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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Imran Ali
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Imran Ali
| birth_date = unknown
| birth_place =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting =
| bowling =
| role = [[Batsman]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| year1 = 1964–1976
| club2 = [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]]
| year2 = 1969
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 =45
| runs1 = 1,799
| bat avg1 = 23.98
| 100s/50s1 = 1/9
| top score1 = 104*
| deliveries1 = 78
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = n/a
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 0/0
| catches/stumpings1 = 37/-
| date = 25 June
| year = 2013
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39190/39190.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Imran Ali''' (date of birth unknown) was an [[India]]n [[cricket]]er who played regularly for [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] during the 1960s and 1970s. A talented junior player, he toured Ceylon with an India Schools representative side in April 1964, and made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for Vidarbha during the 1964–65 season. Playing as a middle-order [[batsman]], Imran established himself as a regular player in Vidarbha's [[Ranji Trophy]] team throughout the next decade, and during the 1968–69 season even played two matches for [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]] in the [[Duleep Trophy]], although without much success. He retired at the end of the 1976–77 season after thirteen seasons for Vidarbha, having captained the side in his final two seasons.

==Cricket career==
Little is known of Imran's early life, including his date and place of birth.<ref name="profile">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39190/39190.html Imran Ali player profile and statistics] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> His first matches at higher levels came for a [[Vidarbha]] team in the 1962–63 and 1963–64 editions of the [[Cooch Behar Trophy]], a school-based tournament.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39190/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Imran Ali (7)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> His good form for Vidarbha led to his selection first for a Central Zone Schools side, and then for an India Schools side that toured Ceylon (now [[Sri Lanka]]) in April 1964, and included future [[Test cricket]]ers [[Surinder Amarnath]], [[Ramnath Parkar]], [[Ashok Gandotra]], and [[Eknath Solkar]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/India_Schools_in_Ceylon_1963-64.html India Schools in Ceylon 1963/64] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> Imran scored a [[Century (cricket)|century]] in the team's match against a [[Jaffna]] Schools side, an innings of 102 [[not out]] batting alongside [[Ramesh Nagdev]], who scored 85 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/138/138313.html Jaffna Schools v India Schools], India Schools in Ceylon 1963/64 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref>

Following on from this good form at junior levels, Imran made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] for Vidarbha's senior side during the 1964–65 season of the [[Ranji Trophy]], and went on to play in each of the team's three matches during the tournament,<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39190/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Imran Ali (45)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> scoring his first half-century, an innings of 83 runs, in the final match against [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27261.html Madhya Pradesh v Vidarbha], Ranji Trophy 1964/65 (Central Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> He soon established himself as a regular player in Vidarbha's side, usually as a middle-order [[batsman]].<ref name="seasons">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39190/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class batting and fielding in each season by Imran Ali] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> An innings of 94 runs scored against [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] during the 1968–69 season led to Imran's selection to play for [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]] in that season's edition of the [[Duleep Trophy]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29843.html Vidarbha v Rajasthan], Ranji Trophy 1968/69 (Central Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> However, he played only two matches for Central Zone (the second against the [[Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1969–70|touring Australians]]), and was not selected in the side in later seasons.<ref name="fc"/>

Imran remained a consistent, although not outstanding, player for Vidarbha throughout the 1970s. Arguably his most successful seasons came towards the middle of the decade: he scored over 200 runs during both the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, averaging 37.91 runs over both seasons combined.<ref name="seasons"/> Imran's only first-class [[Century (cricket)|century]] was an innings of 104 not out scored against [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] in November 1975. This included a 96-run [[Partnership (cricket)|partnership]] with [[Sirish Najbile]] (60 runs) for the fifth wicket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35693.html Railways v Vidarbha Ranji Trophy 1975/76 (Central Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.]</ref> The 1976–77 season was Imran's last at first-class level.<ref name="fc"/> For his final two seasons, he replaced [[Murthy Rajan]] as [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of Vidarbha, captaining the side in eight matches for five draws and three losses.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=39190&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=Vidarbha&startseason= Imran Ali as captain in first-class matches where team is Vidarbha] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> He finished his career having scored 1,799 runs from 45 first-class matches, at an average of 23.98.<ref name="profile"/>

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>VahurNovaru at 22:49, 3 December 2020