New Delhi: Those who do not follow cricket, heard this name the first time while watching the Oscar-winning feature film “Slumdog Millionaire”.
In the film during a quiz show, a question was asked who has scored the maximum runs runs in a domestic cricket. The answer was Jack Hobbs.
Known as "The Master", he is regarded by critics as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.
He is the leading run-scorer and century-maker in first-class cricket, with 61,760 runs and 199 centuries.