Polly Umrigar took no time to prove his versatility as a player. In his second match for Mumbai – against Sind at Karachi in 1946 – the burly Parsi stood at leg trap and claimed two catches off the bowling of Dattu Phadkar. His brilliance prompted teammate Madan Raiji to remark, "Aey… Polly…do you work part-time at a circus?"

Polly Umrigar