NEW DELHI: On this day in 1911, former Indian captain Lala Amarnath was born in Punjab. Lala is the man behind some of many historic 'firsts' of Indian cricket. He made his Test debut against England in December 1933.
On his Test cricket debut, he became the first-ever Indian player to score a century in Test cricket. He scored 118 runs against England in his debut match, which England won by nine wickets.
