Full name Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan
Born October 2, 1939, Mulki, Karnataka
Died June 23, 2006, Scotland (aged 66 years 264 days)
Major teams India, Scotland, Mysore, Railways
Also known as changed name from Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderam in 1964
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 18 | 34 | 4 | 981 | 192 | 32.70 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 |
First-class | 129 | 217 | 20 | 5708 | 205 | 28.97 | 12 | 19 | 176 | 85 | |
List A | 6 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 9.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 18 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.25 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 129 | 219 | 160 | 3 | 2/15 | 53.33 | 4.38 | 73.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Jan 1-6, 1960 scorecard |
Last Test | England v India at Birmingham, Jul 13-15, 1967 scorecard |
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First-class span | 1958/59 - 1975/76 |
List A span | 1975/76 - 1982 |
Born on the same date as Mahatma Gandhi, Budhi Kunderan was rather more violent in his chosen profession, hitting the cricket ball with a power and confidence that came naturally to Indian wicketkeepers who knew they had two strings to their bow. He opened India's batting in 21 of the 34 innings he played, averaging 41 in that position. His Karnataka captain V Subramanya rated Kunderan as a better batsman and wicketkeeper than his contemporary Farokh Engineer. Kunderan played his early cricket in Mumbai but, with Naren Tamhane established as wicketkeeper there, Kunderan turned his attention to Railways. It was a good move. Kunderan was picked to play for India even before he had played a single first-class game and showed his gratitude to his Railways captain Lala Amarnath by scoring a double-century on Ranji debut.
1967
The 1967 India squad touring England. (Standing, from left): V Subramanya, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Sadanand Mohol, Subrata Guha, S Venkataraghavan, Farokh Engineer, Ajit Wadekar, Ramesh Saxena, Hanumant Singh, Bishan Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna. (Front row) M Chinnaswamy (treasurer), Rusi Surti, Chandu Borde, Nawab of Pataudi (captain), Keki Tarapore (manager), Budhi Kunderan and Dilip Sardesai
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