Mohinder Amarnath's name immediately calls up the mood and temper of Test cricket in the late 7️⃣0️⃣s and early 8️⃣0️⃣s, of ferocious fast bowlers and of brave struggles 🆚 short-pitched bowling. A rare Indian batsman partial to the hook, Amarnath was struck on the head numerous times by the short-pitched ball. In the season of 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣2️⃣▪️8️⃣3️⃣, he worked out a new, open stance to help him play the short ball better, and proceeded to make over a 1,000 runs 🆚 the pace barrage of Pakistan and West Indies. At Barbados he hooked three sixes in his first-innings 91, was struck on the mouth by Malcolm Marshall early in his second innings, washed out his bloodied shirt himself, and returned to make 80.