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Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath (born 12 Feb 1949, Karnataka, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath, popularly nicknamed Vishy, was known for his elegant and wristy batting style. His favourite was square cut, a shot he often used to great effect against fast bowlers. On his Test match debut, Viswanath scored a century against Australia at Kanpur in 1969 in a drawn match. He also recorded a duck in the same game, one of only three batsmen to have done this in their first match. He scored 13 more centuries in his Test career and none of them came in a match that was lost. He tended to produce his best performances on difficult pitches and a number of his best innings were not centuries, but were crucial to the team's cause. He had a batting average of over 50 against Australia and the West Indies, both known for their strong pace attacks. His knock of 97* out of a total of 190 against fiery pace attack of West Indies at Madras in 1974-75 is still regarded as one of the finest performances by an Indian. India won the test match. The Wisden 100 ranked it the 38th best innings of all time, and the second best non-century. In 1975-76, Viswanath again produced some strong performances against the West Indies, the most notable of which was his 112 at Port of Spain which helped India to reach the victory target of 403. At the time, this was the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket. In 1978-79 at Madras when he scored 124 out of a total of 255. India went on to win the match which ultimately led to a 1-0 series victory in the 6-match series, although this West Indian side was considerably weaker than in previous series after many players opted to play in World Series Cricket instead. Viswanath also had a brief stint as the Indian captain in 1979-80. In the two Tests he captained, one was drawn and other was lost, the latter being the Golden Jubilee Test against England. Throughout his career, Viswanath was renowned for his sense of fair-play, and in this match he recalled Bob Taylor to the crease after the umpire had already given him out. Taylor went on to score some vital runs for England helping them to win the match.

Viswanath retired from Tests in 1983, and later served as a match referee for the ICC from 1999 to 2004. He was also the Chairman of the national selection committee, and also served as the manager of the Indian cricket team. He is also involved in cricket coaching at NCA. He is married to Kavita, sister of Sunil Gavaskar and with their son Daivik reside in Bangalore, India. Viswanath was awarded Col. C K Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 by BCCI which is one of the highest awards given in Indian cricket.

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