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Full name Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath
Born February 12, 1949, Bhadravati, Mysore
Current age 59 years 209 days
Major teams India,Karnataka,Mysore
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
91
155
10
6080
222
41.93
14
35
6
63
0
ODIs
25
23
1
439
75
19.95
830
52.89
0
2
3
0
First-class
308
486
47
17970
247
40.93
44
89
227
0
List A
59
57
3
1463
108*
27.09
1
9
13
0
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
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 didnšt contribute to the team cause and he disputed an umpirešs 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
