Mukundrao Pai
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Mukundrao Damodar Pai (21 June 1883 – 5 August 1948) was an Indian cricketer and a member of the first Indian team that toured England in 1911 under the captaincy of Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Pai was the first Indian cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut, playing for the Hindus against the Europeans in the Bombay Presidency game in 1906.
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Born | (1883-06-21)21 June 1883 Bombay, British India | ||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 1948(1948-08-05) (aged 65) Bombay, India | ||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1906/07–1920/21 | Hindus | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 November 2021 |
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In a career spanning 15 years, he played a total of 22 first-class matches scoring 640 runs before retiring as a captain of the Hindus cricket team in 1920.