Kilvidi Seshachari

Kilvidi Seshachari (2 January 1875 – 25 January 1917) was an Indian cricketer and a member of the first Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911. He played for the Hindus team as a wicket-keeper in the Bombay Quadrangular tournaments between 1902 and 1912. He was considered the best wicket-keeper in India in reports from the period. In addition to the Hindus cricket team in Bombay and the Indian team that toured England, Seshachari played for the Ootacamund Civilians and the Maharaja of Natore's cricket teams.

Biography Seshachari was born on 2 January 1875 in Madras, in what was then British India. He played during this period as a member of various minor clubs before being elected a member of the "Premier Hindu Club of Southern India". Some of the records of the period have Seshachari listed as an alumnus of Dulwich College in London, England. Building on strong performances in the tournament he was picked for the 1904 tour of the team to England, which was later aborted. He continued to play for the team through the early 1910s. He remained associated with the game as an umpire, including officiating the finals of the 1913/14 edition of the Bombay Quadrangular in which the Hindus drew against the Muslims.

Seshachari died from pneumonia on 25 January 1917 at Calcutta Medical College. He was aged 42.