Last man not out recalls India's first Test win

CHENNAI: India's climb to the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings came one win after its 100th Test victory, a journey that began on February 10, 1952, at Chepauk when the last England wicket fell to a catch by CD Gopinath.
'We used to get Rs 250 per Test then'
Nearly six decades later, Gopinath is the sole surviving member of the playing 11 which gave India its first Test victory.
The big names - Vinoo Mankad, Polly Umrigar, Pankaj Roy, Ghulam Ahmed, Lala Amarnath and Vijay Hazare - have all departed.After a brief international career as a batsman and later a selector, the Chennai resident too lives a quiet life.
But Gopinath has no regrets. "Why should anybody call or congratulate me? I don't expect any such thing. Probably, people don't know that I'm still alive," he says with a smile.