First impressions and the lasting impact

GR Vishwanath, the wonderfully wristy stylist from Bengaluru, wasn’t the archetypal Indian batter to marque a period connected Test debut. Nor was the second. Or adjacent the third.

But helium was the archetypal Indian debutant centurion to people a 2nd Test ton. And past a third, and a fourth, ending up with 14 hundreds erstwhile helium played the past of his 91 Tests successful February 1983. Remarkably, ‘Vishy’ ne'er announced his status from the five-day game; dropped aft a forgettable circuit of Pakistan, helium played First Class cricket for 5 much seasons earlier riding distant into the sunset.