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Yajuvindra Singh career highlights
Fri, June 27 2014
The birth of Mohammad Nissar and Yajurvindra Singh
August 1, 1910, saw the birth of India s first express pace bowler Mohammad Nissar, who perhaps still stands as the fastest-ever produced by the country. Forty two years down the line, on the same day, Yajurvindra Singh was born a man who on Test debut equalled two world records. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the careers of these two unique Indian cricketers.