12th February 1949 Gundappa R. Viswanath Was Born In Bhadravathi Mysore Karnataka

Gundappa Viswanath

India

Full name Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath

Born February 12, 1949, Bhadravati, Mysore

Current age 66 years 0 days

Major teams India, Karnataka, Mysore

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Other Referee

Relation Brother-in-law - SM Gavaskar

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93			14	35	6	63
ODIs	25	23	1	439	75	19.95	830	52.89	0	2		3
First-class	308	486	47	17970	247	40.93			44	89		227
List A	59	57	3	1463	108*	27.09			1	9		13

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	91	7	70	46	1	1/11	1/11	46.00	3.94	70.0	0	0	0
ODIs	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	308		1147	729	15	2/21		48.60	3.81	76.4		0	0
List A	59		50	49	4	4/13	4/13	12.25	5.88	12.5	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	India v Australia at Kanpur, Nov 15-20, 1969 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jan 30-Feb 4, 1983 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v India at Leeds, Jul 13, 1974 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at Leeds, Jun 2, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1967-1988
List A span	1973-1988

ICC match referee statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v Australia at Harare, Oct 14-17, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v West Indies at Bulawayo, Nov 12-16, 2003 scorecard
Test matches	15
Test statistics
ODI debut	Kenya v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Mar 19, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v West Indies at Lord's, Jul 10, 2004 scorecard
ODI matches	78
ODI statistics

Profile

Gundappa Viswanath was a true artist with the willow - his strokeplay, particularly the late-cut executed with lumberjack-strong wrists, was nothing less than divine. He was equally adept against pace and spin - waiting on the ball against the fastmen and using twinkling footwork against the spinners - and he came good when it truly mattered. Though statistics don't convey it, Vishy was every bit as crucial as Sunil Gavaskar to the Indian team of the 1970s. Right from his century on debut in 1969-70, he performed better when the chips were down than any other Indian batsman. Especially memorable was an unbeaten, matchwinning 97 against a rampaging Andy Roberts at Madras in 1974-75. Viswanath often excelled on pitches others found difficult - witness his matchwinning 124 out of 255 on another fiery, bouncy Madras wicket against West Indies in 1978-79, and innings of 83 and 79 against New Zealand on a Christchurch greentop in 1975-76. He played the game in its true spirit: a century had little value to him if it didn¹t contribute to the team cause and he disputed an umpire¹s decision only once, recalling Bob Taylor in the Golden Jubilee match against England in 1979-80. It cost him the Test, one of only two where he led India, but to Vishy, it mattered more that the game should be played fair.
H Natarajan

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Gundappa Viswanath

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Gundappa Viswanath

Personal information

Born

12 February 1949 (age 66)
Bhadravathi, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Legbreak

International information

National side

India

Test debut(cap 124)

15 November 1969 v Australia

Last Test

30 January 1983 v Pakistan

ODI debut(cap 10)

3 April 1974 v England

Last ODI

2 June 1982 v England

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	91	25
Runs scored	6080	439
Batting average	41.93	19.95
100s/50s	14/35	-/2
Top score	222	75
Balls bowled	70	–
Wickets	1	–
Bowling average	46.00	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a
Best bowling	1/11	–
Catches/stumpings	63/-	3/-

Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006

Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath

pronunciation (help·info)(ಕನ್ನಡ: ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ) (born 12 February 1949 in Bhadravathi, Karnataka, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricketfor India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World Cups of 1975 and 1979. At state level, he played for Karnataka (formerly Mysore) throughout his career. Viswanath, popularly nicknamed Vishy, had an elegant and wristy batting style which emphasised timing rather than power. Though he had a complete repertoire of shots around the wicket, Viswanath's favourite was the square cut, a shot he often used to great effect against fast bowlers. He usually fielded at slip position.

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Career and highlights[edit]

On his Test match debut, Viswanath scored a century againstAustralia at Kanpur in 1969 in a drawn match. He also recorded a duck in the same game, one of only three batsmen to have done this in their first match. He scored 13 more centuries in his Test career and none of them came in a match that was lost. He tended to produce his best performances on difficult pitches and a number of his best innings were not centuries, but were crucial to the team's cause.^[1] Against Australia and the West Indies, both known for their strong pace attacks, he had a batting average of over 50.^[2] He was at his peak in the mid-1970s. Against the West Indies at Madras in 1974–75 he scored 97 not out out of a total of 190 against a bowling attack containing Andy Roberts. Despite not being a century, it was regarded as one of the finest performances by an Indian^[3] and it led to an Indian victory. TheWisden 100 ranked it the 38th best innings of all time, and the second best non-century.^[4] He had also scored a match-winning century in the previous Test at Calcutta, but despite a 95 in the final Test at Bombay the series was lost 3–2.

Gundappa Viswanath's career performance graph.

In 1975–76, Viswanath again produced some strong performances against the West Indies, the most notable of which was his 112 at Port of Spain which helped India to reach the victory target of 403. At the time, this was the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket.^[5] In 1978–79 at Madras he again top scored with 124 out of a total of 255. India went on to win the match which ultimately led to a 1–0 series victory in the 6-match series, although this West Indian side was considerably weaker than in previous series after many players opted to play in World Series Cricketinstead.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1982–83 season Test Series in Pakistan, Viswanath was part of the team which lost the series 3–0. Viswanath was one of the Indian batsmen who did not fare well against the blistering pace of Imran Khan who was arguably at his peak in the series, snapping 40 wickets. This series proved to be Viswanath's last.

Captaincy[edit]

Vishy also had a brief stint as the Indian captain in 1979–80. In the two Tests he captained, one was drawn and one was lost, the latter being the Golden Jubilee Test against England. Throughout his career, Viswanath was renowned for his sense of fair-play,^{[citation needed]} and in this match he recalled Bob Taylor to the crease after the umpire had already given him out. Taylor went on to score some vital runs for England helping them to win the match.

Post retirement[edit]

Viswanath retired from Tests in 1983, and later served as a match referee for the ICC from 1999 to 2004. He was also the Chairman of the national selection committee, and also served as the manager of the Indian cricket team. He is also involved in cricket coaching at NCA. He is married to Kavita, sister of Sunil Gavaskar and with their son Daivik reside in Bangalore, India. Gavaskar named his son Rohan Jaivishwa Gavaskar –First name for Rohan kanay ( former west indies captain) the middle name honouring Jaisimha and Viswananth.

Recognition[edit]

No discussion on all-time top Indian batsmen is usually complete without respectful mentions of Viswanath although he usually does not make the all-time top XI. There are many who believe that based on his ability to play quick bowling he should be ranked in the top 6 of all Indian batsmen. Viswanath was awarded Col. C K Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 by BCCI which is one of the highest awards given in Indian cricket.

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