India, March 28 -- "Mr. Cricket is the first phrase that comes to mind", said Dilip Vengsarkar. "He knew everything about the game. He had an answer for everything."

It remains a tidy way of describing Polly Umrigar, a man who donned multiple caps: captain, administrator, selector, manager and curator.

On his 100th birth anniversary on Saturday, a commemorative plaque was unveiled by former BCCI and ICC president Sharad Pawar at the MCA Museum at Wankhede Stadium.

Belovedly called 'Polly kaka', he was the country's premier batsman in the 50s and early 60s at a time when Indian batting, particularly overseas, was still finding its feet. By the time he retired, he held the country's principal records of most matches, runs and centuries u...