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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1919–2003)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Hemu Adhikari<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| fullname = Hemchandra Ramachandra Adhikari<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|7|31|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|10|25|1919|7|31}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[leg spin]]<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 21<br />
| runs1 = 872<br />
| bat avg1 = 31.14<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/4<br />
| top score1 = 114[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 170<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 27.33<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 3/68<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 152<br />
| runs2 = 8,683<br />
| bat avg2 = 41.74<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 17/45<br />
| top score2 = 230[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries2 = 4,000<br />
| wickets2 = 49<br />
| bowl avg2 = 37.93<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/2<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 97/–<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = India<br />
| testdebutagainst = Australia<br />
| testcap = 36<br />
| testdebutdate = 28 November<br />
| testdebutyear = 1947<br />
| lasttestdate = 11 February<br />
| lasttestagainst = West Indies<br />
| lasttestyear = 1959<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26179.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
| date = 15 November<br />
| year = 2022<br />
}}<br />
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Colonel '''Hemchandra '''"'''Hemu'''"''' Ramachandra Adhikari''' {{audio|Hemu Adhikari.ogg|pronunciation}} (31 July 1919 &ndash; 25 October 2003) was an Indian [[cricket]]er, representing his country both as a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades. He received the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1998, the highest honour bestowed by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-18 |title=C.K. Nayudu award for Kapil Dev |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ck-nayudu-award-for-kapil-dev/article5474173.ece |access-date=2023-04-25 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
A talented right-handed batsman and occasional leg spin bowler, Adhikari made his [[first-class cricket]] debut as a teenager before the outbreak of [[World War II]] in the 1936/37 domestic season. He immediately demonstrated his abilities on the local stage but due to the war, and his role in the Indian armed forces, his career was interrupted.<br />
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Adhikari made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut as a 28-year-old in [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947–48|1947 on India's tour of Australia]] and immediately established himself as an important member of the squad, although his continued official role in the army restricted his availability for the team.<br />
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Very good at playing [[spin bowling]] and courageous against [[fast bowling]], Adhikari had some fine moments playing for India, including a national record 109-[[run (cricket)|run]] last wicket partnership with [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] in a Test against regional rivals [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]. He captained India in one Test as he neared his fortieth birthday, scoring 63 and 40 while batting and taking three important wickets in a drawn game against [[West Indies cricket team|the West Indies]].<br />
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Adhikari took to coaching after retiring from first-class cricket – with a very good [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 41.74 – and was in charge of the Indian team as they established themselves on the world stage. He helped guide India to their first series win in England in 1971 and was a major reason behind the development of such outstanding cricketers as [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Kapil Dev]] and [[Ravi Shastri]]. Some felt his history with military helped him as a coach, with former national team spin bowler [[Bapu Nadkarni]] saying "Adhikari was a disciplined man. Being a military man, he would not bother about what anybody else thought." Col Hemu Adhikari was the mentor of another military man & famous cricket coach from Hyderabad Mirza Rehmat Ullah Baig (M.R Baig), who was a Ranji Cricketer from Services and served as an assistant coach under the mentorship of Col Hemu Adhikari.<br />
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After his death in October 2003, at age 84, tributes flooded in for the popular Indian, with Indian cricket writer [[Suresh Menon (sports writer)|Suresh Menon]] saying "Adhikari was not a big man yet he was a presence. He will be remembered for his role in Indian cricket's self-confidence movement that began with that series win in 1971."<br />
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==Career bests==<br />
===Test matches===<br />
Test Debut: vs [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]], [[Brisbane]], 1947/48<br><br />
Last Test: vs West Indies, [[Delhi]], 1958/59<br />
*Adhikari's best Test batting score of 114 not out was made against West Indies, Delhi, 1948/49<br />
*His best Test bowling figures of 3 for 68 came against West Indies, Delhi, 1958/59<br />
*His Test captaincy record was: 1 match, 1 draw<br />
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===First-class===<br />
*Adhikari's best first-class batting score was 230 not out<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Hemu Adhikari}}<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=26179}}<br />
*[http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=0011 HowSTAT! statistical profile of Hemu Adhikari]<br />
*[http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/133160.html ESPNcricinfo summary of tributes to Hemu Adhikari after his 2003 death]<br />
*[http://www.cricketnext.com/features/legends/legends010.htm Article on Adhikari] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050915033319/http://www.cricketnext.com/features/legends/legends010.htm |date=15 September 2005 }}<br />
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| before=[[Vinoo Mankad]]<br />
| title=[[Indian National Test Cricket Captains|Indian National Test Cricket Captain]]<br />
| years=1958/59 '''(1 Test Match)'''<br />
| after=[[Datta Gaekwad]]<br />
|}}<br />
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{{Indian Test Cricket Captains}}<br />
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