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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Anant Solkar<br />
| image =<br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Anant Dhondu Solkar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|9|19|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = Pawas, [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]<br />
| role = Bowler<br />
| family = [[Eknath Solkar]] (brother)<br />
| club1 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]<br />
| year1 = 1972/73–1975/76<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]<br />
| year2 = 1976/77–1980/81<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 26<br />
| runs1 = 628<br />
| bat avg1 = 18.47<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 84*<br />
| deliveries1 = 3,209<br />
| wickets1 = 63<br />
| bowl avg1 = 23.96<br />
| fivefor1 = 3<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 8/100<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 30/–<br />
| date = 18 March<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35152.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anant Dhondu Solkar''' (born 19 September 1951) is an Indian former [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er. He is the younger brother of former India Test cricketer [[Eknath Solkar]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Born on 19 September 1951 in Pawas, [[Maharashtra]], Solkar played as a bowling [[all-rounder]] who batted right-handed and bowled [[off spin]]. He had five siblings (including [[Eknath Solkar]]) and his father was a groundsman at the [[Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai|Hindu Gymkhana]] in [[Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Eknath Solkar|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34085.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref> In a Harris Shield match in 1968, he scored 396 and took 6/28. This is regarded as the best all-round performance in school cricket.<ref name=mid/> He made his first-class debut in the 1972/73 season for Railways and, in the same season, registered his career-best bowling figures of 8/100 in a Ranji match against Delhi. He switched to his home state team Maharashtra in the 1976/77 season and represented it for five seasons. After getting dropped from the team, he quit playing cricket on the advice of his elder brother [[Eknath Solkar]].<ref name=mid/> He finished with 26 first-class appearances in which he took 63 wickets at an average of 23.96.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anant Solkar |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41051/41051.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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After his cricket career, Solkar became an alcohol addict. He recollects, "I don’t know what happened. There was nothing left in my life after cricket. I was slowly becoming addicted to it. My day would start and end with it." In 1986, his 15-year-old daughter died of blood cancer. Solkar, who was employed with [[Tata Electric]], quit his job in 1987.<ref name=mid/> He came out of his alcohol addiction in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thyagarajan|first1=Roshan|title=The Tondulkars and Solkars who burned brightest and faded away|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-lists/tondulkars-solkars-burned-brightest-faded/194147|publisher=Wisden India|accessdate=18 March 2016|date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325102221/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-lists/tondulkars-solkars-burned-brightest-faded/194147|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and worked as an umpire in local matches between 2001 and 2009. He then started to coach young cricketers free of cost in Mumbai.<ref name=mid>{{cite web|last1=Joshi|first1=Harit N|title=After battling alcohol addiction, Eknath Solkar's brother now coaching young cricketers|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/after-battling-alcohol-addiction-eknath-solkars-brother-now-coaching-young-cricketers/15730198|publisher=Mid Day|accessdate=18 March 2016|date=2 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/35152.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/41/41051/41051.html}}<br />
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