B. Jayaram
Bangalore Jayaram (23 April 18724 December 1936) was an Indian cricketer who had represented the London County Cricket Club in the early 1900s, and was also a part of the All-Indian cricket team in England in 1911. Early life Jayaram was born on 23 April 1872 in Bangalore in the then princely state of Kingdom of Mysore in the southern region of modern-day India. He studied geology at Central College and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree. At the college, he was a contemporary of C. Rajagopalachari, who would later go on to become India's Governor-General. Rajagopalachari would describe Jayaram as his boyhood hero owing to his cricketing prowess. During his time at Central College he had developed as a right handed all-rounder. He famously scored 185 runs against the Yorkshire Regiment in 1891 and led his team to an unlikely win over the visitors. The game, however, was not granted first-class status. Jayaram was the first Indian member of the Bangalore Gymkhana Cricket Club. Historian Ramachandra Guha notes of a quote from Jayaram's British principal from the time, recognizing his talent saying, "Had he the same opportunities as WG Grace he would have been as great, for he had