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Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
About V. M. Muddiah
- Venkatappa Musandra Muddiah pronunciation (8 June 1929 – 1 October 2009) was an Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1959 to 1960. Born in Bangalore, Mysore, Muddiah came up through the Mysore University and Mysore State 'B' team.
- He studied in the Malleswaram Middle and High School and Central College, Bangalore.
- He later played club cricket for Malleswaram Gymkhana and Friends Union CC.
- He joined the Indian Air Force in 1948, but was soon found 'unfit for flying'.
- He left the Air Force and represented Mysore in 1951–52 but was recalled to the IAF as an Air Traffic Controller in the next year.
- He went on to become a Wing Commander before taking voluntary retirement in 1979. Muddiah started off a batsman, became a medium pacer and finally an off-spinner.
- He retained his fifteen step runup even while bowling spin.
- He had a great start to his first class career when he took 8 for 54 for Services against Southern Punjab in 1949.
- But for most of his career he had to live in the shadow of Ghulam Ahmed who was the primary Indian off spinner at the time.
- Muddiah was not selected to the Indian team till Ghulam retired in 1959. Muddiah toured England in 1959, took thirty wickets in first class matches but did not appear in a Test.
- He failed to take a wicket on Test debut against Australia at Delhi in 1959-60.
- In his only other appearance, against Pakistan a year later, he took the wickets of Mushtaq Mohammad, Hanif Mohammad and Imtiaz Ahmed and had Wallis Mathias dropped at short-leg by Polly Umrigar.
- Another chance came against the visiting England team in 1961–62.
- Muddiah took 6 for 71 for the North Zone, all the wickets were top-order batsmen.
- But after an unsuccessful match for Services against MCC on the eve of the fourth Test he was not selected.
- He retired soon after. Muddiah took 175 wickets in his first class career that lasted until late 1962.
- One of his more notable performances was for Mysore in the 1951-52 Ranji semifinal against Bombay.
- After Mysore made 170, Bombay finished the first day on 163 for 1.
- It rained overnight and Muddiah took six wickets in eight overs to bowl Bombay out for 205 on the second day.
- Mysore still lost by an innings.
- He also took 5 for 2 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1961-62. Muddiah had his benefit match in 1980.
- The Government of Karnataka provided him with 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land outside Bangalore where he ran a farm.
- He had two daughters and a son who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army.
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