Budhi Kunderan

Cricketer, India Test Cap 96

Born: 2nd October 1939, Mulky (near Mangalore)

Died: 23rd June 2006, Glasgow, Scotland

Budhi Kunderan is noted as one of the few Indians who played Test cricket before Ranji Trophy.

23-25 Oct 1965 - the Duleep Trophy match between South Zone and North Zone was held in Bangalore. My mother, Rukmani (Nair) Manay, went along with her friends to West End Hotel where the cricketers were staying. There they managed to meet quite a few of them, and my mom got their autographs on a West End Hotel memo paper. Note the four-digit telephone number!

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