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Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath pronunciation ⓘ (born 12 February 1949) is a former Indian cricketer. Vishwanath was rated as one of India 's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983, making 91 appearances and scoring more than 6,000 runs.
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Jul 13, 2014 · Gundappa Viswanath was a top order batter and a true artist with the willow. He played 91 Tests and 25 ODIs for India, scoring 6080 and 830 runs respectively, and also umpired and refereed international matches.
- Male
- March 12, 1949
- India
Career Information. Teams. India. There aren't many Indian cricketers whom the great Sunil Gavaskar himself admired and also considered better than himself. His brother-in-law was one he held in ...
Find out the complete career history of Gundappa Viswanath including highest scores, centuries, half centuries, wickets and more.
- Chandni Ahuja
- Double century on Ranji debut. Indian cricket writers who followed domestic cricket in the 60s, had already hallelujah-ed Vishy as the next batting prospect for India.
- 0 and 100 on Test debut. The Karnataka batsman started his career with a duck but shut his critics in the very next innings with a knock of 137, which included 25 boundaries against Australia at Kanpur in 1969.
- India never lost when he scored a 100. His first Test match ended in a draw, but he hit 13 more centuries after his debut match and India won every single of those 13 matches.
- Stint as skipper. The little master from Karnataka also had a brief fling with captaincy as he captained India in two tests during the period of 1979–80.
Gundappa Viswanath was the original wristy artist in Indian cricket. The batting great, who turns 69 on Monday, was the first from India to score another century after making one on Test debut...
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Learn about the career and achievements of Gundappa Viswanath, the only Test batsman who scored 14 centuries and won or drew every match he played. He was also the first Indian to score 100 against every other Test nation and the captain who recalled Bob Taylor.
