IND vs AFG: Indian players wear black armbands to honour former India pacer David Johnson during T20 World Cup 2024 match
The Indian cricket team sported black armbands during its T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight match against Afghanistan in Barbados on Thursday in honour of former India pacer David Johnson, who passed away earlier in the day in Bengaluru. He was 52 years old.
Johnson played in two Test matches in 1996, taking three wickets.
His domestic career spanned 39 First-Class matches, which fetched him 125 wickets. He also picked up four five-fors and a ten-for.
Johnson was one of the fastest Indian bowlers and his performance in the domestic circuit – his bowling figures of 10 for 152 against Kerala during the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season – paved his path into the Indian side.
He made his Test debut against Australia in the one-off Test in New Delhi in 1996. He managed to dismiss Michael Slater during Australia’s tour of India.
The right-arm bowler was also part of the tour of South Africa but got to play only in the first Test, taking the wickets of Herschelle Gibbs and Brian McMillan.