Parthasarathy Sharma

Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma pronunciation (help·info) (born January 5, 1948, Alwar, Rajasthan) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 5 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1974 to 1977

Sharma

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	5	2
Runs scored	187	20
Batting average	18.69	10.00
100s/50s	-/1	-/-
Top score	54	14
Balls bowled	24	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	1/-	-/-

Syed Mujtaba Hussin Kirmani

Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani pronunciation (help·info) (born December 29, 1949 in Madras) played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper. He was awarded the Padma Sri in 1982.

Popularly known as 'Kiri', Syed Kirmani is generally regarded as the finest wicket keeper to play for India^{[citation needed]}. He started off as an understudy to Farokh Engineer in the tours of England in 1971 and 1974 and to the 1975 Cricket World Cup. Kirmani made his debut against New Zealand and in his second Test, equalled the world record of six victims in an innings. He followed this with an atrocious series in West Indies where he missed numerous chances and considerably contributed to Vivian Richards scoring hundreds in three consecutive Tests.

When New Zealand toured India the next year, he topped the batting averages with 65.33, and scored 305 runs in the tour of Australia. He did not have a very good time behind the stumps against Pakistan and West Indies in 1978–79.

He was dropped in favour of Bharath Reddy for the 1979 Cricket World Cup and the subsequent series against England. Sunil Gavaskar was also sacked as the captain. Though Kirmani was dropped ostensibly for performance, there was a rumour that the real reason was that both he and Gavaskar had been approached by the organisers of the Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.

Back in the team for the series against Australia in 1979–80, he scored a hundred as a nightwatchman in Bombay. His innings of 101* in five hours nearly lasted out the day. He had 17 catches and two stumpings against Pakistan in the same season and it equalled Naren Tamhane's Indian record for a single series. Against England in 1981–82, he did not concede a single bye in three consecutive Tests while 1964 runs were scored.

Kirmani won the award for the best wicket keeper in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, his highlight of which was the catch of Faoud Bacchus that he took in the final against the West Indies. In the first round match against Zimbabwe, he equalled the then record by effecting three catches and two stumpings. Against West Indies at home, he partnered Sunil Gavaskar - who scored 236* - in a record stand of 143* for the ninth wicket in the Madras Test. Kirmani was a lower order reliable batsman and another example is the unbroken 126 for ninth wicket with Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup with Kirmani contributing 26 and that partnership proved detrimental in India able to continue their run in the tournament.

At Bombay the next year, he scored his second hundred in Tests making 102 and adding 235 with Ravi Shastri, still an Indian record for the seventh wicket. In the Madras Test in the same series, he missed some crucial catches which contributed to an Indian defeat. He was dropped at the end of that series in favour ofSadanand Viswanath.

Kirmani made a comeback in the Australian tour of 1985–86, where he fared reasonably well. He had just taken an outstanding catch to dismiss Allan Border in a World Series Cup match, when he hurt his leg badly. He was forced to sit out of the remaining matches of the tournament and that effectively ended his international career. India went for younger keepers like Kiran More and Chandrakant Pandit and despite trying hard, Kirmani was never able to regain his place. Later in his career he played for Railways in domestic cricket for a season, after which he returned to his former team, Karnataka.

Kirmani played the role of an underworld character in the movie Kabhi Ajnabhi The, which also featured his contemporary Sandip Patil. One of his distinguishing characteristics was his clean shaven head. He served as the chairman of the selection committee for India in the early

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	88	49
Runs scored	2759	373
Batting average	27.04	20.72
100s/50s	2/12	0/0
Top score	102	48*
Balls bowled	3.1	-
Wickets	1	-
Bowling average	13.00	-
5 wickets in innings	0	-
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/9	-
Catches/stumpings	160/38	27/9

Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri

Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri pronunciation (help·info) (born February 28, 1951, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIsfrom 1974 to 1981. He played in the 1975 and 1979 World Cups.

Ghavri was a left-arm fast-medium pace bowler, with a long run-up and a high leaping action. He could also produce quickish but accurate left-arm finger spin. Altogether he took 109 Test wickets, including four five-wicket hauls. With the bat he was usually found in the lower order but managed a couple of Test half centuries including a career best 86 against Australia in Bombay. By the time he was dismissed he had made a record eighth-wicket partnership of 127 with Syed Kirmani. His 86 came of just 99 balls which contained 12 fours and 3 huge sixes. Syed Kirmani who was sent as a night watchman remained unbeaten with 101. India went on to win that Test match and also the series against Kim Hughes' Australian team.

Despite making his debut in 1975, it wasn't until the season of 1976-77 that he cemented his spot in the side after series against New Zealand and England. He remained a regular member of the side until 1981. His most successful series came against the West Indies in 1978-79 with 27 wickets

Personal information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	39	19
Runs scored	913	114
Batting average	21.23	11.40
100s/50s	-/2	-/-
Top score	86	20
Balls bowled	7036	1033
Wickets	109	15
Bowling average	33.54	47.20
5 wickets in innings	4	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/33	3/40
Catches/stumpings	16/-	2/-

Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad

Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad pronunciation (help·info) (born September 23, 1952) is a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. He played in 40 Test matches and 15 one-day internationals.

Gaekwad was known for his defensive mindset against pace bowlers, which became a high priority when the West Indian pace bowlers dominated world cricket. He was nicknamed The Great Wall. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Kolkata on December 27, 1974 and his last appearance in a Test match was against England at Kolkata itself on the last day of 1984. Being a right-handed batsman, Gaekwad scored 1985 runs from 40 Tests at an average of 30.07 with 2 centuries and 10 half centuries to his credit. He scored his highest Test score of 201 against Pakistan at Jalandhar in 1982-83. This innings, where he spent 671 minutes, is an example for his patient style and concentration.

Anshuman Gaekwad worked for GSFC (Vadodara) after retiring from Cricket and got took early retirement in 2000. He is currently based in Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	40	15
Runs scored	1985	269
Batting average	30.07	20.69
100s/50s	2/10	0/1
Top score	201	78
Balls bowled	55.4	8
Wickets	2	1
Bowling average	93.50	39.00
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	1/4	1/39
Catches/stumpings	15c	6c
Source: [1], 31 December 2006

Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj

Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj pronunciation (help·info) (born September 24, 1950, Patiala, India) is a former Indian cricketer (1969-1989) and current cricket analyst. He is commonly known as "Jimmy". He is the son of Lala Amarnath, the first post-independence captain of India. His brother Surinder Amarnath was a Test player. His brother Rajinder Amarnath is a former first class cricket and current cricket coach.

Mohinder made his debut against Australia at Chennai in December 1969. Mohinder was seen, in the latter part of his career, as the finest Indian batsman against express pace. Both Imran Khan and Malcolm Marshall have praised his batsmanship, courage and ability to endure and master pain. In 1982-83 Mohinder played 11 test matches against Pakistan (5) and the West Indies (6) and scored over 1000 runs in the two series.

In his "Idols", Sunil Gavaskar described Mohinder Amarnath as the finest batsman in the world.

He made his first test century at Perth at the WACA (the fastest and bounciest wicket in the world) batting against Jeff Thomson at his fastest. He followed this test century with another 10 against top class fast bowling.

Imran Khan regarded Mohinder so highly that in his "All Round View" he went on record to say that in the 1982-83 season, Mohinder was quite simply the best batsman in the world. Imran further went on to state that Mohinder should have played non-stop for India rght from his debut in 1969 to the time he retired. Mohinder never had a steady place in the Indian test side. Others would play much worse than he did and never be dropped.

Mohinder is known as the come back man of Indian cricket. During his two decades at the top, he was dropped from the Indian side on several occasions and every time he fought his way back with sterling performances. After his debut series he had to wait until 1975 to make it into the team.

Mohinder made his debut in 1969 as a quick-bowling all rounder but at his peak, he was a top order batsman who always played at No. 3 for India. He was also handy with the ball, swinging and cutting the ball with great skill and control.

Mohinder Amarnath played 69 Tests scoring 4,378 runs at an batting average of 42.50, with 11 hundreds and 24 fifties, and claimed 32 wickets at a bowling average of 55.68 apiece. In 85 One Day Internationals, he scored 1,924 runs at an average of 30.53 and a highest score of 102 n.o. and claimed 46 wickets at 42.84 apiece. Mohinder Amarnath is also the one and only Indian who has been dismissed on handling the ball. He was dismissed on February 9, 1986 also making him the first one to be dismissed for handling the ball in One-Day Internationals. He is also the only Indian to be dismissed for obstructing the field in One-Day Internationals .

Ashok vinoo Mankad

For other people named Mankad, see Mankad (disambiguation).

Ashok Vinoo Mankad pronunciation (help·info) (12 October 1946 – 1 August 2008) was a former Indian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for India in 22 Test matches.

Ashok Mankad was born in Bombay, the eldest son of Vinoo Mankad who represented India in 44 Test matches. His brothers Rahul Mankad and Atul Mankad were also first class cricketers.

Mankad made a sequence of big scores in the Harris Shield as a teenager. After making 348, 325 and 258 in this inter-school tournament, he was picked to represent Bombay and West Zone cricket team in Under-19 tournaments. He represented the Bombay University in the Rohinton Baria Trophy in his first year in the college. He hit 62 against Nagpur University, 131 against Karnataka and 152 against Madras in the final. Mankad made his first class debut a week before his seventeenth birthday.

Despite average performances in the domestic level in his first few years, he was selected to play Tests against New Zealand in 1969-70. The selection committee under Vijay Merchant tried out many new players that season and Chetan Chauhan and Ajit Pai also made their debut in the same match. After failing to reach thirty in any of the four innings against New Zealand, he was dropped from the team for the third Test.

Without much of a reason, Mankad was again selected against Australia a month later. This time he scored 74, 8, 64, 68 and 97 in his first five innings. Mankad batted at No.3 in the first Test and added a record 146 for the fourth wicket with Nawab of Pataudi. But when Dilip Sardesai was dropped, he opened in the remaining three Tests. Mankad and Farokh Engineer added 111 and 43 at Bombay and 85 at Delhi. Though he played 15 more Tests in his career, Mankad scored only one more fifty and the 97 at Delhi was to remain his highest score. Mankad shared some good opening partnerships with Sunil Gavaskar in the series in West Indies in 1970-71 but after a bad tour of England in 1971, he was dropped. He gave up opening in domestic cricket and reverted to batting in the middle order.

In the 1976-77 season in the Ranji Trophy, Mankad scored 827 runs at an average of 206. He hit 203* against Maharashtra and 208* against Haryana in successive innings. He went past the Bombay record of Ajit Wadekar for the highest aggregate in the tournament. These efforts found him a place for the Indian team for one last tour. In Australia in 1977-78, Mankad scored 508 runs at 50.80 in the tour matches, finished fourth in the season's averages and topped the averages for India. But three Test appearances brought him only 119 runs at 23.80, allowing Chetan Chauhan to establish himself as an opening partner of Gavaskar in this series. Mankad did not play another Test and ended his career with 991 runs.

Mankad was a heavy scorer at the Ranji level. When he retired, he had a record aggregate of 6619 runs in Ranji matches at an average of 76, with his 22 centuries equalling Vijay Hazare's record. He captained Bombay to titles in 1974-75 and 1975-76. His highest first class score of 265 was made in the 1981 finals where Bombay defeated Delhi by an innings. He also played some league cricket in England.

Mankad was married to Nirupama Mankad (née Vasant), a former Asian Tennis champion. Their son Harsh Mankad is a member of the Indian Davis Cup tennis team since 2000. Elder son Mihir Mankad was also a tennis player. Mankad served as a commentator and a coach of the Mumbai Ranji team for a few years. He died in his sleep on August 1, 2008.

Gopal bose

Gopal Bose

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	0	1
Runs scored		13
Batting average		13.00
100s/50s		-/-
Top score		13
Balls bowled		11
Wickets		1
Bowling average		39.00
5 wickets in innings		-
10 wickets in match		n/a
Best bowling		1/39
Catches/stumpings		-/-
Source: [1], 8 February 2006

Gopal Bose pronunciation (help·info) (born 20 May 1947 in Kolkata, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Bengal and played one One Day International for India against England in 1974.

Bose was a relatively successful first-class player with an ability to play a long innings. He was selected to the national team for the tour of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where he impressed with a 194-run partnership with Sunil Gavaskar. He was again selected in the 14-member squad for the West Indies tour of 1974–75 but was surprisingly left out of the playing eleven and was never considered thereafter. He represented Bengal for the rest of his career with much success.

[edit] References

• Player Profile: Gopal Bose from Cricinfo

Ajit laxman Wadekar

Ajit Laxman Wadekar^[1] pronunciation (help·info) (born 1 April 1941 in Bombay, India) is a former international cricketer. He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team.

His father wished him to study mathematics so that he could become an engineer, but he preferred to play cricket. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Mumbai in 1958-9. He made his Test cricket debut in December 1966, against the West Indian cricket team at his home ground, the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. He was soon a regular in the Indian team, and played 37 Test matches for India between 1966 and 1974, generally batting at number 3. He was also a fine slip fielder.

He became captain of Mumbai, and became Indian captain in 1971, leading a side that included Sunil Gavaskar, M. L. Jaisimha, Gundappa Viswanath, Abid Ali, Farokh Engineer, and the Indian spin quartet (Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan). He was immediately successful, becoming the first Indian captain to achieve series victories on tours to the West Indies and in England, winning both tours 1-0 in 1971. His team won over 5 matches in the West Indies in early 1971, and then beat England over 3 matches. He led India to a third successive series victory, beating England cricket team 2-1 again in a 5-match series in 1972-3. The team went into their tour against England in 1974 at the height of their power, but lost all 5 of their matches against England by wide margins in the Summer of 42 (referring to the Indian second innings total in the 2nd Test at Lord's). Blamed for the failure, and facing problems at home, as Mumbai lost the Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophyin 1973-4, he resigned as Indian captain, and retired from first-class cricket

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath pronunciation (help·info) (born 12 February 1949 in Bhadravathi, Karnataka, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. He played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World Cups of 1975 and 1979. At state level, he played for Karnataka (formerly Mysore) throughout his career. Viswanath, popularly nicknamed Vishy, had an elegant and wristy batting style which emphasised timing rather than power. Though he had a complete repertoire of shots around the wicket, Viswanath's favourite was the square cut, a shot he often used to great effect against fast bowlers.

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On his Test match debut, Viswanath scored a century against Australia at Kanpur in 1969 in a drawn match. He also recorded a duck in the same game, one of only three batsmen to have done this in their first match. He scored 13 more centuries in his Test career and none of them came in a match that was lost. He tended to produce his best performances on difficult pitches and a number of his best innings were not centuries, but were crucial to the team's cause.^[1] Against Australia and the West Indies, both known for their strong pace attacks, he had a batting average of over 50.^[2] He was at his peak in the mid-1970s. Against the West Indies at Madras in 1974-75 he scored 97 not out out of a total of 190 against a bowling attack containing Andy Roberts. Despite not being a century, it was regarded as one of the finest performances by an Indian^[3] and it led to an Indian victory. The Wisden 100 ranked it the 38th best innings of all time, and the second best non-century.^[4] He had also scored a match-winning century in the previous Test at Calcutta, but despite a 95 in the final Test at Bombay the series was lost 3-2.

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

pronunciation (help·info) (informally Venkat, born 21 April 1945) is a former Indian cricketer. He played for Derbyshire in English county cricket. He played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team, and later became an umpire on the elite International Cricket Council Test panel. His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Playing career 2 Umpiring career 3 Umpiring Statistics 4 Notes 5 External links

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An off spin bowler, he was one of the famed Indian quartet of spin bowlers in the 1970s (the others being Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishen Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna).^[1] He was also a strong close-in fielder and a useful tail-end bat.^[1] Venkat came on to the Test scene at the age of 20 when he was selected to play against the touring New Zealand side. By the end of the series he had emerged as a world-class spinner, taking 12 wickets in the Delhi test that led India to victory. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team that toured the West Indies and England in 1970-71. India won both series. Venkat played an important role, claiming five wickets in the Trinidad Test and 13 wickets in the three Tests in England. He captained India in both the 1975 and 1979 World Cup competitions. He also led India in a four-Test series against England in 1979. In domestic cricket, he led South Zone and Tamil Nadu for over a decade.^[1]

Venkat retired from first-class cricket in 1985. He became a cricket administrator and managed the Indian Test side. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2003.^[1] He is a mechanical engineer by profession.