A right arm medium pacer, Babu represented Kerala for 10 seasons and played 16 matches. Kannur: Former Kerala cricket team captain Babu Acharath died on Tuesday. He was 81.
A native of Thalassery, he led the team which won a Ranji Trophy match in 1963.
Kerala recorded its first Ranji victory on a home ground under Babu’s captaincy. A right arm medium pacer, Babu represented Kerala for 10 seasons and played 16 matches. He debuted against Andhra in 1956-57 and played his last match against Hyderabad in 1965-66. He led Kerala six times.
After his playing days, Babu took on the roles of coach, selector and manager. He coached the Calicut university cricket team for 22 years from 1972. He also was selector and chief coach of Indian universities’ team, selector of Kerala junior and senior teams, Kerala team manager for five terms and manager of the south zone team for the VC trophy. Another post Babu held was chairman of the Nets and Coaching Centre of the Kerala Cricket Association.
The all-rounder was married to the sister of former union minister E Ahamed.
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