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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Chandu Sarwate
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1920|7|22}}
| birth_place = [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British India]]<br/>{{small|(now in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India)}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|22|1920|7|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Indore]], Madhya Pradesh, India
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-break]], [[leg-break]]
| club1 = [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]]
| year1 = 1936
| club2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| year2 = 1940–1943
| club3 = [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]]
| year3 = 1941–1944
| club4 = [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| year4 = 1943
| club5 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]
| year5 = 1944–1958
| club6 = [[Madhya Bharat cricket team|Madhya Bharat]]
| year6 = 1955–1956
| club7 = [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| year7 = {{nowrap|1958–1968}}
| club8 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| year8 = 1968
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 208
| bat avg1 = 13.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 37
| deliveries1 = 658
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 124.66
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/16
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 171
| runs2 = 7,430
| bat avg2 = 32.73
| 100s/50s2 = 14/38
| top score2 = 246
| deliveries2 = 27,533
| wickets2 = 494
| bowl avg2 = 23.54
| fivefor2 = 26
| tenfor2 = 3
| best bowling2 = 9/61
| catches/stumpings2= 91/–
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1946–1951
| country = India
| testcap = 34
| testdebutagainst = England
| testdebutdate = 20 July
| testdebutyear = 1946
| lasttestagainst = England
| lasttestdate = 14 December
| lasttestyear = 1951
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33859.html ESPNcricinfo]
}}

'''Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate''' ({{audio|Chandu_Sarwate.ogg|pronunciation}}; 22 July 1920 – 23 December 2003) was an Indian [[cricket]]er and [[fingerprint]] expert.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Memon |first1=Ayaz |title=Cricketers with a day job |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xDCyRHM3jS6e3JMi2YYn5H/Cricketers-with-a-day-job.html |website=Livemint |accessdate=18 December 2018 |date=28 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Did you know? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2004/11/04/stories/2004110401970400.htm |accessdate=18 December 2018 |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 November 2004}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was an [[all-rounder]] who played nine [[Test cricket|Test matches]] for [[Indian cricket team|India]] between 1946 and 1951 without much success — his Test [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] was only 13.00, and his Test [[bowling average]] was 124.66. He bowled slow leg breaks.

== Career ==
Sarwate had a long career in [[first-class cricket]], spanning 32 years, during which he represented [[Central Provinces and Berar cricket team|Central Provinces and Berar]], [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]], [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]], [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]], [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]], [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]].

Sarwate's most famous innings as a batsman came while playing for the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1946|touring Indian side]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[the Oval]] in May 1946. Coming in to bat after his team was down 205/9, [[Shute Banerjee]] and he put on 249 for the [[wicket#Partnership|last wicket]], more runs than the first nine wickets put together. Both players went on to score [[Century (cricket)|centuries]], and as of 2018, it remains the only such instance in first-class cricket.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/304653.html |title=Tale of the tail |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=4 August 2007 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="no10-11">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149464.html |title=Sting in the tail |accessdate=15 May 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Their 249-run stand remains the highest partnership in first-class cricket between number ten and eleven batsmen.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-class Matches / Highest Partnerships by Wicket |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283581.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref> Sarwate remained [[Not out|unbeaten]] at 124. He returned figures of 5/54 with the ball before opening the second innings for the Indians. They went on to win the match by nine wickets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Surrey Escapes Innings Defeat Narrowly |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9qs-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2687%2C2962392 |work=The Indian Express |date=14 May 1946 |page=11}}</ref>

Sarwate's highest first-class score was 246 for Holkar against [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] in 1951, and his best bowling in an innings was 9 for 61 for [[Holkar]] against [[Mysore]] in 1946. His overall batting average in first-class cricket was 32.73, and his bowling average was 23.54.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33859.html |title=Chandu Sarwate |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17578.html |title=Holkar v Mysore in 1945/46 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=17 October 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19639.html |title=Bengal v Holkar in 1950/51 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=17 October 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Sarwate was a national selector for three years in the early 1980s, and was one of the selectors who picked the Indian team that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] in England in 1983. Besides being the secretary of [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]], he was also the chairman of its selection committee on number of occasions. Sarwate held degrees in arts and law and was a fingerprint expert by profession.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/chandu-sarvate-passes-away/cid/1034572 |title=Chandu Sarvate passes away |date=24 December 2003 |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |location=Kolkata|publisher=[[ABP Group]]|access-date=17 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/126092.html |title=Chandu Sarwate dies at 83 |date=24 December 2003 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=33859}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=756}}
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/INTERACTIVE/FACE-TO-FACE/SARWATE-1.html Transcript of interview with Chandu Sarwate]

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