C.D. Gopinath: Remembering the last survivor of India’s historic 1952 Test victory

Former India cricketer C.D. Gopinath passed away peacefully here on Thursday. He was 96. Gopinath had been India’s oldest Test cricketer and the last member of the country’s maiden Test win against England in 1952. He is survived by his wife and three children.

A right-handed batter, Gopinath featured in eight Tests for India in the 1950s and scored 242 runs with a highest score of 50 not out. In an accomplished First-Class career, Gopinath played 83 games for Madras and accumulated 4259 runs at a healthy average of 42.16, including nine centuries and 23 half-centuries. He was a key member of Madras’ (now Tamil Nadu) Ranji Trophy winning squad in the 1954-55 season.