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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Datta Gaekwad
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1928|10|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Vadodara]], India
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Right-arm medium, legbreak
| family = [[Anshuman Gaekwad]] (son)
| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 1952–1961

| testdebutdate = 5 June
| testdebutyear = 1952
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 60
| lasttestdate = 13 January
| lasttestyear = 1961
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan

| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| year1 = 1948–1963
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 350
| bat avg1 = 18.42
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| top score1 = 52
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 5/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 110
| runs2 = 5,788
| bat avg2 = 36.40
| 100s/50s2 = 17/23
| top score2 = 249[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 1,964
| wickets2 = 25
| bowl avg2 = 40.64
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/117
| catches/stumpings2= 49/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28755.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad''' {{audio|Datta_Gaekwad.ogg|pronunciation}} (born 27 October 1928) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er. He appeared in 11 Test matches, toured England in 1952 and 1959 and West Indies in 1952–53. He captained the Indian team in the 1959 tour. As a batsman Gaekwad "possessed a sure defence and delightfully crisp shots especially through the covers". He was also an occasional [[leg spin]] bowler. As of 2018, he is India's oldest living Test cricketer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oldest Living Players |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283742.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gollapudi |first1=Nagraj |title=Former India cricketer Deepak Shodhan dies aged 87 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1014741.html |accessdate=16 December 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=16 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
Gaekwad played his early cricket for Bombay University and the Maharaja Sayaji University in [[Baroda]]. He made his Test debut in the first Test of [[Indian cricket team in England in 1952|1952 tour of England]], in [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Leeds]]. He opened the innings for India despite never having done so before the tour. He was one among four victims dismissed for no score in the second innings of the Test.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mantri |first1=Madhav |authorlink1=Madhav Mantri |title=Duck soup |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22892121 |website=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=16 December 2018 |language=en |date=11 April 2008}}</ref> His West Indies tour in the next year was terminated during the second Test when he collided with [[Vijay Hazare]] while going for a catch and dislocated his shoulder.

In 1956–58, he captained [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] to their first [[Ranji Trophy|Ranji]] title in nine years. He scored a double hundred against the defending champions [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] during the course of the season. This was followed by a recall to the Indian team for the final Test against [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] in 1958–59. His 52 in the second innings was the only fifty of his career and went some way towards India earning a draw. With [[Hemu Adhikari]], who had captained in this match, being unavailable, Gaekwad led the Indian team to the tour of England in 1959. India lost all the five matches and Gaekwad did not appear in another Test.

In [[Ranji Trophy]], he scored 3139 runs with 14 centuries and a highest of 249 against [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] in 1959–60.

== Personal life ==
Gaekwad is the father of the Indian opener [[Anshuman Gaekwad]]. He was distantly related to the Baroda royal family and served as the Deputy comptroller to the Baroda state.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''Who's who of Test cricketers'' (1986). The description in the lead is from this book.
* Rajan Bala, ''The Covers are Off''. Bala suggests that one of the reasons for the fiasco of the 1959 tour was the resentment of Bombay players towards those from Baroda.
* Richard Cashman, Patrons, Players and the Crowd.
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/INTERACTIVE/FACE-TO-FACE/GAEKWAD_DK.html Cricinfo interview]

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=28755}}
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/0/925/925|name=Datta Gaekwad}}

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