Born in Bangalore, Mysore, Muddiah came up through the Mysore University and Mysore State 'B' team. He studied in the Malleswaram Middle and High School and Central College, Bangalore. He later played club cricket for Malleswaram Gymkhana and Friends Union CC. He joined the Indian Air Force in 1948, but was soon found 'unfit for flying'. He left the Air Force and represented Mysore in 1951–52 but was recalled to the IAF as an Air Traffic Controller in the next year. He went on to become a wing commander before taking voluntary retirement in 1979.
Muddiah started off a batsman, became a medium pacer and finally an off-spinner. He retained his fifteen step runup even while bowling spin. He had a great start to his first class career when he took 8 for 54 and 4 for 43 for Services against Southern Punjab in 1949.[2] But for most of his career he had to live in the shadow of Ghulam Ahmed who was the primary Indian off spinner at the time. Muddiah was not selected to the Indian team till Ghulam retired in 1959.
Another chance came against the visiting England team in 1961–62. Muddiah took 6 for 71 for the North Zone, all the wickets were top-order batsmen.[3] But after an unsuccessful match for Services against MCC on the eve of the fourth Test he was not selected. He retired soon after.
Muddiah took 175 wickets in his first class career that lasted until late 1962. One of his more notable performances was for Mysore in the 1951-52 Ranji semifinal against Bombay. After Mysore made 170, Bombay finished the first day on 163 for 1. It rained overnight and Muddiah took six wickets in eight overs to bowl Bombay out for 205 on the second day. Mysore still lost by an innings.[4] He also took 5 for 2 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1961–62.[5]
Muddiah had his benefit match in 1980. The Government of Karnataka provided him with 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land outside Bangalore where he ran a farm. He had two daughters and a son who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army.
Referencesedit
^"Former India offspinner Muddiah dies". ESPNcricinfo. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
^"Southern Punjab v Services 1949-50". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^"North Zone v MCC 1961-62". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^"Mysore v Bombay 1951-52". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^"Services v Jammu & Kashmir 1961-62". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
Sourcesedit
Rajan Bala, "In the shadow of Ghulam Ahmed", Crickettalk magazine, 20 July 2000.
Vedam Jaishankar, Casting a spell: The story of Karnataka cricket, UBS Publishers, ISBN81-7476-505-0, pp. 47–51
muddiah, venkatappa, musandra, muddiah, pronunciation, june, 1929, october, 2009, indian, cricketer, played, tests, from, 1959, 1960, personal, informationfull, namevenkatappa, musandra, muddiahborn, 1929, june, 1929bangalore, british, indiadied1, october, 200. Venkatappa Musandra Muddiah pronunciation 8 June 1929 1 October 2009 1 was an Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1959 to 1960 V M MuddiahPersonal informationFull nameVenkatappa Musandra MuddiahBorn 1929 06 08 8 June 1929Bangalore British IndiaDied1 October 2009 2009 10 01 aged 80 Bangalore Karnataka IndiaBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm off break mediumInternational informationNational sideIndiaTest debut cap 94 12 December 1959 v AustraliaLast Test21 December 1960 v PakistanDomestic team informationYearsTeam1949 1962Services1951 1952Mysore1953 1954HyderabadCareer statisticsCompetition Test First classMatches 2 61Runs scored 11 805Batting average 5 50 13 87100s 50s 0 0 0 4Top score 11 67Balls bowled 318 9 918Wickets 3 175Bowling average 44 66 23 765 wickets in innings 1010 wickets in match 1Best bowling 2 40 8 54Catches stumpings 0 62 Source Cricinfo 21 October 2009 Born in Bangalore Mysore Muddiah came up through the Mysore University and Mysore State B team He studied in the Malleswaram Middle and High School and Central College Bangalore He later played club cricket for Malleswaram Gymkhana and Friends Union CC He joined the Indian Air Force in 1948 but was soon found unfit for flying He left the Air Force and represented Mysore in 1951 52 but was recalled to the IAF as an Air Traffic Controller in the next year He went on to become a wing commander before taking voluntary retirement in 1979 Muddiah started off a batsman became a medium pacer and finally an off spinner He retained his fifteen step runup even while bowling spin He had a great start to his first class career when he took 8 for 54 and 4 for 43 for Services against Southern Punjab in 1949 2 But for most of his career he had to live in the shadow of Ghulam Ahmed who was the primary Indian off spinner at the time Muddiah was not selected to the Indian team till Ghulam retired in 1959 Muddiah toured England in 1959 took thirty wickets in first class matches but did not appear in a Test He failed to take a wicket on Test debut against Australia at Delhi in 1959 60 In his only other appearance against Pakistan a year later he took the wickets of Mushtaq Mohammad Hanif Mohammad and Imtiaz Ahmed and had Wallis Mathias dropped at short leg by Polly Umrigar Another chance came against the visiting England team in 1961 62 Muddiah took 6 for 71 for the North Zone all the wickets were top order batsmen 3 But after an unsuccessful match for Services against MCC on the eve of the fourth Test he was not selected He retired soon after Muddiah took 175 wickets in his first class career that lasted until late 1962 One of his more notable performances was for Mysore in the 1951 52 Ranji semifinal against Bombay After Mysore made 170 Bombay finished the first day on 163 for 1 It rained overnight and Muddiah took six wickets in eight overs to bowl Bombay out for 205 on the second day Mysore still lost by an innings 4 He also took 5 for 2 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1961 62 5 Muddiah had his benefit match in 1980 The Government of Karnataka provided him with 5 acres 20 000 m2 of land outside Bangalore where he ran a farm He had two daughters and a son who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army References edit Former India offspinner Muddiah dies ESPNcricinfo 1 October 2009 Retrieved 2 October 2009 Southern Punjab v Services 1949 50 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 2 March 2021 North Zone v MCC 1961 62 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 2 March 2021 Mysore v Bombay 1951 52 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 2 March 2021 Services v Jammu amp Kashmir 1961 62 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 2 March 2021 Sources editRajan Bala In the shadow of Ghulam Ahmed Crickettalk magazine 20 July 2000 Vedam Jaishankar Casting a spell The story of Karnataka cricket UBS Publishers ISBN 81 7476 505 0 pp 47 51External links editV M Muddiah at ESPNcricinfo V M Muddiah at CricketArchive subscription required nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Indian cricket is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title V M Muddiah amp oldid 1198697152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
