M. L. Jaisimha

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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = M. L. Jaisimha
| fullname = Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|3|3}}
| birth_place = [[Secunderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1999|7|6|1939|3|3}}
| death_place = [[Sainikpuri]], [[Secunderabad]]<br/>[[Telangana]], India
| image =
| family = [[Vivek Jaisimha]] (son)
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace, Right-arm off break
| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1955–1976}}
| club2 = [[Rishton Cricket Club|Rishton]]
| year2 = 1969
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 39
| runs1 = 2056
| bat avg1 = 30.68
| 100s/50s1 = 3/12
| top score1 = 129
| deliveries1 = 2,097
| wickets1 = 9
| bowl avg1 = 92.11
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/54
| catches/stumpings1= 17/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 245
| runs2 = 13,516
| bat avg2 = 37.44
| 100s/50s2 = 33/65
| top score2 = 259
| deliveries2 = 27,771
| wickets2 = 431
| bowl avg2 = 29.86
| fivefor2 = 18
| tenfor2 = 3
| best bowling2 = 7/45
| catches/stumpings2= 157/–
| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 1959–1971
| testdebutagainst = England
| testdebutdate = 18 June
| testdebutyear = 1959
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| lasttestdate = 13 April
| lasttestyear = 1971
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29663.html ESPN Cricinfo]
}}

'''Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha''' {{audio|M._L._Jaisimha.ogg|pronunciation}} (3 March 1939 – 6 July 1999) was an [[Indian cricket team|Indian]] [[Test cricket]]er.

==Playing career==
Jaisimha was a right-handed batsman who was noted for his style on and off the field. He bowled medium pace, often opening the bowling for India, and off-breaks, and was a brilliant fielder. But it was the way he went about things that caught the eye. [[Partab Ramchand]] wrote after Jaisimha's death that "his slim figure, which he maintained till his last day, the boyish good looks, the inimitable gait, the trademark silk shirt and scarf, the sleeves buttoned at the wrist or the [[upturned collar|collar turned up]] – all these attracted immediate attention."{{ref|PR}} ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket]]'' called him a "cultivated stylist".

Jaisimha made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut at the age of 15, in the [[1954–55 Ranji Trophy]], scoring 90 for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] against [[Andhra Pradesh cricket team|Andhra Pradesh]], and taking three wickets for 51 runs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Kuldip|title=Obituary: M. L. Jaisimha|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-m-l-jaisimha-1117323.html|accessdate=12 July 2017|work=The Independent|date=8 September 1999}}</ref> After two indifferent seasons, in 1958–59 he cracked hundreds against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] and [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]], the premier teams in the South Zone. 20 wickets in [[Ranji Trophy|Ranji]] matches in the same season found him a place in the side that toured England in [[Indian cricket team in England in 1959|1959]].

===Test career===
Jaisimha's [[Test cricket|Test]] debut at [[Lord's]] was disastrous, but his next two Tests won him notice. In the final Test against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in 1959–60 at [[Eden Gardens|Calcutta]], he went in to bat towards the end of the first day and finished on 20 not out on the second day. He started his second innings just before stumps on the third day, batted throughout the fourth scoring only 59 runs, and was out on the final day for 74.<ref>{{cite web|title=India v Australia, Calcutta 1959–60|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23936.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> This made him the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test match.{{ref|5days}} At Kanpur against Pakistan a year later, he batted through a whole day for just 54 runs. This innings, which lasted 505 minutes for 99 runs, ironically ended when he attempted a quick single to complete his hundred.<ref>{{cite web|title=India v Pakistan, Kanpur 1960–61|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/24/24549.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>

Meanwhile, he converted himself into an opener. While there was a bit of competition for the Indian middle order, [[Pankaj Roy]] was coming to the end of his career as an opener. In that position, Jaisimha scored Test hundreds against [[English cricket team|England]] in 1961–62 and 1963–64, and 134 against Ceylon in 1964–65. In the 1963–64 series against England he made 444 runs. In 1964–65, he batted in the middle order for Hyderabad and hit 713 runs. But failures in the Test matches led to him being dropped.

He was not part of the original team that toured [[Australia]] in 1967–68, but injuries to [[Chandu Borde]] and [[B.S. Chandrasekhar]] and the loss of form of others resulted in Jaisimha being flown in. He went straight into the Third Test and scored 74 and 101, nearly pulling off an improbable win.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1969, pp. 848–49.</ref> He never again exceeded 25 in Test cricket. Curiously, each of his three hundreds came in the third Tests of the respective series.

His last series was the tour of West Indies in 1970–71. Captain [[Ajit Wadekar]] wrote later that he found Jaisimha's counsel invaluable. In his last innings at [[Queen's Park Oval|Port of Spain]] he stayed for an hour scoring 23 and helping [[Sunil Gavaskar]] save the match.<ref>''Wisden'' 1972, pp. 942–44.</ref>

He led Hyderabad for 16 seasons and 76 matches. The Indian captain [[Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi]] often played under his leadership.

==Later life==
Jaisimha was a selector between 1977–78 and 1980–81, and managed the Indian tour to Sri Lanka in 1985–86. [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] made him a life member in 1978. He was also a TV commentator for some time and did commentary for the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]]. His sons [[Vivek Jaisimha]] and Vidyut Jaisimha were first-class cricketers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vivek Jaisimha|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18090/18090.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

His death was due to lung cancer.

==Notes==
* {{note|5days}} Jaisimha's feat of batting on all five days has since been emulated by [[Geoff Boycott]], [[Kim Hughes]], [[Allan Lamb]], [[Ravi Shastri]], [[Adrian Griffith (cricketer)|Adrian Griffith]], [[Andrew Flintoff]], [[Alviro Petersen]] and [[Cheteshwar Pujara]].


==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=29663}}
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/1/1109/1109|name=Motganhalli Jaisimha}}
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/101300.html [[V Ramnarayan]], "The Nawab of Hyderabad Cricket"]
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/80870.html M.L. Jaisimha : A Profile]
* {{note|PR}}[http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/116699.html [[Partab Ramchand]], "A Prince Among Cricketers"]

==Further reading==
* [[Sujit Mukherjee]], ''Matched Winners''

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