11-07-2006, 11:16 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Former Indian captain Polly Umrigar passes away </b>
Pioneer News Service | Mumbai
Former Indian captain Polly Umrigar passed away at his residence here today at 8:30 pm of cancer at the age of 80. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Umrigar played 59 Tests for India at an average of 42 with 12 hundreds. He made several records of playing the highest number of test matches, highest amount of runs and the highest number of centuries during the period of 1962 to 1978 which was broken by none other than Sunil Gavaskar. As a bowler also he proved his calibre. He was an accurate off-spinner and could even open the bowling, sending down outswingers.
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great player.
Pioneer News Service | Mumbai
Former Indian captain Polly Umrigar passed away at his residence here today at 8:30 pm of cancer at the age of 80. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Umrigar played 59 Tests for India at an average of 42 with 12 hundreds. He made several records of playing the highest number of test matches, highest amount of runs and the highest number of centuries during the period of 1962 to 1978 which was broken by none other than Sunil Gavaskar. As a bowler also he proved his calibre. He was an accurate off-spinner and could even open the bowling, sending down outswingers.
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great player.