Hyderabad, July 13 -- Gutsy cricketer Yashpal Sharma who was once dubbed as India's "Man for a Crisis" by SunilGavaskar, died of a cardiac arrest on Tuesday. He was known for hisfighting spirit and hisdour batting came to team India's rescue on many occasions. He playedan important role in India's World Cup campaign in 1983 which ended in a historicvictory. But not many people know that Yashpal's cricket career would never have reached sublime heights had it not been for thefamed thespian Dilip Kumar.

It was the Bollywood superstar who first spotted the talent in Yashpal and helped him to make an entry into the Indian cricket team. One day, back when Yashpal Sharma was a struggling cricketer desperately trying to catch the eye of the nat...