Bird's contribution to a narrow Worcestershire win was minimal: he scored 0 and 3, did not bowl, and held a single catch to dismiss Lala Amarnath.
Lala Sukuna | Lala Deen Dayal | Lala Amarnath | Amarnath | Rauf Lala | Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign | Lala Mustafa Pasha | Lala Lajpat Rai | LaLa | Lala | Dolores "LaLa" Brooks | ''Ratu'' Sir Lala Sukuna | ''Ratu Keni'' '''Rasau''' and ''Lala Sukuna | Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha | Karim Lala | Amarnath Temple | Afzal Khan Lala |
Along with a television documentary on the history of Indian cricket broadcast on Doordarshan, India's Test cricket captains were honoured during the 2nd final at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta (now Kolkata) – from the then 86-year old Lala Amarnath to the then-captain, 24-year old Sachin Tendulkar.