Question

Which of the following applies to Lala Amarnath?

Answer 1

Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj was an Indian cricketer. He was the first batsman ever to score a century for India in Test cricket. He was independent India's first cricket captain and captained India in the first Test series win against Pakistan in 1952.
He played only 3 Test Matches before World War 2 and thus lost all his prime years as India played no official Test matches. During this time he amassed around 10,000 runs with 30 hundreds in first class cricket which included teams from Australia and England featuring some of the most prominent Test players . After the war he played another 21 Test Matches for India. One of the prominent all rounders of the time, he later became the chairman of the Senior Selection Committee, BCCI and also served the game as a commentator and expert. He was responsible in grooming many youngsters like Chandu borde, ML. Jaisimha, Jasu Patel etc. who played for India . His sons Surinder & Mohinder Amarnath also became Test players for the country. His grandson Digvijay is a current first class player.
[1] [2]The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1991.[3]