Rules of batting

The rules of batting of 'Cheeka' were straightforward, every ball has to be killed, bring it outside the boundary.

That decade of 80 was primarily a period of Test cricket. One-day cricket was at the time of establishment itself. Speaking to Team India, he was like a 'newborn' in ODIs. In this round, a cricketer drew the attention of people with his smoky batting. One day cricket or Test cricket, K Srikanth's playing style is always the same. His straightforward rule in cricket was that if the ball is to kill, then hit him and reach the boundary. Even though during his batting style, Srikanth, playing his stupid shot several times (throwing his wicket in the difficult situations of the team) He also came but he never changed his batting style. He batted in cricket only in his own style.

Due to his batting, Srikanth was also popular among Indian cricket lovers. In the fellow players, watching the popular Srikanth batting as 'Cheeka', the crowd of crowds on the TV and the field also grew. Srikanth was not only a member of the Indian team which became World Cup champion under the leadership of Kapil Dev in 1983, but for India, he also scored the highest runs in the final. He scored 38 runs in the final against the West Indies, which was the highest score from both the teams in the low scoring final. In this innings, he had hit seven fours and a six in the form of opener, that is, 34 runs out of 38 made him in the form of four fours and sixes. It is also important to remember that these runs were made against the express fast bowlers such as Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall and Joel Gurner as the opener of the Indian team. Team India's 43-run victory in the World Cup-1983 proved to be a game changer in the country and Shrikant was a key contributor in this victory.