Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani is an Indian cricketer who played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.
12 Facts About Syed Kirmani
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Syed Kirmani started off as an understudy to Farokh Engineer in the tours of England in 1971 and 1974 and to the 1975 World Cup.
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Syed Kirmani made his debut against New Zealand and in his second Test, equalled the world record of six victims in an innings.
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Syed Kirmani was dropped in favour of Bharath Reddy for the 1979 Cricket World Cup and the subsequent series against England.
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Syed Kirmani had 17 catches and two stumpings against Pakistan in the same season and it equalled Naren Tamhane's Indian record for a single series.
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Syed 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.
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Syed 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 Syed Kirmani contributing 26 and that partnership proved critical in India being able to continue their run in the tournament.
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Syed Kirmani was dropped at the end of that series in favour of Sadanand Viswanath.
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Syed Kirmani had just taken an outstanding catch to dismiss Allan Border in a World Series Cup match, when he hurt his leg badly.
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Syed Kirmani was forced to sit out of the remaining matches of the tournament and that effectively ended his international career.
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India went for younger keepers like Kiran More and Chandrakant Pandit and despite trying hard, Syed Kirmani was never able to regain his place.
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The film features Sahil Khattar as Syed Kirmani and is produced by Anurag Kashyap.