Born at Secunderabad on 3rd March 1939. Died on 7th July 1999.

ML Jaisimha made his Ranji Tropy debut for Hyderabad in 1954-55 against Andhra and scored 90 runs and took 3 wickets for 51 runs. He played 23 seasons without a break in Ranji Trophy and 12 years in Duleep Trophy besides representing India in 13 test series.

He captained Hyderabad for 14 successive seasons from 1963-64 till his retirement in 1976-77. He captained South Zone in Duleep Trophy for 7 years from 1963-64 to 1969-70, sharing the trophy for the first year and winning a further three times.

Jaisimha's first three test matches were noteworthy. In 1959, he played his first test at Lord's, the Mecca of cricket. His second test was against Australia at Calcutta in 1959-60 when he was at the crease at one time or the other on all five days. On the first day he had 2 not out, scored 20 not out in India's first innings on the second day. On the third day he was 0 not out, on the fourth day he was 59 not out and on the last day in India's second innings he scored 74. In his third test he was run out for 99 against Pakistan at Kanpur during the 1960-61 series. On eight occasions he opened the batting and the bowling in test cricket.

During 1964-65, Jaisimha scored 1401 runs in Indian first class cricket, including 713 (seventh highest aggregate in Ranji Trophy history) with five centuries, three of them in succession. In 1967-68, he joined the Indian team and later was part of the tour to Australia. His first test match was at Brisbane. He scored 101 and 74 in that test.

ML Jaisimha was made Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC, England) in 1978. Jaisimha has scored over 12,700 runs in his first class career, playing 237 first class games, 374 innings averaging 36.52 with 259 being his highest score, made against Bengal in a Ranji Trophy Knock-Out match. He made 30 centuries and 61 half-centuries.

He claimed over 400 victims averaging 30.75, claiming 5 or more wickets on 16 occassions and 10 or more wickets in a match on 10 occasions. He also caught over 150 catches.

Centuries scored by ML Jaisimha

Tests in India                              2
On Tours (Including one in a test)          2
Ranji Trophy                               17
Irani Cup                                   1
Un-Official Tests                           1
Other First Class (1963-64 to 1972-73)      1
Duleep Trophy                               4
Moin -Ud- Dowlah                            2
Total                                      30

Sl.No  Centuries                      Year         Tournament

1      259   v Bengal                 1964-65      Ranji Trophy
2      179   v Andhra                 1967-68      Ranji Trophy
3      175   v Central Zone           1970-71      Duleep Trophy
4      171   v West Zone              1966-67      Duleep Trophy
5      164   v Kerala                 1959-60      Ranji Trophy
6      160   v North Zone             1965-66      Duleep Trophy
7      154   v Kerala                 1964-65      Ranji Trophy
8      153   v Uttar Pradesh          1964-65      Ranji Trophy
9      151*  v State Bank of India    1963-64      Moin-Ud-Dowlah
10     138   v Madras(Now Tamil Nadu) 1958-59      Ranji Trophy
11     138   v Kerala                 1975-76      Ranji Trophy
12     131   v Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) 1964-65      Un-Official Test at Hyderabad
13     131   v East Zone              1970-71      Duleep Trophy
14     129   v England                1964-64      Test Match at Calcutta
15     127   v England                1961-62      Test Match at Delhi
16     127   v Kerala                 1970-71      Ranji Trophy
17     124   v Andhra                 1959-60      Ranji Trophy
18     124   v Andhra                 1962-63      Ranji Trophy
19     117   v Maharashtra            1973-74      Ranji Trophy
20     111   v State Bank of India       -         Moin-Ud-Dowlah
21     110   v Mysore(Now Karnataka)  1962-63      Ranji Trophy
22     109   v Madras                 1964-65      Ranji Trophy
23     108   v Guyana (West Indies)   1961-62
24     106*  v Kerala                 1973-74      Ranji Trophy
25     105   v Bombay(Now Mumbai)     1959-60      Irani Trophy
26     103   v Andhra                 1974-75      Ranji Trophy
27     102   v President's XI         1967-68      (Kenya Relief)
28     101   v Kerala                 1963-64      Ranji Trophy
29     101   v Australia              1967-68      Brisbane
30     100*  v Mysore                 1958-59      Ranji Trophy

Batting
                 M    I  NO  Runs   HS   Ave    100
Ranji Trophy    90  125  12  5226   259  46.24   17
Irani Cup        5    9   0   204   105  22.66    1
Tests           39   71   4  2056   129  30.68    3
Duleep Trophy   23   33   1  1456   175  45.40    4

Bowling
                 Overs    Runs   Wkts    Avg    Cts
Ranji Trophy      1973    5161    235   21.11    71
Irani Cup           61     245      1  245.00     4
Tests              249.3   829      9   92.11    17
Duleep Trophy      301.5    82     31   29.29    18