Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderanpronunciation (help·info) (born Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderam 2 October 1939 – 23 June 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career, and was an exciting but unorthodox right-handed batsman who competed for international selection with contemporary Farokh Engineer.[1] In his eighteen Tests between 1960 and 1967, he scored 981 runs with two centuries and a batting average of 32.70. With the gloves he took 23 catches and executed seven stumpings.
Budhi Kunderan made his first appearance in first class cricket for the Cricket Club of India against the touring West Indies in 1958–59. After just two first class matches, he was picked to play Test cricket for India against Australia in the next year. Through the fifties India had wicket keepers of about the same quality in Naren Tamhane, Probir Sen and Nana Joshi. Joshi and Tamhane had already been tried when Kunderan got his chance in the third Test. Kunderan got out hit wicket on his first appearance while attempting to pullIan Meckiff but scored 71 and 33 in his next Test.
Kunderan had already played three Test matches when he made his Ranji Trophy debut in 1960. In his first Ranji appearance, he hit 205 for Railways against Jammu and Kashmir. His was one of eight double-centuries scored during Ranji Trophy debuts.[2] His second first class hundred was also scored later in the year against the same opponents in a match that Railways won without losing a wicket.[3]
Playing in the 1960s
From the early 1960s, Kunderan had a new competitor for the wicket keeping position in Farokh Engineer. Both played in the series against England at home and toured West Indies in 1961–62. Engineer was selected ahead of Kunderan when England again visited India in 1963–64, but he was found medically unfit on the eve of the first Test at Madras. Opening the innings, Kunderan hit 192 with 31 fours, 170 of which came on the first day of the match. He scored another hundred at Delhi and finished with an aggregate of 525 runs in the series. Since this series, only two other wicket keepers have scored more than 500 runs in a Test series - Denis Lindsay, 606 for South Africa v Australia in 1966-67 and Andy Flower, 540 for Zimbabwe v India in 2000–01.[4]
The Indian selectors dropped both Kunderan and Engineer from the next series against Australia and instead went for K. S. Indrajitsinhji. Engineer was then recalled for the New Zealand series that followed while Kunderan played as an opening batsman in the place of injured Dilip Sardesai.
In 1965, Kunderan left his job in the Railways and appeared for Mysore and the South Zone. A side effect of this was that he was able to keep wickets to the bowling of Chandrasekhar, Prasanna and Venkatraghavan in domestic matches. Recalled against West Indies in 1966–67, Kunderan scored 79 in 92 minutes in the Bombay Test. Early on in the innings, he appeared to have been caught by Garry Sobers but as the batsman prepared to depart, Sobers indicated that he had taken the catch on the bounce. One Test later, Kunderan again found himself out of the team.
The team that toured England in 1967 included both Kunderan and Engineer, but from here Engineer asserted himself as the primary 'keeper. Kunderan played purely as a batsman in the second and third Tests of the series. When Sardesai retired with a hand injury in the Lord's Test, he opened with Engineer and topscored with 47 out of India's 110 all out. He opened both batting and bowling at Birmingham where India played four spinners. This was to be Kunderan's last Test.
Post-international career
He served as a professional in the Lancashire league and then with Drumpellier in the Western Union in Scotland. In the early 1980s, he played for Scotland in the Benson and Hedges Cup in England. Kunderan lived in Scotland from the turn of the 1970s. His brother Bharat, also a wicket-keeper, played first class cricket for Indian Universities in 1970–71.
Budhi Kunderan died from lung cancer at the age of 66. In June 2018, he was awarded with a Special Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5]
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Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan pronunciation help info born Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderam 2 October 1939 23 June 2006 was an Indian cricketer He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career and was an exciting but unorthodox right handed batsman who competed for international selection with contemporary Farokh Engineer 1 In his eighteen Tests between 1960 and 1967 he scored 981 runs with two centuries and a batting average of 32 70 With the gloves he took 23 catches and executed seven stumpings Budhi KunderanPersonal informationFull nameBudhisagar Krishnappa KunderanBorn 1939 10 02 2 October 1939 Mulki British IndiaDied23 June 2006 2006 06 23 aged 66 Glasgow ScotlandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumRoleWicketkeeper batsmanInternational informationNational sideIndia 1960 1967 Test debut cap 96 1 January 1960 v AustraliaLast Test13 July 1967 v EnglandCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 18 129Runs scored 981 5 708Batting average 32 70 28 97100s 50s 2 3 12 19Top score 192 205Balls bowled 24 219Wickets 0 3Bowling average 53 335 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 2 15Catches stumpings 23 7 176 85Source CricketArchive 1 November 2019 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Early matches 1 2 Playing in the 1960s 1 3 Post international career 2 References 3 External linksCareer EditEarly matches Edit Budhi Kunderan made his first appearance in first class cricket for the Cricket Club of India against the touring West Indies in 1958 59 After just two first class matches he was picked to play Test cricket for India against Australia in the next year Through the fifties India had wicket keepers of about the same quality in Naren Tamhane Probir Sen and Nana Joshi Joshi and Tamhane had already been tried when Kunderan got his chance in the third Test Kunderan got out hit wicket on his first appearance while attempting to pull Ian Meckiff but scored 71 and 33 in his next Test Kunderan had already played three Test matches when he made his Ranji Trophy debut in 1960 In his first Ranji appearance he hit 205 for Railways against Jammu and Kashmir His was one of eight double centuries scored during Ranji Trophy debuts 2 His second first class hundred was also scored later in the year against the same opponents in a match that Railways won without losing a wicket 3 Playing in the 1960s Edit From the early 1960s Kunderan had a new competitor for the wicket keeping position in Farokh Engineer Both played in the series against England at home and toured West Indies in 1961 62 Engineer was selected ahead of Kunderan when England again visited India in 1963 64 but he was found medically unfit on the eve of the first Test at Madras Opening the innings Kunderan hit 192 with 31 fours 170 of which came on the first day of the match He scored another hundred at Delhi and finished with an aggregate of 525 runs in the series Since this series only two other wicket keepers have scored more than 500 runs in a Test series Denis Lindsay 606 for South Africa v Australia in 1966 67 and Andy Flower 540 for Zimbabwe v India in 2000 01 4 The Indian selectors dropped both Kunderan and Engineer from the next series against Australia and instead went for K S Indrajitsinhji Engineer was then recalled for the New Zealand series that followed while Kunderan played as an opening batsman in the place of injured Dilip Sardesai In 1965 Kunderan left his job in the Railways and appeared for Mysore and the South Zone A side effect of this was that he was able to keep wickets to the bowling of Chandrasekhar Prasanna and Venkatraghavan in domestic matches Recalled against West Indies in 1966 67 Kunderan scored 79 in 92 minutes in the Bombay Test Early on in the innings he appeared to have been caught by Garry Sobers but as the batsman prepared to depart Sobers indicated that he had taken the catch on the bounce One Test later Kunderan again found himself out of the team The team that toured England in 1967 included both Kunderan and Engineer but from here Engineer asserted himself as the primary keeper Kunderan played purely as a batsman in the second and third Tests of the series When Sardesai retired with a hand injury in the Lord s Test he opened with Engineer and topscored with 47 out of India s 110 all out He opened both batting and bowling at Birmingham where India played four spinners This was to be Kunderan s last Test Post international career Edit He served as a professional in the Lancashire league and then with Drumpellier in the Western Union in Scotland In the early 1980s he played for Scotland in the Benson and Hedges Cup in England Kunderan lived in Scotland from the turn of the 1970s His brother Bharat also a wicket keeper played first class cricket for Indian Universities in 1970 71 Budhi Kunderan died from lung cancer at the age of 66 In June 2018 he was awarded with a Special Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI 5 References EditFootnotes Budhi Kunderan Cricinfo Match scorecard cricketarchive com Match scorecard cricketarchive com Most runs by wicket keepers in a series Kohli Harmanpreet Mandhana win top BCCI awards ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 7 June 2018 ReferencesRahul Bhattacharya Love Letters The Nightwatchman August 2013 History of Drumpellier CC which briefly touches on Kunderan s Scottish career Interview with Kunderan permanent dead link Cricinfo Obituary Article by Partab Ramchand Sujit Mukherjee Matched Winners Orient Longman 1996 p 61 75 Christopher Martin Jenkins The Complete Who s Who of Test CricketersExternal links EditBudhi Kunderan at ESPNcricinfo Budhi Kunderan Archived 8 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine at North Lanarkshire Sporting Hall Of Fame Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Budhi Kunderan amp oldid 1129099089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
