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Who was the Indian Test captain who recalled Bob Taylor (English wicketkeeper) when Taylor was givenout caught (either by wicketkeeper or slips) but felt he was not out. Time ~ 1981. Match occurred in India.
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Gundappa Vishwanath’s :cobra:
Just noticed that he has a unique record. India never lost a Test match when he scored hundred 
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Nice job!
Yes, Vishwanath had a knack of scoring a century and leading India to Victory or stave off defeat.
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Who was the first Indian batsman to score a duck and a century in his debut?
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Vijay Hazare :cobra: i think 
so it was vishwanath …
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Vishwanath it is 
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Who was the first bowler to get 300 Test wickets?
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It was F Trueman 
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^ You are correct - I thought it was Lance Gibbs. Quick check in the net showed Gibbs was 2nd person.
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Bowler who took most wickets in a series ?
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Bowler who took most wickets in a series ?
Shane Warne
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Andy Roberts?
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Hint :
That bowler was from England and died in 1967. He took 49 Wickets in 4 matches against South Africa
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OK - I googled English fast bowlers. A list came up. I covered most of the screen so could see only the names. Based on this, my guess is Larwood?
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It was SF Baranes who took 49 wickets in 4 Test matches. Its almost 98 years old record which is still unbroken
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Name the unluckiest batsman who scored century on his Test debut but never played again from WI becoz he got slowdown when he was near to hundred .
I"m sure if that type of selectors present in current WI team they hang up Chandar Paul till death who never played a single inning for his team 
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Impressive. Maybe Baranes got his inspiration from Banares
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Shivnarain ~ 1979-80?
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Nope… He played test match as wicket keeper against England in 1947-48 and still alive at the age of 90
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^ No clue! Maybe he can make a come back now