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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="font-size: 125%"><div class="fn" style="display: inline;">Polly Umrigar</div></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pollyumrigar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Pollyumrigar.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="155" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="131" data-file-height="155" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><div class="fn">Pahlan Ratanji Umrigar</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-03-28</span>)</span>28 March 1926<br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a> or <a href="/wiki/Solapur" title="Solapur">Solapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> (see <sup id="cite_ref-pob_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pob-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 November 2006<span style="display:none">(2006-11-07)</span> (aged 80)<br /><span class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, India</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-arm offbreak</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Role</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/All-rounder" title="All-rounder">All-rounder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">International information <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National side</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/India_national_cricket_team" title="India national cricket team">India</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Test debut (cap <a href="/wiki/List_of_India_Test_cricketers" title="List of India Test cricketers">47</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 1948 v <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last Test</th><td class="infobox-data">13 April 1962 v <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-1px; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">First-class</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>59</td> <td>243</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>3,631</td> <td>16,155</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>42.22</td> <td>52.28</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>12/14</td> <td>49/80</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>223</td> <td>252<a href="/wiki/Not_out" title="Not out">*</a></td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>4,725</td> <td>25,297</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>35</td> <td>325</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>42.08</td> <td>25.68</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>2</td> <td>14</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>6/74</td> <td>7/32</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>33/–</td> <td>217/–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35577.html">CricInfo</a>, <span class="nowrap">31 October 2021</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pahlan Ratanji</b> "<b>Polly</b>" <b>Umrigar</b> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/8\/81\/Polly_Umrigar.ogg\/Polly_Umrigar.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"pronunciation"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Polly Umrigar.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/Polly_Umrigar.ogg/Polly_Umrigar.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">pronunciation</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator 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He played in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cricket team">Indian cricket team</a> (1948 – 1962) and played <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricket</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_cricket_team" title="Mumbai cricket team">Bombay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_cricket_team" title="Gujarat cricket team">Gujarat</a>. Umrigar played mainly as a middle-order batsman but also bowled occasional medium pace and <a href="/wiki/Off_spin" title="Off spin">off spin</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team" title="New Zealand national cricket team">New Zealand</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he received the <a href="/wiki/C._K._Nayudu_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award">C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award</a>, the highest honour the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India" title="Board of Control for Cricket in India">Indian cricket board</a> can bestow on a former player.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polly Umrigar was probably born in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a> but his place of birth is often cited as <a href="/wiki/Solapur" title="Solapur">Solapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pob_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pob-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father ran a clothing company. He grew up in Solapur and his family moved to Bombay when he was at school.<sup id="cite_ref-pob_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pob-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a <a href="/wiki/Parsi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsi people">Parsi</a> (from the Zoroastrian community in India), the community that dominated <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_cricket_team" title="Mumbai cricket team">Bombay cricket</a> in the early decades of the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his first class debut for Parsis at the age of 18 in the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Pentangular" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay Pentangular">Bombay Pentangular</a> in 1944, and studied for a BSc at <a href="/wiki/St_Xavier%27s_College" class="mw-redirect" title="St Xavier's College">St Xavier's College</a>. He captained the Bombay University team. He also played <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> competitively.<sup id="cite_ref-pob_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pob-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Test_career">Early Test career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early Test career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He scored 115* for Combined Universities<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against the touring <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indians</a> in October 1948. This performance brought him to national attention, and earned him a single appearance in the 2nd Test against the same team in Bombay seven weeks later. </p><p>By the time two <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_XI_cricket_team" title="Commonwealth XI cricket team">Commonwealth teams</a> visited India <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_XI_cricket_team_in_India_in_1949-50" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth XI cricket team in India in 1949-50">in 1949–50</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_XI_cricket_team_in_India_in_1950%E2%80%9351" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth XI cricket team in India in 1950–51">1950–51</a>, Umrigar had become a regular in the team. He scored 276 runs in the unofficial Tests against the first team and 562 runs against the second. In the <a href="/wiki/M._A._Chidambaram_Stadium" title="M. A. Chidambaram Stadium">Madras</a> Test, he moved from 90 to 102 with two successive sixes off <a href="/wiki/Frank_Worrell" title="Frank Worrell">Frank Worrell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He scored only 113 runs in the first four Tests against a weak <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="English cricket team">England side</a> at home a year later. He was dropped from the fifth Test but was included at the last minute due to an injury to <a href="/wiki/Hemu_Adhikari" title="Hemu Adhikari">Hemu Adhikari</a>. Going in at No.7, he made 130 not out as India won their first ever Test match. Though the bowling was not of a very high quality, Umrigar considered it the best innings of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England_in_1952">England in 1952</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: England in 1952"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In England in 1952, Umrigar scored heavily outside Test matches, but in Tests he was a complete failure. His aggregate of 1,688 was the highest in the season for the Indian team. He made more than 800 runs in May and double hundreds against <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club" title="Oxford University Cricket Club">Oxford University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lancashire County Cricket Club">Lancashire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Cricket_Club" title="Kent County Cricket Club">Kent</a>, but seemed to struggle against the fast bowler <a href="/wiki/Cuan_McCarthy" title="Cuan McCarthy">Cuan McCarthy</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club" title="Cambridge University Cricket Club">Cambridge</a>. However, he made only 43 runs in seven Test innings, at an average of 6.14. But more than the lack of runs, it was the way that he batted that was disturbing. While facing <a href="/wiki/Fred_Trueman" title="Fred Trueman">Fred Trueman</a>, time and again he backed away towards square leg and "(held) the bat out to each ball, missing it like a beginner".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bedser dismissed him twice; Trueman dismissed him four times, and on three occasions he was bowled backing away.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More has perhaps been written about this series than any other phase of Umrigar's career.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Umrigar had far more success in his other encounters with fast bowlers. He scored a hundred at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford_(cricket_ground)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Trafford (cricket ground)">Manchester</a> in his next meeting with Trueman in 1959; he topped the aggregate for India in all his three series against West Indies who at various times had <a href="/wiki/Frank_King_(West_Indian_cricketer)" title="Frank King (West Indian cricketer)">Frank King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Hall" title="Wes Hall">Wes Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Gilchrist" title="Roy Gilchrist">Roy Gilchrist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Stayers" title="Charlie Stayers">Charlie Stayers</a>. It was off the bowling of Hall and Stayers that he played one of the finest innings of his career. </p><p>He returned to form against Pakistan at home in 1952–53, and scored 560 runs in West Indies in early 1953 with two hundreds and four fifties.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reached his hundred at <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_Oval" title="Queen's Park Oval">Port of Spain</a> with a six off <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Ramadhin" title="Sonny Ramadhin">Sonny Ramadhin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His innings of 223 against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand cricket team">New Zealand</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_Stadium,_Hyderabad" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> in 1955–56 was the first double century scored for India.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Test_captain">Test captain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Test captain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Umrigar had led India in two unofficial Tests against the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_XI_cricket_team" title="Commonwealth XI cricket team">Commonwealth XI</a> in 1953–54 winning one of them. From the second Test match against New Zealand in 1955–56 till the first Test against the West Indies three years later, he captained the side in eight successive Test matches. India won two of the New Zealand Tests by an innings. </p><p>After one Test against the West Indies in 1958–59, he was replaced as captain by <a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ahmed_(cricketer)" title="Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)">Ghulam Ahmed</a> who then announced his retirement from Test cricket after two successive defeats. Umrigar was again picked as captain for the fourth Test at Madras, but a confusion developed about the replacements for Ghulam Ahmed and <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Manjrekar" title="Vijay Manjrekar">Vijay Manjrekar</a>, who was injured. Umrigar wanted another batsman, <a href="/wiki/Manohar_Hardikar" title="Manohar Hardikar">Manohar Hardikar</a>, to replace Manjrekar, but <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ratibhai_Patel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ratibhai Patel (page does not exist)">Ratibhai Patel</a>, the President of <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India" title="Board of Control for Cricket in India">BCCI</a> insisted on the off-spinner <a href="/wiki/Jasu_Patel" title="Jasu Patel">Jasu Patel</a> to play in his place.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Umrigar resigned the captaincy on the night before the Test.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He represented India for three more years but never again captained the country. His 337 runs in the five Tests of the series was the highest for India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Test_career">Late Test career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late Test career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the tour of England in 1959, he again scored heavily outside Test matches, but struggled in the Tests again Trueman and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Statham" title="Brian Statham">Brian Statham</a> until the fourth Test. He scored three double hundreds in tour matches, the 252* against Cambridge University was then the highest by an Indian abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made 230 runs in four Test matches, including 118 in the Old Trafford Test in his last meeting with Trueman. </p><p>Umrigar's off-spin played a significant supporting role to <a href="/wiki/Jasu_Patel" title="Jasu Patel">Jasu Patel</a> in India's first win over Australia at <a href="/wiki/Green_Park_Stadium" title="Green Park Stadium">Kanpur</a> in 1959–60, but his batting remained below par, and he missed the last two Tests in the series with a back injury. He scored three hundreds in the series against <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan cricket team">Pakistan</a> in 1960–61 and another against England at home in 1961–62 (his third century in as many Test innings). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polly_Umrigar_graph.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Polly_Umrigar_graph.png/350px-Polly_Umrigar_graph.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Polly_Umrigar_graph.png/525px-Polly_Umrigar_graph.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Polly_Umrigar_graph.png/700px-Polly_Umrigar_graph.png 2x" data-file-width="963" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Polly Umrigar's career performance graph.</figcaption></figure><p>A few weeks later, India lost every match in a five Test series in West Indies. In the fourth Test at Port of Spain, Umrigar scored 56 and 172 not out and took 5 for 107 in the West Indian first innings.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His fifty in the first innings came after India had lost their first five wickets for 30. India followed on and Umrigar reached his hundred in 156 minutes and 150 in 203. When <a href="/wiki/Wes_Hall" title="Wes Hall">Wes Hall</a> took the second new ball, Umrigar hit him for four fours in an over.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last two Indian wickets added 144. Umrigar's 172* in 248 minutes were scored off India's last 230 runs. He finished the series with 445 runs and nine wickets. His chronic back trouble made him announce his retirement from Test cricket after he returned home. </p><p>Umrigar continued to play first-class cricket for Bombay for another season and played his last first class match in 1967–68. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis_of_cricket_career">Analysis of cricket career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Analysis of cricket career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Umrigar was a powerfully built man who stood just under six feet.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An attacking player especially strong in front of the wicket, he was capable of destroying anything short of extreme pace.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this attitude towards the bowling, he was different from most of his contemporaries. "He was a link between two generations", wrote <a href="/wiki/K._N._Prabhu" title="K. N. Prabhu">K. N. Prabhu</a>. "Theoretically he belonged to that assembly of cricketers of the thirties, but in practice his cricket was conditioned by the hard, professional approach of the immediate post-independence years".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the early 1940s, Indian cricket had been dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Merchant" title="Vijay Merchant">Merchant</a>-<a href="/wiki/Vijay_Hazare" title="Vijay Hazare">Hazare</a> school of batsmanship which put stress on preserving one's wicket. Umrigar's batting combined the tall scores of this era with the adventurous spirit of the thirties. </p><p>Umrigar's bowling improved over the course of his career. He bowled off-cutters, hardly flighted the ball and moved it in off the seam.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Occasionally he used to bowl medium pace and open the bowling, as at Bahawalpur in 1954–55 when he took his career-best 6 for 74 against Pakistan. Umrigar rarely bowled for long spells at medium pace. At <a href="/wiki/Bahawal_Stadium" title="Bahawal Stadium">Bahawalpur</a> he only bowled about six overs "at the maximum pace that he was capable of, which would be about Ramchand's" (the wickets were taken in later spells), according to <a href="/wiki/Sujit_Mukherjee" title="Sujit Mukherjee">Sujit Mukherjee</a>. (See the article on <a href="/wiki/Gulabrai_Ramchand#Playing_style" title="Gulabrai Ramchand">G. S. Ramchand</a> for Mukherjee's opinion about Ramchand's bowling.) </p><p>Umrigar's aggregate of 3,631 Test runs and 12 Test centuries were India's best until bettered by <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Sunil Gavaskar</a> in the late seventies. He led the victorious Bombay sides in <a href="/wiki/Ranji_Trophy" title="Ranji Trophy">Ranji Trophy</a> in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1962–63. In 59 Ranji matches, for Bombay and <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_cricket_team" title="Gujarat cricket team">Gujarat</a>, he scored 4102 runs with fifteen hundreds at an average of 70.72 and 140 wickets.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His highest Ranji score of 245 was made against <a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_cricket_team" title="Saurashtra cricket team">Saurashtra</a> in 1957–58. He twice scored 1,000 runs in an Indian domestic season. He also spent a few years for Church in the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_League_(cricket)" title="Lancashire League (cricket)">Lancashire League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Umrigar was the manager of Indian touring sides to New Zealand, <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> and Australia in the late 1970s. He was the chairman of the national selection committee between 1978 and 1982, Executive secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India" title="Board of Control for Cricket in India">BCCI</a> and the Mumbai Cricket Association Secretary. He wrote a book on cricket coaching and, for a time, he was the curator of the pitch at the <a href="/wiki/Wankhede_Stadium" title="Wankhede Stadium">Wankhede Stadium</a>. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in 1962 and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=C.K._Nayudu_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C.K. Nayudu Trophy (page does not exist)">C.K. Nayudu Trophy</a> in 1998–99 for his contributions to the game. The national Under-15 championship is contested for the Polly Umrigar Trophy. </p><p>Umrigar was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Lymph_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lymph cancer">lymph cancer</a> and underwent <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapy</a> in mid-2006.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died in Mumbai from the illness on 7 November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He married his wife, Dinu, in 1951. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The BCCI named the <a href="/wiki/Polly_Umrigar_Award" title="Polly Umrigar Award">Polly Umrigar award</a> in his honour.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pob-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pob_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pob_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pob_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pob_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">A majority of the references cite S(h)olapur as Umrigar's place of birth. But in the interview <i>A chat with midwicket explorer</i> in Sportstar, 14 October 1989, p.49, Umrigar said : "Let me correct the notion that I was born in Sholapur and not in Bombay. The fact is I was born in Bombay, but learnt my cricket in Sholapur till pre-metric days". Another dissenter is Richard Cashman, Patrons, Players and the Crowd, p.76 : "For years Polly Umrigar was listed as 'born in Sholapur' whereas it is now known that he was born in Bombay". Umrigar's family and study details are from the Sportstar interview.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/in-pictures-parsi-cricketers-who-have-played-for-india/article34519324.ece">"In pictures | Parsi cricketers who have played for India"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. 9 May 2021. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X">0971-751X</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=In+pictures+%7C+Parsi+cricketers+who+have+played+for+India&rft.date=2021-05-09&rft.issn=0971-751X&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fin-pictures-parsi-cricketers-who-have-played-for-india%2Farticle34519324.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolly+Umrigar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:02-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:02_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMukherjee2018" class="citation web cs1">Mukherjee, Abhishek (7 June 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/facts-and-figures/sunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-and-other-ck-nayudu-lifetime-achievement-awards-winners-718766">"Full list of CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Awards"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cricket_Country" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricket Country">Cricket Country</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cricket+Country&rft.atitle=Full+list+of+CK+Nayudu+Lifetime+Achievement+Awards&rft.date=2018-06-07&rft.aulast=Mukherjee&rft.aufirst=Abhishek&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cricketcountry.com%2Farticles%2Ffacts-and-figures%2Fsunil-gavaskar-kapil-dev-and-other-ck-nayudu-lifetime-achievement-awards-winners-718766&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolly+Umrigar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cashman, Patrons, Players and the Crowd, p.81. Of the early Test cricketers from Bombay, <a href="/wiki/Dattaram_Hindlekar" title="Dattaram Hindlekar">Dattaram Hindlekar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janardan_Navle" title="Janardan Navle">Janardan Navle</a> were the only Marathi speakers. Others – <a href="/wiki/Sorabji_Colah" title="Sorabji Colah">Sorabji Colah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenni_Irani" title="Jenni Irani">Jenni Irani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rustomji_Jamshedji" title="Rustomji Jamshedji">Rustomji Jamshedji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khershed_Meherhomji" title="Khershed Meherhomji">Khershed Meherhomji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rusi_Modi" title="Rusi Modi">Rusi Modi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phiroze_Palia" title="Phiroze Palia">Phiroze Palia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Merchant" title="Vijay Merchant">Vijay Merchant</a>, <a href="/wiki/L._P._Jai" title="L. P. Jai">L. P. Jai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Divecha" title="Buck Divecha">Ramesh Divecha</a> – were all Gujarati Parsees or Gujarati Hindus.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Partab Ramchand, <i>Great Indian batsmen</i>, p.63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Great Indian batsmen, p. 104. <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Hazare" title="Vijay Hazare">Vijay Hazare</a>, in his autobiography <i>My story</i> states that the sixes took Umrigar from 88 to 100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Polly Umrigar, "Oh, the first sight of clear skies", <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)"><i>Outlook</i></a> Special issue on the 75 years of Indian cricket (2005), p.69 : "This innings ranks as the best of my life, though the 170-odd that I got in the Caribbean in 1961–62 was perhaps my best in terms of quality."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In its December 2004 issue, <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Asia_Cricket" title="Wisden Asia Cricket">Wisden Asia Cricket</a> conducted a poll among cricketers and cricket writers to select the best innings by an Indian. The 130* was ranked 29th while Umrigar's 172* at Port of Spain in 1961–62 came 45th</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Partab Ramchand, Great Feats of Indian Cricket, p.102</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Great Feats of Indian Cricket, p.101, quoting <a href="/wiki/S._K._Gurunathan" title="S. K. Gurunathan">S. K. Gurunathan</a>'s report from <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford_(cricket_ground)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Trafford (cricket ground)">Manchester</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Arlott" title="John Arlott">John Arlott</a> in his biography of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Trueman" title="Fred Trueman">Fred Trueman</a> tells of Umrigar "who at one point retreated so far back that <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lock" title="Tony Lock">(Tony) Lock</a>, at backward short-leg, said "I say, Polly, do you mind going back. I can't see the bowler when you stand there" ".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some writers have gone further on the impact of Umrigar's failures and attributed the bad reputation that Indian batsmen once had against fast bowlers to it : " .. but it was the deeper wound that Trueman had inflicted on Indian cricket that could never be healed. Trueman became an ogre India could not cope with and a whole generation of Indian batsmen were branded as cowards, men who ran away to square-leg at the first sight of a fast bowler. Not all Indian batsman ran away from Trueman and it is a canard to suggest that. However, one man did. " etc. (Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, p.181)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Umrigar's 560 runs in the 1952–53 series equalled <a href="/wiki/Rusi_Modi" title="Rusi Modi">Rusi Modi</a>'s identical tally against West Indies at home in 1948–49. This stood as an Indian record till <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Manjrekar" title="Vijay Manjrekar">Vijay Manjrekar</a> scored 586 runs against England in 1961–62, and the highest abroad till <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Sardesai" title="Dilip Sardesai">Dilip Sardesai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Sunil Gavaskar</a> made 642 and 774 runs in West Indies in 1970–71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Umrigar was the first Indian batsman to reach a century with a six, a feat that has since been emulated by <a href="/wiki/Kapil_Dev" title="Kapil Dev">Kapil Dev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Azharuddin" title="Mohammad Azharuddin">Mohammad Azharuddin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Dravid" title="Rahul Dravid">Rahul Dravid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virender_Sehwag" title="Virender Sehwag">Virender Sehwag</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/polly-umrigar-first-indian-double-century-968094-2017-03-28">"The first Indian to hit a double century: 'Polly' Umrigar was born on this day almost a century ago"</a>. <i>India Today</i>. 28 March 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=India+Today&rft.atitle=The+first+Indian+to+hit+a+double+century%3A+%27Polly%27+Umrigar+was+born+on+this+day+almost+a+century+ago&rft.date=2017-03-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Feducation-today%2Fgk-current-affairs%2Fstory%2Fpolly-umrigar-first-indian-double-century-968094-2017-03-28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolly+Umrigar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17421/scorecard/62802/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-new-zealand-tour-of-india-1955-56">"Full Scorecard of India vs New Zealand 1st Test 1955"</a>. <i>espncricinfo.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=espncricinfo.com&rft.atitle=Full+Scorecard+of+India+vs+New+Zealand+1st+Test+1955&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fseries%2F17421%2Fscorecard%2F62802%2Findia-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-new-zealand-tour-of-india-1955-56&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APolly+Umrigar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While the BCCI President certainly went beyond his brief in insisting for Patel, Rajan Bala in <i>The Covers are Off</i> places some part of the blame in Umrigar's insistence on a Bombay man (Hardikar) as the replacement for Manjrekar.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Most sources agree that Umrigar resigned that night but Rajan Bala quotes Umrigar (The Covers are Off, p.71) as saying that he does not remember whether the decision to quit was taken during the night or in the morning after discussion with the selection committee chairman <a href="/wiki/Lala_Amarnath" title="Lala Amarnath">Lala Amarnath</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excepting <a href="/wiki/Duleepsinhji" title="Duleepsinhji">Duleepsinhji</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranjitsinhji" title="Ranjitsinhji">Ranjitsinhji</a> who are English for cricketing purposes. Duleep scored 333 for <a href="/wiki/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Sussex County Cricket Club">Sussex</a> against <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Northamptonshire County Cricket Club">Northamptonshire</a> in 1930 while Ranji's highest was 285* for Sussex v <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club" title="Somerset County Cricket Club">Somerset</a> in 1901. Umrigar's score was the highest by an Indian abroad till <a href="/wiki/Navjot_Sidhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Navjot Sidhu">Navjot Sidhu</a> made 286 against Jamaica at Kingston in 1988–89. As of 2015, it is still the highest by an Indian in England.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The only other Indian cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in an innings was <a href="/wiki/Vinoo_Mankad" title="Vinoo Mankad">Vinoo Mankad</a> who scored 72 & 184 and took 5 for 196 against <a href="/wiki/English_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="English cricket team">England</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s" title="Lord's">Lord's</a> in 1952. In 2011/12 v West Indies at Mumbai, <a href="/wiki/Ravichandran_Ashwin" title="Ravichandran Ashwin">Ravichandran Ashwin</a> scored 103 and took 5/156 to become the third.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Great Feats of Indian Cricket, p.117</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cashman, p.84, quotes <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Times (India)">The Sunday Times</a></i>, 30 April 1978, which in turn quotes Umrigar as stating that he was 5' 11½" but six feet in cricket boots</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The opinion of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Martin-Jenkins" title="Christopher Martin-Jenkins">Christopher Martin-Jenkins</a>, <i>Who's who of Test Cricketers</i> (1986), p.481.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/K._N._Prabhu" title="K. N. Prabhu">K. N. Prabhu</a>, in <i>Mid-day</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sujit Mukherjee, Playing for India, p.156</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">140 wickets as per <a href="/wiki/Indian_Cricket_(annual)" title="Indian Cricket (annual)">Indian Cricket 2004</a> p.461 and 138 according to <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Martin-Jenkins" title="Christopher Martin-Jenkins">Christopher Martin-Jenkins</a>, Who's Who of Test Cricketers (1986) p.482, but a manual count of his wickets shows the Indian Cricket's tally to be correct. 134 of the wickets were for Bombay, 6 for Gujarat.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091125/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/01/stories/2006070109231900.htm">Hindu report on Umrigar's illness</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/india/6126152.stm">Former India skipper Umrigar dies</a> bbc.co.uk, accessed 7 November 2006</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Partab Ramchand, Great Feats of Indian Cricket, Rupa & Co</li> <li>Partab Ramchand, Great Indian Batsmen, Rupa & Co (2005)</li> <li>Sujit Mukherjee, Playing for India, Orient Longman (1988)</li> <li>Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket (1990)</li> <li>Rajan Bala, The Covers are Off, Rupa & Co (2004)</li> <li>Richard Cashman, Patrons, Players and the Crowd, Orient Longman(1980)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polly_Umrigar&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35577.html">Polly Umrigar</a> at <a href="/wiki/ESPNcricinfo" title="ESPNcricinfo">ESPNcricinfo</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928102301/http://www.chalomumbai.com/sports/national/2006/march/133912.htm">Umrigar turns 80</a>, Profile</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/INTERACTIVE/FACE-TO-FACE/UMRIGAR-1.html">Interview</a></li> <li>Raju Bharatan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100810193209/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/30/stories/0730028j.htm">An account of the events that led to Umrigar's resignation</a><sup><a href="/wiki/Template:Usurped/doc" title="Template:Usurped/doc">[usurped]</a></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1533604/Polly-Umrigar.html">Obituary</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>, 9 November 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1942811,00.html">Obituary</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, 9 November 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Singh</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihir_Sen" title="Mihir Sen">Mihir Sen</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milkha_Singh" title="Milkha Singh">Milkha Singh</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Hazare" title="Vijay Hazare">Vijay Hazare</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasu_Patel" title="Jasu Patel">Jasu Patel</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arati_Saha" title="Arati Saha">Arati Saha</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nari_Contractor" title="Nari Contractor">Nari Contractor</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Gyatso_(mountaineer)" title="Sonam Gyatso (mountaineer)">Sonam Gyatso</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathan_Krishnan" title="Ramanathan Krishnan">Ramanathan Krishnan</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gostha_Pal" title="Gostha Pal">Gostha Pal</a> (1962)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Polly Umrigar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mushtaq_Ali" title="Syed Mushtaq Ali">Syed Mushtaq Ali</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._J._Gopalan" title="M. J. Gopalan">M. J. Gopalan</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawang_Gombu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawang Gombu">Nawang Gombu</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charanjit_Singh_(hockey_player)" title="Charanjit Singh (hockey player)">Charanjit Singh</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._P._S._Ahluwalia" title="H. P. S. Ahluwalia">H. P. S. Ahluwalia</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avtar_Singh_Cheema" title="Avtar Singh Cheema">Avtar Singh Cheema</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Deodhar" title="D. B. Deodhar">D. B. Deodhar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phu_Dorjee" title="Phu Dorjee">Phu Dorjee</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Jones_(billiards_player)" title="Wilson Jones (billiards player)">Wilson Jones</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verghese_Kurien" title="Verghese Kurien">Verghese Kurien</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Chandra_Singh_Rawat" title="Harish Chandra Singh Rawat">Harish Chandra Singh Rawat</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Prakash_Vohra" title="Chandra Prakash Vohra">Chandra Prakash Vohra</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Wangyal" title="Sonam Wangyal">Sonam Wangyal</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Lal" title="Kishan Lal">Kishan Lal</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Kumar_(mountaineer)" title="Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)">Narendra Kumar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Lakshman" title="Shankar Lakshman">Shankar Lakshman</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Ali_Khan_Pataudi" title="Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi">Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdial_Singh_(mountaineer)" title="Gurdial Singh (mountaineer)">Gurdial Singh</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithipal_Singh" title="Prithipal Singh">Prithipal Singh</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandu_Borde" title="Chandu Borde">Chandu Borde</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishan_Singh_Bedi" title="Bishan Singh Bedi">Bishan Singh Bedi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moin-ul-Haq" title="Moin-ul-Haq">Moin-ul-Haq</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._A._S._Prasanna" title="E. A. S. Prasanna">E. A. S. Prasanna</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Claudius" title="Leslie Claudius">Leslie Claudius</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailen_Manna" title="Sailen Manna">Sailen Manna</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaus_Mohammad" title="Ghaus Mohammad">Ghaus Mohammad</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandgi_Ram" title="Chandgi Ram">Chandgi Ram</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamaljeet_Sandhu" title="Kamaljeet Sandhu">Kamaljeet Sandhu</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gundappa_Viswanath" title="Gundappa Viswanath">Gundappa Viswanath</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsh_Vardhan_Bahuguna" title="Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna">Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Chandrasekhar" title="B. S. Chandrasekhar">B. S. Chandrasekhar</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Wadekar" title="Ajit Wadekar">Ajit Wadekar</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farokh_Engineer" title="Farokh Engineer">Farokh Engineer</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Roy" title="Pankaj Roy">Pankaj Roy</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Lal_Anand" title="Roshan Lal Anand">Roshan Lal Anand</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meena_Shah" title="Meena Shah">Meena Shah</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vasudevan_Baskaran" title="Vasudevan Baskaran">Vasudevan Baskaran</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syed_Kirmani" title="Syed Kirmani">Syed Kirmani</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Dev" title="Kapil Dev">Kapil Dev</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Padukone" title="Prakash Padukone">Prakash Padukone</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Amritraj" title="Vijay Amritraj">Vijay Amritraj</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Singh_Chauhan" title="Bahadur Singh Chauhan">Bahadur Singh Chauhan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Hanuman" title="Guru Hanuman">Guru Hanuman</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Nelson" title="Eliza Nelson">Eliza Nelson</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chand_Ram" class="mw-redirect" title="Chand Ram">Chand Ram</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaur_Singh" title="Kaur Singh">Kaur Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghubir_Singh_(equestrian)" title="Raghubir Singh (equestrian)">Raghubir Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satpal_Singh" title="Satpal Singh">Satpal Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Valsamma" title="M. D. Valsamma">M. D. Valsamma</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Zutshi" title="Geeta Zutshi">Geeta Zutshi</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Borromeo" title="Charles Borromeo">Charles Borromeo</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phu_Dorjee" title="Phu Dorjee">Phu Dorjee</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuni_Goswami" title="Chuni Goswami">Chuni Goswami</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Khullar" title="D. K. Khullar">D. K. Khullar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachendri_Pal" title="Bachendri Pal">Bachendri Pal</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omprakesh_Agrawal" title="Omprakesh Agrawal">Omprakesh Agrawal</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._T._Usha" title="P. T. Usha">P. T. Usha</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anupama_Gokhale" title="Anupama Gokhale">Anupama Gokhale</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaroop_Kishen" title="Swaroop Kishen">Swaroop Kishen</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geet_Sethi" title="Geet Sethi">Geet Sethi</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shahid_(Indian_cricketer)" title="Mohammad Shahid (Indian cricketer)">Mohammad Shahid</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagyashree_Thipsay" title="Bhagyashree Thipsay">Bhagyashree Thipsay</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Vengsarkar" title="Dilip Vengsarkar">Dilip Vengsarkar</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Azharuddin" title="Mohammad Azharuddin">Mohammad Azharuddin</a> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandraprabha_Aitwal" title="Chandraprabha Aitwal">Chandraprabha Aitwal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._K._Banerjee" title="P. K. Banerjee">P. K. Banerjee</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premchand_Degra" title="Premchand Degra">Premchand Degra</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulshan_Rai" title="Gulshan Rai">Gulshan Rai</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaman_Lal_Sharma" title="Jaman Lal Sharma">Jaman Lal Sharma</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranath_Narayan_Shenoy" title="Taranath Narayan Shenoy">Taranath Narayan Shenoy</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selma_D%27Silva" title="Selma D'Silva">Selma D'Silva</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspy_Adajania" title="Aspy Adajania">Aspy Adajania</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Pal_Singh" title="Ajit Pal Singh">Ajit Pal Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Singh" title="Sriram Singh">Sriram Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakam_Singh" title="Hakam Singh">Hakam Singh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiny_Abraham" title="Shiny Abraham">Shiny Abraham</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Krishnan" title="Ramesh Krishnan">Ramesh Krishnan</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Ram" title="Lila Ram">Lila Ram</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pargat_Singh" title="Pargat Singh">Pargat Singh</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnam_Malleswari" title="Karnam Malleswari">Karnam Malleswari</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Yadav" title="Santosh Yadav">Santosh Yadav</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhupathi" title="Mahesh Bhupathi">Mahesh Bhupathi</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malathi_Krishnamurthy_Holla" title="Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla">Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhuvneshwari_Kumari" title="Bhuvneshwari Kumari">Bhuvneshwari Kumari</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanraj_Pillay" title="Dhanraj Pillay">Dhanraj Pillay</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Rani" title="Sunita Rani">Sunita Rani</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Edulji" title="Diana Edulji">Diana Edulji</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaspal_Rana" title="Jaspal Rana">Jaspal Rana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_Kumar_(field_hockey)" title="Mukesh Kumar (field hockey)">Mukesh Kumar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Purushottam_Phadke" title="Gopal Purushottam Phadke">Gopal Purushottam Phadke</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhaya_Lal_Pokhriyal" title="Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal">Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotirmoyee_Sikdar" title="Jyotirmoyee Sikdar">Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasaraghavan_Venkataraghavan" title="Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan">Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._Beenamol" title="K. M. Beenamol">K. M. Beenamol</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurmayum_Anita_Devi" title="Gurmayum Anita Devi">Gurmayum Anita Devi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Dravid" title="Rahul Dravid">Rahul Dravid</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sourav_Ganguly" title="Sourav Ganguly">Sourav Ganguly</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anju_Bobby_George" title="Anju Bobby George">Anju Bobby George</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Nimbalkar" title="S. P. Nimbalkar">S. P. Nimbalkar</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Tirkey" title="Dilip Tirkey">Dilip Tirkey</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullela_Gopichand" title="Pullela Gopichand">Pullela Gopichand</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumble" title="Anil Kumble">Anil Kumble</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurbachan_Singh_Randhawa" title="Gurbachan Singh Randhawa">Gurbachan Singh Randhawa</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Thomas_(skydiver)" title="Rachel Thomas (skydiver)">Rachel Thomas</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhumita_Bisht" title="Madhumita Bisht">Madhumita Bisht</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Singh_Gunjyal" title="Mohan Singh Gunjyal">Mohan Singh Gunjyal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Kom" title="Mary Kom">Mary Kom</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Singh_Sagoo" title="Bahadur Singh Sagoo">Bahadur Singh Sagoo</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneru_Humpy" title="Koneru Humpy">Koneru Humpy</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeev_Milkha_Singh" title="Jeev Milkha Singh">Jeev Milkha Singh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaichung_Bhutia" title="Bhaichung Bhutia">Bhaichung Bhutia</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bula_Choudhury" title="Bula Choudhury">Bula Choudhury</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Advani_(billiards_player)" title="Pankaj Advani (billiards player)">Pankaj Advani</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Dhoni" title="MS Dhoni">MS Dhoni</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbir_Singh_Kullar" title="Balbir Singh Kullar">Balbir Singh Kullar</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbhajan_Singh" title="Harbhajan Singh">Harbhajan Singh</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramakant_Achrekar" title="Ramakant Achrekar">Ramakant Achrekar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narain_Karthikeyan" title="Narain Karthikeyan">Narain Karthikeyan</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saina_Nehwal" title="Saina Nehwal">Saina Nehwal</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virender_Sehwag" title="Virender Sehwag">Virender Sehwag</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijender_Singh" title="Vijender Singh">Vijender Singh</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignace_Tirkey" title="Ignace Tirkey">Ignace Tirkey</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunjarani_Devi" title="Kunjarani Devi">Kunjarani Devi</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar" title="Sushil Kumar">Sushil Kumar</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VVS_Laxman" title="VVS Laxman">VVS Laxman</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shital_Mahajan" title="Shital Mahajan">Shital Mahajan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gagan_Narang" title="Gagan Narang">Gagan Narang</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Poonia" title="Krishna Poonia">Krishna Poonia</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbhajan_Singh_(mountaineer)" title="Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer)">Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer)</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Arif" title="S. M. Arif">S. M. Arif</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Chaturvedi" title="Ravi Chaturvedi">Ravi Chaturvedi</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhulan_Goswami" title="Jhulan Goswami">Jhulan Goswami</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zafar_Iqbal_(field_hockey)" title="Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)">Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Jhajharia" title="Devendra Jhajharia">Devendra Jhajharia</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limba_Ram" title="Limba Ram">Limba Ram</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhakar_Vaidya" title="Prabhakar Vaidya">Prabhakar Vaidya</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premlata_Agrawal" title="Premlata Agrawal">Premlata Agrawal</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogeshwar_Dutt" title="Yogeshwar Dutt">Yogeshwar Dutt</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Kumar_(sport_shooter)" title="Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)">Vijay Kumar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girisha_Nagarajegowda" title="Girisha Nagarajegowda">Girisha Nagarajegowda</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dingko_Singh" title="Dingko Singh">Dingko Singh</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajrang_Lal_Takhar" title="Bajrang Lal Takhar">Bajrang Lal Takhar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjum_Chopra" title="Anjum Chopra">Anjum Chopra</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Dabas" title="Sunil Dabas">Sunil Dabas</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Raj_Singh_Dharmshaktu" title="Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu">Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipika_Pallikal" title="Dipika Pallikal">Dipika Pallikal</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Boniface_Prabhu" title="H. Boniface Prabhu">H. Boniface Prabhu</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuvraj_Singh" title="Yuvraj Singh">Yuvraj Singh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamta_Sodha" title="Mamta Sodha">Mamta Sodha</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saba_Anjum_Karim" title="Saba Anjum Karim">Saba Anjum Karim</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithali_Raj" title="Mithali Raj">Mithali Raj</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Sindhu" title="P. V. Sindhu">P. V. 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