NANIJ AMARNATH BHARDWAJ

Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj

Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj generally acknowledged as Lala Amarnath; was born on 11 September 1911 was an Indian Test cricketer. Lala Amarnath attained India's initial Test century and went on to suit Indian cricket's patriarchal stature: as selector, administrator, trainer and anchor, in addition to in a factual intellect - his three sons became first-class cricketers and two played in Tests. Amarnath, a Punjabi, was also the first to put the boot in alongside the stifling supremacy of Indian cricket by the confined princes and their majestic benefactor. It ruthlessly smashed his career. He was also self-determining India's first ordeal skipper, escorting the side on a visit of Australia in 1947-1948.

Early life

Amarnath was instinctive in Kapurthala, Punjab, and moved along with his family later to Lahore. He didn't have an exceedingly prosperous milieu from his family, and produced beats when he achieved 109 runs although playing for Southern Punjab in opposition to Madras Cricket Club in the year 1933-34. As a affair of reality, the Cricket magazine Wisden extracted his routine in this game as "A dazzling show".

Debut in Test Cricket

He played his first appearance game in opposition to England in 1933 on the Bombay Gymkhana grounds in South Bombay. Amarnath also took part in for the Hindus in the Bombay Quadrangular. Out-of-the-way from being a dogged batsman, Lala Amarnath was also a bowler of various statuses and was the only bowler to send home Donald Bradman smack wicket.

The Controversy at the Indian Tour of 1936

Amarnath was controversially sent flipside from the 1936 visit of England by the skipper, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, for "disruptive behavior". Amarnath and others contend it was owing to political principles.

The Dark Phase

After his 3rd Test game in opposition to England played at Chennai in February 1934, Amarnath had to take the weight off his feet for a era of 12 years before he could play his 4th Test game. He was one of the few Cricket players who heaved a voice in opposition to the dominance of Royal figures and their supporters existing in the Cricket state of affairs of India those days, and as a result had to pay the consequences by distressing the spoil to his career.

First Captain of Independent India's Test Cricket team

When the dividing wall of India took place in August 1947, Amarnath and his family had to take flight from the city to break away from a Muslim mob. He subsisted in Patiala in the Indian state of Punjab till 1957, when he enthused to the capital, Delhi. Amarnath is far-flung and ample cherished for accomplishing out to conduit the break up among players and enthusiasts of India and Pakistan, rooted by political nervousness stuck between the two countries.

Amarnath as team leader was accolade for being clear-cut and hard line, and possessing enormous strategic wisdom. Underneath his headship, India won it's first-ever Test in opposition to the Pakistan cricket squad in Delhi in 1952, and went on to win the succession 2-1. Amarnath also dealt with the squad when it travelled in the region of Pakistan in 1954-55. His sons Mohinder and Surinder also took part in cricket for India

Legacy

All the way through his dusk years, Amarnath was well thought-out a living wage fable of Indian cricket. When he died in 2000, the intact Indian cricket group of people, millions of enthusiasts, and well-known cricketers and supporters commencing nations like Australia, Pakistan, England and the West Indies remunerated their compliments and expressed grief collectively.

Vital Statistics

All the way through his Test Cricket profession, Lala Amarnath played 24 Test contests and coped to achieve a sum of 878 runs in them as one with 1 century and 4 half-centuries with a Batting standard of 24.38 runs and a maximum gain of 118 runs. In these 24 competitions, he seized 45 wickets generous away 1481 runs, with a Bowling standard of 32.91 runs. He also played 186 First Class Cricket games all the way through his Cricket career in which he achieved 10426 runs with a Batting standard of 41.37 runs, and a maximum score of 262 runs. He took 463 wickets in the First Class Cricket competitions and gave away 10644 runs, with a Bowling standard of 22.98 runs.


Major squads: India, Gujarat, Hindus, Maharaja of Patiala's XI, Railways, Southern Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Fielding position: Wicketkeeper
Relation Son - Surinder Amarnath, Mohinder Amarnath, Rajinder Amarnath

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	24	184
Runs scored	878	10,426
Batting average	24.38	41.37
100s/50s	1/4	31/59
Top score	118	262
Balls bowled	4241	29,474
Wickets	45	463
Bowling average	32.91	22.98
5 wickets in innings	2	19
10 wickets in match	0	3
Best bowling	5/96	7/27
Catches/stumping	13	96/2