P. M. K. Mohandas

Ponnambath Mambally Krishnan Mohandas (31 January 1948 – 17 October 2004) was an Indian cricketer who played at first-class level for Kerala during the 1972–73 season. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

P. M. K. Mohandas
Personal information
Full namePonnambath Mambally Krishnan Mohandas
Born(1948-01-31)31 January 1948
Mahé, French India
Died17 October 2004(2004-10-17) (aged 56)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RelationsP. M. K. Raghunath (brother)
A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan (cousin)
P. M. Raghavan (uncle)
P. M. Anandan (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972Kerala
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 3
Runs scored 51
Batting average 17.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 24
Balls bowled 120
Wickets 3
Bowling average 24.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/33
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 July 2015

Mohandas was born in Mahé, in what was then part of French India but is now a district of the Union Territory of Puducherry.[1] He played state-level schools cricket for Kerala, which borders Mahé, in the early 1960s,[2] but did not play for the senior team until October 1972, when he made his Ranji Trophy debut against Andhra.[3] Mohandas's first match was the first Ranji match of the season for Kerala, and he was one of eight debutants from both sides in a game where play was possible only on two days. He opened the bowling with Mohammed Ibrahim in Andhra's only innings without taking a wicket, but when coming in as a number-eleven batsman scored 24 runs out of a 29-run last-wicket stand with Ponmanichi Mackey.[4] In the next match, against Hyderabad, Mohandas took 3/33 to be Kerala's best bowler in the first innings, as the side slumped to a 10-wicket loss.[5] Given only four overs against Mysore (now Karnataka), he went wicketless as his side was defeated within two days,[6] and was then dropped for Kerala's final match of the season, against Tamil Nadu.[3]

In October 2004, at the age of 56, Mohandas died at his Thiruvananthapuram residence of a "massive heart attack".[7][8] P. M. K. Raghunath, his younger brother, also played first-class cricket for Kerala, making his debut during the 1973–74 season.[1] Their father, P. M. Krishnan, had had a longstanding involvement with what is now the Kerala Cricket Association.[9] A teammate of Mohandas in all three of his first-class appearances was his cousin, A. P. M. Gopalakrishnan, whose father, P. M. Raghavan, and uncle, P. M. Anandan (both uncles of Mohandas and his brother), each played at first-class level for Travancore-Cochin, Kerala's predecessor.[1] Outside of cricket, the family's business was baking.[10]

References
  1. Krishnan Mohandas – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. Miscellaneous matches played by Krishnan Mohandas – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. First-class matches played by Krishnan Mohandas – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. Andhra v Kerala, Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. Hyderabad v Kerala, Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. Kerala v Mysore, Ranji Trophy 1972/73 (South Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. (18 October 2004). "P.M.K. Mohandas passes away" – The Hindu. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. (17 October 2004). "Former Ranji player dies" – The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. A. S. Balakrishnan (2000). "History of Kerala cricket" Archived 4 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Kerala Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  10. The History of Bestotel & Best Bakers – Bestotel Best Bakers. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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