Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan

Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan ( (born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was the regular opening partner of Sunil Gavaskar during that period.

He was twice a Member of Parliament, elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.

Contents [hide] 1 Early days 2 Test cricket 3 The comeback 4 Later years 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early days

Chauhan was born in Uttar Pradesh but moved to Poona in Maharashtra in 1960 where his father, an army officer, was transferred. He took his bachelor's degrees at Wadia College in Poona. There he was coached by the former Maharashtra player Kamal Bhandarkar. Chauhan represented Poona University in the Rohinton Baria trophy in 1966-67 and was selected to represent West Zone for the interzonal Vizzy Trophy in the same season. He scored 103 against North Zone and 88 & 63 against South Zone in the final. His opening partner in the second innings was Sunil Gavaskar.

More success in the Vizzy trophy in 1967 led to his selection in the Maharashtra Ranji team. Chauhan's first hundred came next year when he was first in and last out against Bombay on a rain affected wicket where the first six wickets fell for 52. He scored 103 against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final against five Test bowlers and was selected to play for India in 1969-70.

Full name Chetandra Pratap Singh Chauhan Born 21 July 1947 (1947-07-21) (age 62)
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm off spin Role Opening batsman Relations Pururaj Singh (nephew) International information National side India Test debut (cap 118) 25 September 1969 v New Zealand Last Test 13 March 1981 v New Zealand ODI debut (cap 24) 1 October 1978 v Pakistan Last ODI 15 February 1981 v New Zealand Domestic team information Years Team 1967/68–1974/75 Maharashtra 1975/76–1984/85 Delhi Career statistics Competition Tests ODIs FC List A Matches 40 7 179 26 Runs scored 2084 153 11143 617 Batting average 31.57 21.85 40.22 24.68 100s/50s 0/16 0/0 21/59 0/4 Top score 97 46 207 90 Balls bowled 174 0 3536 36 Wickets 2 – 51 1 Bowling average 53.00 – 34.13 26.00 5 wickets in innings 0 – 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 1/4 – 6/26 1/26 Catches/stumpings 38/– – 189/– 6/– Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 20