19 Facts About Ramnath Kenny

Ramnath Baburao Kenny was an Indian cricketer who played in five Test matches between 1958 and 1960.

Ramnath Kenny was an elegant right handed middle order batsman, "a front foot player with a sound defense" and an occasional off-break bowler.

Ramnath Kenny hit the ball to extra cover where it stopped just short of the boundary.

Ramnath Kenny played another brilliant innings, outshining the Indian captain Polly Umrigar in a match winning partnership of 131 and mastering the bowling of Nayudu.

Ramnath Kenny added 289 runs with Rusi Modi and 152 with Hoshang Amroliwala.

Ramnath Kenny scored only 2 runs in the final against Services, his only failure in the season.

Bowling with the second new ball, Surendranath had Ramnath Kenny edging to the slips where the catch was dropped by the future Air Marshall Gyanendranath Kunzru.

Ramnath Kenny already had a reputation for batting well on the difficult wickets in the Kanga League.

Ramnath Kenny was selected for the third Test against West Indies that started the following week.

India lost by an innings and 336 runs and Ramnath Kenny was one of the several players dropped from the team.

Ramnath Kenny did not play in the other Tests of the series and was not picked for the tour to England in 1959.

Ramnath Kenny had scored another hundred in March 1959 in the Ranji final against Bengal.

Ramnath Kenny was now the vice captain in the Bombay side under Madhav Apte.

Ramnath Kenny was the batsman at the other end when Baig was famously kissed by a woman spectator who ran on to the field.

Ramnath Kenny scored 62 in Eden Gardens in what would be his last Test innings.

Ramnath Kenny scored 310 for Mahindra against Jupiter General Insurance in the Times Shield in 1965.

Ramnath Kenny played and coached for Penrith Cricket Club in the Cumberland Cricket League.

Ramnath Kenny took a hat-trick for them against the Haverigg Club in 1961.

Ramnath Kenny died in 1985 in his office after a heart attack.