If one were to sum up the life of the Maharjkumar of Vizianagaram fondly known as Vizzy, it would be right to say that he breathed cricket and lived cricket.

Vizzy was passionate about cricket and he did whatever he could to popularise the sport. Being in the position he was, it was relatively easy for him to make all his dreams come true. It is in honour of this great entrepreneur of cricket that a stadium was made in his home town, Vizianagaram, which during those times was all a part of Visakhapatnam.

Vizzy led India in Test cricket and later went onto become a cricket administrator and commentator. He was later the President for the Board of Control for Cricket in India and by being the representative of the Imperial Cricket Conference, was largely responsible for India, Pakistan, New Zealand and West Indies getting parity in voting with the other Test playing countries.

He loved doing commentaries for All India Radio and was very fond of coining phrases on his own. He was a very benevolent man, who donated the Willingdon pavilion at the Ferozeshahkotla stadium in Delhi.

His wealth and position did not prevent him from being warm and gracious to the common man when they called on him in his palatial home or on the cricket ground.