Lala Amarnath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian cricket player.
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Place of Birth: Kapurthala, Punjab, India
About Lala Amarnath
- Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj was an Indian cricketer.
- He was the first batsman ever to score a century for India in Test cricket.
- He was independent India's first cricket captain and captained India in the first Test series win against Pakistan in 1952. He played only 3 Test Matches before World War 2 and thus lost all his prime years as India played no official Test matches.
- During this time he amassed around 10,000 runs with 30 hundreds in first class cricket which included teams from Australia and England featuring some of the most prominent Test players .
- After the war he played another 21 Test Matches for India.
- One of the prominent all rounders of the time, he later became the chairman of the Senior Selection Committee, BCCI and also served the game as a commentator and expert.
- He was responsible in grooming many youngsters like Chandu borde, ML.
- Jaisimha, Jasu Patel etc.
- who played for India.
- His sons Surinder & Mohinder Amarnath also became Test players for the country.
- His grandson Digvijay is also a current first class player.
- The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1991.
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