Ceylon Captain Mahadeva Sathasivam (Wesleyite) and his Australian Counterpart Donald Bradman walk cross the Oval Sports Ground in Colombo in 1948.
Source:Wesley College OBU
Ceylon Captain Mahadeva Sathasivam (Wesleyite) and his Australian Counterpart Donald Bradman walk cross the Oval Sports Ground in Colombo in 1948.
Mahadeva Sathasivam (18 October 1915, Ceylon – 9 July 1977 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), or Satha as he was known, was the Sri Lankan cricketer whom Garry Sobers called “the greatest batsman ever on earth,” and Frank Worrell called him “the best batsman he had ever seen”.[1] Sathasivam played cricket in the 1940s through the 1960s. Sathasivam was the first, and probably the only, man to captain three national teams. He was captain of the Ceylon team in 1948, and then captain of the Singapore team, and finally captain of the Malaysian team. He was accused and acquitted of murdering his wife, which gained much attention in Ceylon.
