravi Srivasta]]
|Himself
|
|-
|2012
!''[[Mazhavillinattam Vare]]''
|[[Kaithapram Damodaran]]
|{{Small|Cameo, played himself}}
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article1152535.ece|title=Bowled over by cinema|author=P. K. Ajith Kumar|date=2011-02-04|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2011-02-05}}</ref>
|}

==In popular culture==
A bollywood film tittled ''[[83 (film)|83]]'' is scheduled to release in 2021 about the event of India's first world cup win at Lords. The film features [[Sahil Khattar]] as Kirmani and is produced by [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-14|title=After Ranveer Singh’s Kapil Dev in 83, film finds its Sunil Gavaskar in Tahir Raj Bhasin. Here’s who plays who in Team India|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/after-ranveer-singh-s-kapil-dev-in-83-film-finds-its-sunil-gavaskar-in-tahir-raj-bhasin-here-s-who-plays-who-in-team-india/story-oyOcRCmbqsKoVGsZfPQAYK.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=YouTuber Sahil Khattar to play Syed Kirmani in Ranveer Singh-starrer 83|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/youtuber-sahil-khattar-to-play-syed-kirmani-in-ranveer-singh-starrer-83-1444439-2019-02-01|access-date=2021-03-21|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
* Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1030552}}
*{{cricinfo|id=30116}}

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before=[[Brijesh Patel]] |
title=[[Indian national cricket selectors#Selection committee|Chairman, Selection Committee]] |
years=October 2003 – September 2004 |
after=[[Kiran More]] |
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{India ODI Cricket Captains}}
{{India Squad 1983 Cricket World Cup}}

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