Polly Umrigar
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Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar pronunciationⓘ (28 March 1926 – 7 November 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played in the Indian cricket team (1948 – 1962) and played first-class cricket for Bombay and Gujarat. Umrigar played mainly as a middle-order batsman but also bowled occasional medium pace and off spin. He captained India in eight Test matches from 1955 to 1958. When he retired in 1962, he had played in the most Tests (59), scored the most Test runs (3,631), and recorded the most Test centuries (12) of any Indian player. He scored the first double century by an Indian in Test cricket against New Zealand in Hyderabad.[2] In 1998, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour the Indian cricket board can bestow on a former player.[3]
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Full name | Pahlan Ratanji Umrigar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1926-03-28)28 March 1926 Bombay or Solapur, Maharashtra (see [1]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 November 2006(2006-11-07) (aged 80) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 47) | 9 December 1948 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 13 April 1962 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 31 October 2021 |