Rahul Dravid added budding cricketers have to fight challenges.
Viswanath was a wristy genius, much before the likes of Mohammad Azharuddin and VVS Laxman arrived who took the batting style to a different level.
Virat Kohli has been nominated for Polly Umrigar Award by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday
Gundappa Viswanath feels that India's limited-overs captain MS Dhoni has "achieved enough" to have the right to decide on how long he wants to continue playing international cricket.
The knock was crucial in handing India a series levelling victory against the hosts.
Yashpal Sharma is a former Indian cricketer known for his courageous and improvising batting in the middle-order.
ICC match referees remain largely away from the gaze of the television cameras. And because most the referees are from a bygone past, their exploits are not widely known to the younger generation of cricket fans.
Viswanath top scored in both innings at Kolkata scoring 52 and 139.
An all-time great of short-statured giants.
Viswanath said age has got nothing to do with the responisbility one is entrusted with.