TRIBUTE
PAID TO BALAN PANDIT,
FORMER KERALA CAPTAIN
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Former Kerala captain
and junior national selector M Balan Pandit has died in Ernakulam,
Kerala on June 5,2013, aged 86.A wicketkeeper-batsman, Pandit began playing
first-class cricket in 1946 and represented Kathiawar, Kerala and
Travancore-Cochin. In a career spanning 46 first-class matches, Pandit scored
2,317 runs including five hundreds at an average of 29.70.He was a wicketkeeper
for Kathiawar in the match against
Maharashtra, in December 1948, when Bhausaheb Nimbalkar scored an
unbeaten 443 runs, the highest first-class score by an Indian batsman.
In a Ranji Trophy
match in 1959 against Andhra, his 14th for Kerala, Pandit scored an unbeaten
262, which was the record individual score for Kerala before Sreekumar Nair hit
a triple century against Services in 2007.As a wicketkeeper, he completed 35
catches and three stumpings during his first-class career.As an administrator,
Pandit was a member of India's junior selection committee and was also the
chairman of Kerala's selection committee. He also served as vice-president of
Kerala Cricket Association.
Prof. John Kurakar
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