Sharad Diwadkar
Indian cricketer
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Full name | Sharad Jagannath Diwadkar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-01-11)11 January 1936 Bombay, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 March 2005(2005-03-01) (aged 69) Mumbai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jimmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957–58 to 1973–74 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–64 to 1973–74 | State Bank of India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 July 2017 |
Sharad Jagannath Diwadkar (11 January 1936 in Bombay – 1 March 2005 in Mumbai) was a Bombay cricketer. He was an off-spinning all-rounder who played 82 first class matches between 1957–58 and 1973–74.
Diwadkar's best match bowling figures were 11 for 146 (5 for 74 and 6 for 72), when he helped State Bank of India recover from a first-innings deficit to win the final of the 1966–67 Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament over Indian Starlets by 16 runs.[1] His best innings figures were 6 for 19, off 20 overs, when Bombay beat Saurashtra by an innings in the 1965-66 Ranji Trophy.[2] He made his highest score of 177 in the Ranji Trophy final of 1963-64, when Bombay defeated Rajasthan.[3]
References
External links
- Cricinfo Profile
- Cricketarchive Profile
- Makarand Waingankar, "This Jimmy couldn't play for India"
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