In the age of ChatGPT, where an AI tool claims to have all the answers, here’s a cricket trivia question: who is the only Indian cricketer to have played more than a decade of first-class cricket without ever being on a losing Ranji Trophy side?

The answer is Dilip Sardesai. He played 61 matches for Mumbai between 1960 and 1973 and did not lose a single one, as the team won the Ranji Trophy an astonishing 15 years in a row.