The first captain of the Indian team after independent India got the legend batsman Don Bradman of the Australian cricket team out hit wicket. Bradman scored a brilliant 185 in his very first Test innings against India. He could have made 200 in that innings but Lala Amarnath got Don hit wicket before that. This Test match was played in Brisbane in 1948. Significantly, Bradman never got out hit wicket in his international career after this. In such a situation, the strange record of getting him out hit wicket only once is in the name of Lala ji.
Lala scored the first century for India in Test cricket.
Lala Amarnath was not only a wonderful bowler but he was also a great batsman along with that. Lala had scored a tremendous century in his debut test itself, due to which he also became the first batsman to score a century from India in Test cricket. However, after this, Lala’s bat never got to see a century in international cricket.
Let us tell you that Lala Amarnath played a total of 24 matches in his Test career, in which he scored 878 runs at an average of 24.4. During this, 1 century and 4 half-centuries were also seen with his bat. At the same time, he has also taken 45 wickets in Tests.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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