Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj

Born on 8 September 1950, Mohinder Amarnath is a legendary former Indian cricketer and current cricket analyst. He is known for his brilliant performance in the 1983 World Cup and was awarded the "Man of the Match" in the semi-finals and finals, played a leading role to help India win their first World Cup. He is also known as the best Indian batsman against express pace. Mohinder is the son of Lala Amarnath who was the first post-independence captain of India. He made his debut against Australia in 1969.

Some of his major career achievements:-

• As an all-rounder, he played 85 ODI matches and scored 1,924 runs and claimed 46 wickets. In Tests, he played 69 matches and scored 4,378 runs including 11 centuries and 24 fifties, and claimed 32 wickets.
• In 1982–83, he played 11 Test matches against West Indies (6) and Pakistan (5) and scored around 1000 runs in the two test series. This earned him praise from Pakistan fast bowler Imran Khan and Malcolm Marshall of the West Indies because of his batting, courage and ability.
• Imran Khan mentioned him as the best batsman in the world in his book "All Round View". Sunil Gavaskar also mentioned him as the finest batsman in the world in his book "Idols".