Hanumant Singh
An elegant right-hander, Hanumant made a century on Test debut against England in Delhi in 1963-64. He was the son of the ruler of Banswara, in Rajasthan. For a while in that debut Test and in many of his other 13-Manumant, the Maharajkumar of Banswara, batted alongside his captain, the Nawab of Pataudi. “He was a damn good batsman off the back foot,” remembered one team-mate, Ajit Wadekar. “It is very rare to find someone in India who is good off the back foot.”