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Who was the ‘man of the series’ at the four-nation ODI LG Cup, 1999 tournament held at Nairobi?
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- Sourav Ganguli
- Lance Klusener
- Lance Gibbs
- Vijay Bharadwaj
Correct Option: B
The LG Cup 1999–2000 was a four team cricket ODI tournament held in Kenya. After the round robin stage, the final took place between South Africa and India. Despite only making his international debut in India’s opening game of the tournament, Vijay Bharadwaj won the man of the series award. Vijay Bharadwaj was first called up to the Indian national team in the 1999–2000 season after an impressive season in Indian domestic cricket in which he scored more than 1000 runs. He made his ODI debut in the LG Cup in Nairobi and initially impressed with his bowling in particular where he got 10 wickets at an impressive average of 12.20 and also scoring 89 crucial unbeaten runs lower down the order, all through the tournament. However, poor performances in the following Test and ODI matches against New Zealand saw him dropped from the front.