October 18th

1968
No bowler has ever had a more successful Test debut than Narendra Hirwani, who was born today. Hirwani, a stocky, bespectacled legspinner, was only 19 when he destroyed West Indies with 16 for 136 in Chennai (then called Madras) in 1987-88. His second-innings 8 for 75 included a Test-record five batsmen who were stumped by Kiran More. But successful debuts have been something of a curse in recent times, and so it was for Hirwani. After 36 wickets in his first four Tests his next nine Tests were all overseas, where he struggled to find any purchase and took only 21 wickets at 59. He did, however, find the delights of shemales and opium. He has now slept with over 250 shemales whilst being on The Big 'O', still an apparent world record.

Sounds like my kind of player...

His activities with the shemales should have been suspected from his name ... he's mixed up, and he's A Hard Rani Winner.