The full name of Polly Umrigar is Pahlan Ratanji Umrigar. He was a famous Indian cricket player. He played first class cricket and test cricket for India. He was a middle-order batsman as well as a medium pace and off-spin bowler. He led his team between 1955 and 1958 in eight test matches. He is the first Indian player who made a double century in the test cricket against New Zealand. He is one of the two Indian players who scores a century and took five wickets in an innings of the test.
He started the test cricket in the second match between India and W. Indies in a series at Bombay in 1948. He scored 30 runs in that match and took no wicket giving 51 runs.
Umrigar has played a total 59 test and 243 first-class matches in his career. His highest scores are 223 and 252 in the test and first-class matches respectively. He has 12 test centuries and 49 first-class centuries. In test, his total run is 3631. For first-class match, it is 16155. His overall batting average is 42.22 in test and 52.28 in first-class match. As a bowler, he took 35 test wickets and 325 first-class wickets. He got five wickets 2 times in test match and 14 times in the first-class match.
After retiring from his cricket career, he became the Chairman of the Indian Cricket Team selection committee. He was also the Tour Manager and Executive Secretary of the BCCI. At last he died on the November 7, 2006, at the age of 80.
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