| Ajit Wadekar | ||||
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 India |
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | - | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 37 | 2 | ||
| Runs scored | 2113 | 73 | ||
| Batting average | 31. The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 07 | 36. 50 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/14 | -/1 | ||
| Top score | 143 | 67 | ||
| Balls bowled | 61 | - | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 46/- | 1/- | ||
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As of 4 February 2006 |
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Ajit Laxman Wadekar[1]pronunciation (born April 1, 1941 in Bombay, India) is a former international cricketer. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by The Mumbai cricket team is a Cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket
His father wished him to study mathematics so that he could become an engineer, but he preferred to play cricket. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and 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. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Founding The CCI was incorporated as a company on November 8, 1933, during the MCC's 1933-34 tour of India with its registered office in New 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. In the Sport of Cricket, a slip fielder (collectively a slip cordon) is placed behind the Batsman on the Off side of the
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). This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Indian national cricket team at the international level Sunil Manohar Gavaskar ( Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर (born 10 July 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra) nicknamed Sunny Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha (born March 3, 1939, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh - died July 6, 1999, Sanikpuri Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath ( Kannada:ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್ (born 12 February 1949 in Bhadravathi, Farokh Maneksha Engineer (born 25 February, 1938 in Mumbai) is a former Indian Cricketer of Parsi background who The Indian spin quartet is the collective name given to the Indian Spin bowlers of the 1960s and 70s Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Bishan Singh Bedi (sometimes spelt as Bishen Singh Bedi) born 25 September 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian former Cricketer who specialised in Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna ( Kannada:ಎರಾಪಳ್ಳಿ ಅನಂತರಾವ್ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನ (born Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (Chandra ( Kannada:ಭಗವತ್ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್ (born May 17, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, also known by his Nickname of Venkat, (born 21 April 1945 in Madras) was formerly a Cricketer 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. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 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 England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. 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). Summer of '42 is a 1971 American " coming-of-age " motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a cricket 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. The Irani Trophy tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z The Ranji Trophy is a domestic First-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides equivalent to the County Championship The Duleep Trophy is a domestic First-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India
Later, he served as the manager of Indian Cricket team in the 1990s, alongside captain Mohammad Azharuddin. Mohammad Azharuddin (born 8 February 1963 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
Ajit Wadekar is one of the few Indians to represent the country as Test cricket player, captain, coach/manager and Chairman of Selectors. Lala Amarnath was the first to achieve this distinction. Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj (commonly known as Lala Amarnath; 11 September 1911 &ndash 5 August 2000 was an Indian Test cricketer He was the first cricketer to [2] Chandu Borde is the other person to have achieved this distinction. Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde (born July 21 1934 in Poona, now Pune is a Cricketer who was a member of the Indian team between 1958 and [3]
References
- ^ http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35933.html Cricinfo Website - Ajit Wadekar Profile
- ^ Cricinfo - The many `avatars' of Lala Amarnath
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/sep/28borde.htm Borde Shares Wadekar's Distinction
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| Preceded by Nawab of Pataudi Jr |
Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1970/71 - 1974 |
Succeeded by Nawab of Pataudi Jr |
| Preceded by Unknown |
Indian National Cricket Manager October 1992 - March 1996 |
Succeeded by Sandeep Patil |
| Preceded by Kishan Rungta |
Chairman, Selection Committee October 1998 - September 1999 |
Succeeded by Chandu Borde |
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