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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = B. B. Nimbalkar
| image = Cricketer B. B. Nimbalkar giving autographs, c. May 1, 1946.jpg
| country = India
| fullname = Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar
| birth_date = 12 December 1919
| birth_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 11 December 2012 (aged 92)
| death_place = [[Kolhapur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| family = [[Raosaheb Nimbalkar|R. B. Nimbalkar]] (brother), [[Suryaji Nimbalkar|S. B. Nimbalkar]] (son)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Medium pace|medium]]
| role = [[Batsman]]<br>Occasional [[wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| year1 = 1939–1940
| club2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| year2 = 1941–1950
| club3 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
| year3 = 1943–1958
| club4 = [[Madhya Bharat cricket team|Madhya Bharat]]
| year4 = 1955
| club5 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| year5 = 1956–1958
| club6 = [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| year6 = 1958–1963
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 80
| runs1 = 4841
| bat avg1 = 47.93
| 100s/50s1 = 12/22
| top score1 = 443*
| deliveries1 = 4092
| wickets1 = 58
| bowl avg1 = 40.22
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/56
| catches/stumpings1 = 37/10
| date = 11 December
| year = 2012
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11455/11455.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Bhausaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar''' (12 December 1919 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian [[cricket]]er, best known for his score of 443 [[not out]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/bb-nimbalkar-passes/39641 | title=Babasaheb Nimbalkar passes away | publisher=Wisden India | date=11 December 2012 | access-date=12 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206084515/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/bb-nimbalkar-passes/39641 | archive-date=6 February 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> during the [[1948–49 Ranji Trophy]], which remains the highest score, and the only [[List of first-class cricket quadruple centuries|quadruple century]], in Indian [[first-class cricket|first-class]] cricket. His score remains the highest by a cricketer not to have played in [[Test Cricket]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30199647/how-many-ipl-teams-won-lost-match-ten-wickets-same-season? |title=How many IPL teams have won and lost a match by ten wickets in the same season? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>

His son, [[Suryaji Nimbalkar]], also played for both Railways and Maharashtra.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40140/40140.html Suryaji Nimbalkar] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2012.</ref>

== Early life ==
Nimbalkar was born in [[Kolhapur]]. He had his early education at the Model School in Kolhapur, and captained the school team at the age of 15. He made his Ranji Trophy debut in 1939 against Baroda.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/former-ranji-cricketer-nimbalkar-dead/article4188918.ece Former Ranji cricketer Nimbalkar dead] – ''[[The Hindu]]''. Published 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.</ref> His older brother, [[Raosaheb Nimbalkar]], also regularly played first-class cricket, and often appeared alongside him in matches.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34187/34187.html Raosaheb Nimbalkar] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2012.</ref>

== Career ==
During the 1948–49 [[Ranji Trophy]], playing for Maharashtra against [[Kathiawar]] at [[Pune]], Nimbalkar made 443 not out, at the time second only to [[Don Bradman]]'s 452 not out as the record first-class innings and currently fourth-highest of all-time. He was unable to break the record because, with the total standing at 826 for 4 at the lunch interval, the opposing captain, the [[Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji|Thakore Saheb of Rajkot]], conceded the match to prevent embarrassment on the part of his team. However, Bradman sent a personal note to Nimbalkar saying that he considered Nimbalkar's innings better than his own.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_first-indian-who-came-close-to-bradman-bb-nimbalkar-passes-away_1776384 | title=First Indian who came close to Bradman, BB Nimbalkar passes away | publisher = DNA | date=11 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="Beard">{{cite book |title=Ask Bearders |last=Frindall |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Frindall |year=2009 |publisher=[[BBC Books]]|isbn=978-1-84607-880-4 |page=81}}</ref>

Despite an impressive [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 56.72 in [[Ranji Trophy]] matches, and his additional abilities as a wicket-keeper and a fast-medium bowler, Nimbalkar never played [[Test cricket]] during a first-class career that stretched from 1939–40 to 1964–65.

== Later years and death ==
Nimbalkar died in December 2012, aged 92.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/596756.html?CMP=outlook_news Former India first-class player Nimbalkar dies] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2012.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|ref=india/content/player/31839.html}}
*[http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104466.html Nimbalkar recalls Bradman's 'personal message']

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