Maharajah of Vizianagram
As on their first tour four years previously, the 1936 Indian squad was captained by a prince, the rather portly bespectacled Maharaj Kumar of Vizanagram. Unlike his predecessor Porbandar, though, Vizzy had no intention of missing the Test matches and played in all three, scoring 33 runs in his six innings, all but one of them from No.9. It wasn’t a happy touring party. Lala Amarnath, the leading allrounder, was sent home by Viziangram for alleged insubordination, while Baqa Jilani was apparently included in the Test side after pleasing the captain by insulting star player CK Nayudu at the breakfast table. Notwithstanding all this, Vizzy was given a knighthood during the Tests, the only other player before Richard Hadlee in 1990 to be honoured during a series he was playing in.