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#2 Budhi Kunderan 192 versus England in 1964

Kunderan scored 192 runs with 31 fours en route (Image Courtesy: espncricinfo)

He was an agile wicket-keeper and a hard hitting batsman. In 1964 while playing against England in Chennai Kunderan smashed his way to 192 with 31 fours. Aided by Vijay Manjrekar’s 108 India put on a massive 457. England in reply came up with 317. Kunderan in the second innings only got to 38. The match ended in a draw.

“The 192 he made in Chennai against England in 1964 was an innings that was ahead of its time - the sort that today's big hitters would play. As a wicketkeeper he showed the others how to keep to BS Chandrasekhar, using his body as a second line of defence. He was flamboyant, versatile and a good human being,” former Indian offspinner Erapalli Prasanna was quoted by espncricinfo.

In 18 Test matches, Kunderan scored 981 runs at an average of 32.70.