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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Dattaram Hindlekar<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| fullname = Dattaram Dharmaji Kanaji Hindlekar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|1|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|3|30|1909|1|1|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Bombay, [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| country = India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]-batsman<br />
| family = [[Vijay Manjrekar]] (nephew)<br/>[[Sanjay Manjrekar]] (great-nephew)<br />
| international = true<br />
| testdebutdate = 27 June<br />
| testdebutyear = 1936<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testcap = 22<br />
| lasttestdate = 17 August<br />
| lasttestyear = 1946<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| club1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1934–1946}}<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 4<br />
| runs1 = 71<br />
| bat avg1 = 14.20<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 26<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/0<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 96 <br />
| runs2 = 2,439<br />
| bat avg2 = 17.05<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 1/9<br />
| top score2 = 135<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 128/59<br />
| date = 23 March<br />
| year = 2019<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29297.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar''' {{audio|Dattaram_Hindlekar.ogg|pronunciation}} (1 January 1909 &ndash; 30 March 1949) was a [[cricket]]er who [[wicket-keeper|kept wicket]] for [[Indian cricket team|India]] in [[Test cricket]].<br />
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==Cricket career==<br />
Hindlekar toured [[England]] in [[Indian cricket team in England in 1936|1936]] and [[Indian cricket team in England in 1946|1946]] as India's first-choice wicket-keeper. A right-handed batsman, he wore his cap at a 'bewildered angle' and 'stood with his toes pointing up at an angle of 45 degrees'. He opened in the First Test at [[Lord's]] in 1936, but chipped a bone in his finger and suffered from blurred vision.{{ref|CI}} This injury and his subsequent exclusion from the next Test led to the famous opening partnership between [[Vijay Merchant]] and [[Mushtaq Ali]].<br />
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Injuries limited his appearances in 1946 as well. In the [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]] Test, he went in last and batted out 13 minutes with [[Ranga Sohoni]] to save the match.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Hindlekar was born in [[Bombay]], the son of a farmer from [[Ratnagiri]] in [[Maharashtra]]. He worked in the [[Bombay Port Trust]] for a salary of Rs.80 a month. His means were so limited that he could not afford to buy a pair of gloves, and used to visit [[Khershed Meherhomji]] and borrow his.{{ref|PPC}} He is the uncle of [[Vijay Manjrekar]] and great-uncle of [[Sanjay Manjrekar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30936.html |title=Dattaram Hindlekar - India Cricket - Cricket Players and Officials - ESPNcricinfo |publisher=Cricinfo |date=2018-01-18|accessdate=2018-01-18}}</ref><br />
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Hindlekar died at the age of 40 for want of proper treatment. It was only at a very late stage of his illness that he was moved to the Arthur Road Hospital in Bombay. He was survived by his wife and their seven children. After his death the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] and [[Bombay Cricket Association]] issued appeals for contributions to help his family, but there was little response. The Bombay Port Trust then organised a cabaret dance on 6 August 1949 which raised a little over Rs.7,000. Almost every major Indian cricketer of the time attended the dance.{{ref|BM}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{note|CMJ}}[[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]], ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''<br />
* {{note|PPC}}Richard Cashman, ''Patrons, Players and the Crowd'' (1979), p.&nbsp;89<br />
* {{note|BM}}[[Boria Majumdar]], ''Twenty-Two Yards to Freedom'' (2004), p.&nbsp;100<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=29297}}<br />
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