\nBM:<\/strong>Well as a cricketer it was sad I could not play for a long time. I was done in by politics. I was one of the fine all-round cricketers in 60s and 70s. I carried the brunt of Hyderabad attack those days, picking wickets and scoring runs in all zonal matches I had played. Unfortunately the only match I played for Hyderabad was against Delhi at Feroztlakotla. I bowled well, got couple of wickets and sadly we were on the losing side. Despite my satisfying performance I was not preferred later. Nothing went wrong with me. But only the selectors knew why they dropped me later. No regrets God has been kind towards me. Later I went onto become a coach and selector and enjoyed quite a good success in both capacities.<\/p>\n
MS:<\/strong>What was the great moment of your career as a coach and selector? MS:<\/strong>Your memorable performances with ball and bat? MS:<\/strong>Any other regrets? MS:<\/strong>Who have been your favourite cricketers? By Sudeer Mahavaadi \u2013 DD Commentator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" B Mohan doesn’t need any introduction in sports circles. Though he din’t get enoguh opportunities to play first class cricket for a long time, the kind of success he enjoyed as a selector and coach later was highly appreciable. Having learnt a lot from his father Buphaty a reknowned coach of Hyderabad he tried to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29609,2],"tags":[35092,35096,35097,19399,35095,64,35091,35098,35094,35093],"class_list":["post-66765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports-news","category-top-stories","tag-b-mohan","tag-buphaty","tag-coach-of-hyderabad","tag-cricketer","tag-first-class-cricket","tag-hyderabad","tag-i-enjoyed-as-a-coach-and-selector","tag-insoluble-problems","tag-opportunities","tag-sports-circles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/de.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBM:<\/strong>Well winning the coveted Ranji Trophy title in 1987 when I was one of the selectors was a great achievement. We lifted Irani trophy too later.There were no ego hassles and we all worked like a team and always concentrated on success. That was the time Hyderabad team was going through a lean period and the victory boosted the confidence of everyone. As a coach I was fortunate that players such as VVS Laxman played under me. I would always say that Laxman would go onto become a great cricketer and he did. I learnt the coaching skills from my father, who produced so many champions those days. I also benefited from Aibara, one of my mentors. All were tremendously disciplined, which I am sorry is missing now<\/p>\n
\nBM:<\/strong>There are so many. The three-hundred runs partnership with the stylish Jaisimha and then 200 plus with India’s one of the fine allrounders Abid Ali in late 60s are still fresh in my memory. I used to be the main bowler for our side in the Moinuduwalah cricket tournament, representing SBI. Playing along with greats like Wadekar, GR Vishwanath was a thrill.a
\nI am delighted to say that also got Gavaskar and Amarnath out in a tournament at Bhopal, where I was adjudged the best bowler of the tournament.<\/p>\n
\nBM:<\/strong>Well you have to be satisfied with whatever you get. Not playing for Hyderabad for a long period was a big disappointment for me. Because I was a successful allrounder with stunning performances in the Rohan Bhatia university championship and other important big tourneys. But it is ok, no point in regretting now. I am grateful to Doordarshan for the opportunities I got to commentate on various games. Now people recognise me everywhere as lot of local channels are kind enough to invite me as an analyst. What else I need. I have good fiends like you, Venkatesh, Venkat. But is is sad we all lost Jessy our blossom friend. Life goes on. I spend my leisure time listening to Kishoreda and watching cricket matches on television.<\/p>\n
\nBM:<\/strong>Vivian Richards in batting -luckily our birthdays match and Ian Botham as an allrounder. Their determination and perseverance always impressed me. Perfect role models like Gavaskar, Kapil dev and Vishwanath in India.<\/p>\n![\"](\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/download-10-1.jpg?zoom=0.9375&resize=120%2C120\")
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