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| Batting style | Right-hand bat (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast medium, Right arm off-break | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 31 | 133 |
| Runs scored | 1,229 | 5,377 |
| Batting average | 32. The Indian cricket team is an international Cricket team representing India. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers 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 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 Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 24 | 36. 08 |
| 100s/50s | 2/8 | 8/29 |
| Top score | 123 | 217 |
| Balls bowled | 5,994 | 26,221 |
| Wickets | 62 | 465 |
| Bowling average | 36. 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. 85 | 22. 09 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 31 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 3 |
| Best bowling | 7/259 | 7/26 |
| Catches/stumpings | 21 | 92 |
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Test debut: 12 December 1947 |
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Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar pronunciation (born 12 December 1925, Kolhapur, Maharashtra - died 17 March 1985, Chennai) was an all-rounder who represented India in Test 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 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kolhapur ( Marathi:कोल्हापूर is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) An all-rounder is a Cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. 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
Phadkar was an attacking middle order batsman, a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways and extract life from the wicket, and usually fielded in the slips. He was one of the cricketing heart-throbs of his day.
Phadkar was educated in Bombay in the Robert Money High School and took the B. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial A degree from Elphinstone College. He represented Bombay University between 1941/42 and 1946/47. At the age of 10, he scored 156 in an inter-school match. On his collegiate debut, he hit 274 which was then a record. He underwent training at Alf Gover's cricket school. Alfred Richard "Alf" Gover MBE ( February 29, 1908 in Epsom – October 7, 2001 in London) was
Picked for the Indian tour of Australia in 1947/48, Phadkar shone more with the bat than the ball. On his debut on a difficult wicket at Sydney he hit 51 while batting at eight and took 3 for 14. The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. Promoted to No. 6, he scored 123 at Adelaide and added a record 188 for the sixth wicket with Vijay Hazare. The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia. Vijay Samuel Hazare (11 March 1915&ndash18 December 2004 was an Indian Cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. Phadkar went on to top the batting averages and scored at least a fifty in all the four Tests that he played.
Next year against West Indies at Madras, Phadkar took 7 for 159 which remained his career best bowling. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing The M A Chidambaram Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chennai (formerly Madras India, named after M But his efforts at bowling bouncers in this match led to the West Indian bowlers reacting in kind and the defeat of India. In the exciting last Test where India needed 361 and ended up six runs short, Phadkar hit 37 not out.
His other major innings was a 115 against England in 1951/2. When India lost disastrously in England in 1952, he was one of the few players to come out with some credit. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At Leeds where India lost the four wickets before scoring a run, Phadkar and Hazare added 105 for the sixth wicket. Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England.
Phadkar played in 13 unofficial Tests. He played all the ten Tests against the touring commonwealth teams in 1949/50 and 1950/51. In the former series where India used four captains, Phadkar led the team in the final Test.
He made his first class debut at the age of 17 and went on to captain Bombay in 1950/51. Against Maharashtra in 1948/49 - a match in which 2376 runs were scored - he hit 131 & 160, and took 3/142 and 3/168. [2] His highest first class score was 217 scored against Maharashtra in 1950/51 out of a Bombay total of 725 for 8. [3] He played in Lancashire Leagure for Rochdale and Nelson.
He was a national selector in the 1970s. MCC made him a life member in 1968. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He worked for Tata & Sons in Bombay and the Railways.
After retirement he ran a kindergarten school with his wife in Behala, Calcutta called Sunny Preparatory School. Behala is a locality in Southern Calcutta It is flanked by Kidderpore in the north the New Alipore / Alipore and Tollygunge in the east His death was due to a brain illness.
References
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers
- Obituary in Indian Cricket 1985
- Cricinfo Profile
External links
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