‘Sixer Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuram’ hits a royal century

Jun 07, 2012 |

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Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuram recollected the youthful days that gave him the sobriquet of ‘Sixer Thampuran’, as he held a cricket bat gifted to him on his 100th birthday by the Tripunithura Cricket Club at the Kalikotta Palace on Wednesday.

‘Sixer Thampuran’ was captain of a Travancore cricket team that toured Madras in the 1930s. It was without the pomp and gaiety of a royal gathering that Thampuran celebrated his birthday, yet happily holding on to the willow he received on scoring a hundred in life’s years.

Speaker G. Karthikeyan was among the few personalities from outside the family, who attended the function.

“He has always been a passionate sportsperson and even now his yearning for cricket is the same as it was during his youth. He is a fan of Sachin Tendulkar, but hates the Twenty20 format of cricket,” said his relative S. Anujan.

On being asked about the towering sixes he used to hit, Thampuram smilingly replied, “I think they used to bowl poorly.”

He also played tennis, football, billiards and bridge. Perhaps the reason for his longevity is also the disciplined life he maintained as a sports person.

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