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Born | Hariya, near Atul, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Gujarat, India) | 30 January 1941||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968–69 to 1974–75 | Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2018 |
Gunwant Desai (born 30 January 1941) is an Indian former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Railways in India from 1968 to 1974.
Desai was a highly effective opening bowler for Railways in the Ranji Trophy, averaging nearly five wickets a match at a very low bowling average and with a strike-rate of a wicket every 34.75 balls. [1] He took 12 wickets in the match (7 for 46 and 5 for 24) in the innings victory over Haryana in 1971–72. [2]
In 1974–75 Desai set a Railways record for match figures that still stands when he took 13 for 77 (8 for 54 and 5 for 23) in another innings victory, this time over Services. [3] He also made his highest score in the same match when, batting as usual at number 11, he made 29 of a tenth-wicket stand of 30. [4]
Desai was never selected to play for North Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He twice played in Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, each time against Rajasthan. The second time, in 1973–74, he felled the Test batsman Salim Durani with a bouncer, and Durani had to be taken to hospital for an operation and played no further part in the match. Rajasthan won narrowly on their first-innings lead. Railways were 241 for 9 when Desai went to the crease, needing 15 for the lead, but he was bowled for a duck. [5] [6]
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Born | Hariya, near Atul, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Gujarat, India) | 30 January 1941||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–69 to 1974–75 | Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2018 |
Gunwant Desai (born 30 January 1941) is an Indian former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Railways in India from 1968 to 1974.
Desai was a highly effective opening bowler for Railways in the Ranji Trophy, averaging nearly five wickets a match at a very low bowling average and with a strike-rate of a wicket every 34.75 balls. [1] He took 12 wickets in the match (7 for 46 and 5 for 24) in the innings victory over Haryana in 1971–72. [2]
In 1974–75 Desai set a Railways record for match figures that still stands when he took 13 for 77 (8 for 54 and 5 for 23) in another innings victory, this time over Services. [3] He also made his highest score in the same match when, batting as usual at number 11, he made 29 of a tenth-wicket stand of 30. [4]
Desai was never selected to play for North Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He twice played in Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, each time against Rajasthan. The second time, in 1973–74, he felled the Test batsman Salim Durani with a bouncer, and Durani had to be taken to hospital for an operation and played no further part in the match. Rajasthan won narrowly on their first-innings lead. Railways were 241 for 9 when Desai went to the crease, needing 15 for the lead, but he was bowled for a duck. [5] [6]