At Nagpur's Vidarbha Cricket Association ground ... saw Services middle-order batsman Yashpal Singh make a swashbuckling 240 off just 342 balls. Yashpal's contribution and a 120 from the other ...

Yashpal was also an umpire and national selector. Birla said Yashpal gave many "golden moments" to Indian cricket and added that his death is an "irreparable loss" to the cricketing world.