5 bowling achievements by unlikely players

• 2. Lala Amarnath is the only player to dismiss Donald Bradman hit wicket

K.S. Duleepsinhji, Don Bradman and Lala Amarnath at a reception in Adelaide during the 1947-48 series.

• Lala Amarnath, the first cricket captain of independent India, already has considerable acclaim for his century on debut at the Bombay Gymkhana in the same series where he also found bowling success by capturing four wickets at Madras. When asked who the best batsman was in his opinion Amarnath had no doubt : “ … Don Bradman - even in 1947-48, he was still the greatest. In the innings he got his 100th century, he was shaky to start with, but eventually he was just the master.”

• However it was against the Don that he would achieve a memorable feat - during a Test at Brisbane in 1947, with the Don batting majestically on 185 from 336 balls with 20 boundaries, Lala Amarnath became the only bowler to dismiss Bradman hit-wicket. His name is further linked with the Don’s when he later led India in Vijay Merchant’s absence and a newspaper praised his 228 and 172 against Victoria and Queensland respectively by writing “People in Australia are flocking to the games not to watch Bradman bat but Amarnath.”