A batsman who scored his first century in Tests for India, a bowler who has also got a record for hit wicket-out for legendary Don Bradman. A captain who led India to the first Test series against Pak. The player in whose name Indian cricket still shines like a new ball in a Test match. The player who got the command of the Independent Indian Cricket Team and is still named after all over the world cricket is Lala Amarnath, the first captain of independent India. Though CK Naidu, Maharajkumar, and Iftikar Ali Khan Pataudi were the first 3 captains of India, Lala Amarnath took over as Team India after India's independence. Born on September 11, 1911, in Kapurthala, Lala Amarnath is celebrating his birthday today, his full name is Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj. So let's know some special stories about them...

In 1947, Akhand India was broken into pieces, followed by a country called Pak. Even today, when there is a match between the two countries, it crosses all the limits of adventure. Lala Amarnath was the first Captain of India's First to beat Pak very badly. After the country was divided, the situation between India and Pakistan gradually returned to normal. In 1952, under his leadership, Team India defeated Pakistan in the Test series. This was the first Test series of the visiting Pak team in India. India won the 5-match series 2-1. India had won the first and third Tests in the series, while Pakistan won the second match and the last two Tests ended in a draw. Before the series, the Indian team had played 8 home series, losing 7 of them.

The noise was just the same name Lala Amarnath: Let us tell you that on December 15, 1933, Lala Amarnath scored a century in a Test match before his cricket career. Lala Amarnath also completed his century in the second innings of the match in Mumbai in the first Test against England. He scored the century at the Gentle Old Gymkhana Ground in Bombay. He scored 118 runs in 185 minutes with the help of 21 fours. He had reached 83 in just 78 minutes, outwitted everyone from fast bowlers to spinners, completing his century in 117 minutes. Then the strike rate was calculated according to minutes. Till that time, no cricketer from India had scored a century in a Test match. England must have won the match, but the noise was of just the same name and that was Lala Amarnath.

Not only that, Lala Amarnath was a stylish batsman and had also won the title of aggressive bowler. He used to bowl with a very accurate line length, he is the only bowler in the world to hitwicket, Sir Don Bradman. In 1947, Amarnath dismissed Bradman as a hitwicket in the middle of the Brisbane Test. Bradman, who was dismissed 70 times in his career, was just once a hitwicket out. Bradman played an innings off 336 balls with 185 runs.

According to reports, Amarnath scored 878 runs in 24 Tests at an average of 24.38 with 1 century and 4 half-centuries. He also picked up 45 wickets at an average of 32.91, scoring more than 10,000 runs in 186 first-class matches and taking 463 wickets with an excellent average of 22.98.

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