[1] He opened in the First Test at Lord's in 1936, but had to stand down after he chipped a bone in his finger and suffered from blurred vision.
[2][3] This injury and his subsequent exclusion from the next Test led to the famous opening partnership between Vijay Merchant and Mushtaq Ali.
Hindlekar was born in a Marathi family in Bombay,[5] the son of a farmer from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
His means were so limited that he could not afford to buy a pair of gloves, and used to visit Khershed Meherhomji and borrow his.
After his death, the BCCI and Bombay Cricket Association issued appeals for contributions to help his family, but there was little response.