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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = C. R. Rangachari<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| full_name = Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|4|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mamandur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|10|9|1916|4|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 4<br />
| runs1 = 8<br />
| bat avg1 = 2.66<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 8*<br />
| deliveries1 = 846<br />
| wickets1 = 9<br />
| bowl avg1 = 54.77<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/107<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 1/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 62 <br />
| runs2 = 480<br />
| bat avg2 = 7.74<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1<br />
| top score2 = 60<br />
| deliveries2 = 10,908<br />
| wickets2 = 199<br />
| bowl avg2 = 26.11<br />
| fivefor2 = 14<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 7/34<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 42/–<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = India<br />
| testdebutagainst = Australia<br />
| testcap = 44<br />
| testdebutdate = 23 January<br />
| testdebutyear = 1948<br />
| lasttestdate = 9 December<br />
| lasttestagainst = West Indies <br />
| lasttestyear = 1948<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/814/814.html CricketArchive<br />
| date = 9 June<br />
| year = 2022<br />
}}<br />
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'''Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari''' {{audio|C._R._Rangachari.ogg|pronunciation}} (14 April 1916 – 9 October 1993) was a [[fast bowler]] who represented [[Indian cricket team|India]] in [[Test cricket]].<br />
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Rangachari was a medium pace bowler who bowled with a slight round-arm action and moved the ball away from the batsman. He was a student of the [[Pachaiyappa's College]] in Madras. When the Madras cricket league was started in 1932, he played for Chepauk United Club and then switched to Triplicane CC. Here he formed a fearsome partnership with [[M.J. Gopalan]].<br />
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Rangachari first claimed the spotlight when he took 9 for 45 against Mysore in an inter-association junior match in 1938. The same year he was selected in the [[Ranji Trophy]] team. Ranga was also a fine fielder, and fielding usually at silly mid-off, formed a nice combination with the spinner [[A.G. Ram Singh]].<br />
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He was selected for the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947–48|tour of Australia]] in 1947/48. He took a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in the match against [[Tasmanian Tigers|Tasmania]]. On his Test debut at [[Adelaide Oval|Adelaide]] he took 4 for 141, dismissing [[Neil Harvey]], [[Keith Miller]], [[Ray Lindwall]] and [[Ian Johnson (cricketer)|Ian Johnson]]. His career best Test bowling was 5 for 107 against [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla|Delhi]]. Coming on as the first change bowler, he dismissed [[Allan Rae (cricketer)|Allan Rae]], [[Jeff Stollmeyer]] and [[George Headley]] in his first 19 balls, conceding one run. Headley's leg stump was sent flying several yards and splintered from top to bottom.<ref>Indian Express, 11 November 1948</ref> In his first five innings in Tests, his scores were 0*, 0, 0, 0,* and 0.<br />
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He played unofficial Tests against the [[Australian Services cricket team|Australian Services Team]] in 1945/46 and against the first Commonwealth team in 1949/50, and two [[M. J. Gopalan Trophy]] matches. He captained [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] in two matches in 1952/53. He managed several [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu/Madras]] and South Zone teams and was a state selector. He took 104 wickets for Madras in the Ranji Trophy. <br />
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His son [[Rangachari Vijayaraghavan|C. R. Vijayaraghavan]] has umpired in [[One Day International]]s and [[first class cricket]] and as a [[third umpire]] in Test matches.<br />
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Rangachari worked in the police department and retired as the Deputy Superintendent. He died from a cardiac failure.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* [[V. Ramnarayan]], ''Mosquitos and Other Jolly Rovers''<br />
* Obituary in ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 1994]]''<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=33088}}<br />
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