"It was team spirit that fetched Team India historic win against Eng

Bangalore, Aug 14 (UNI) Livign Googly legend B S Chandrasekhar today attributed India's series win against England as a total team work.

Reacting to India's historic win after a gap of 21 years he told UNI ''it was a team spirit. Every one chipped in and contributed with determination that led to victory''. Stating that the team was playing well, he hoped tht Team India would display still better skill in the upcoming series against Australia.

Recalling Team India's victory against England in 1971 which he was a member of the squad, Chandrasekhar said that ''it was really a fantastic win for the team, it was wonderful and it came when I was making a comeback and the win boosted me to carry on further''.

A nightmare to batsmen, Chandrasekhar, made debut in 1964 against England in Mumbai and in his span of 15 years of cricketing with last match at Birmingham in 1979, had played in 58 test matches has captured 242 wickets with his carrier best being 8/79.

When India registered its series win against England in 1971, Chandrasekhar's bowling figures read 5/170 in first test, 2/76 in the second and 8/114 in the third test. "It was really a fantastic win against England in their home land." In 1971 three test series against England, India won the series 1-0 with two matches drawn. After drawing the first and second test at Lords and Manchester, team India bounced back and won the third at the Oval by four wickets when England were bundled out for 101, the lowest score ever by English team in their home land against India.

UNI