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NEW DELHI: On this day in 1911, previous Indian captain
Lala Amarnath
was born in Punjab. Lala is the male behind a few of numerous historical ‘firsts’ of Indian cricket. He made his Test launching versus England in December1933
On his Test cricket launching, he ended up being the first-ever Indian gamer to score a century in Test cricket. He scored 118 runs versus England in his launching match, which England won by 9 wickets.
Remembering the famous Lala Amarnath – India’s very first Test centurion and very first Indian captain to lead #TeamIndia … https://t.co/DELp71 IJCY
— BCCI (@BCCI) 1662884728000
In his Test profession, Amarnath played 24 Tests, scoring 878 performs at approximately 24.38 He has actually scored one century and 4 half-centuries in a profession that lasted over twenty years. He was likewise an efficient bowler, having actually taken 45 wickets, with finest bowling figures of 5/96
He likewise had a jealous first-rate record for his time, scoring 10,426 performs at approximately 41.37 in 186 matches, throughout 286 innings. 31 centuries and 39 half-centuries were scored by him, with finest specific rating of262
He likewise went on to end up being the first-ever captain of the cricket group of an independent India in between 1947-1952 He captained India in 15 Tests, winning 2, losing 6 and drawing 7. Amarnath went on to captain India to its first-ever Test series win versus Pakistan by 2-1.
Amarnath was likewise the first-ever bowler to dismiss famous Australian batter Don Bradman by hit-wicket. It occurred throughout a Test versus Australia in November 1947, when he dismissed Bradman for 185 runs.
His children Mohinder and Surinder Amarnath likewise served India in the sport, with the previous being an essential part of India’s
World-Cup
winning group in1983