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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Kamal Bhandarkar<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Kamal Vinayakrao Bhandarkar<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|2|21|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lonavala]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|12|10|1911|2|21|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = Wicketkeeper-batsman<br />
| club1 = [[Central India cricket team|Central India]]<br />
| year1 = 1935–36 to 1937–38<br />
| club2 = [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]<br />
| year2 = 1939–40 to 1949–50<br />
| club3 = [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]]<br />
| year3 = 1941–42 to 1947–48<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 30 <br />
| runs1 = 1357<br />
| bat avg1 = 30.84<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/5<br />
| top score1 = 205<br />
| deliveries1 = 6<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 30/20<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27422.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 1 March 2021<br />
}}<br />
'''Kamal Vinayakrao Bhandarkar''' (21 February 1911 – 10 December 1986) was an Indian cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] from 1935 to 1949.<br />
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Bhandarkar was a wicketkeeper-batsman. He was a member of the [[Ranji Trophy]] winning teams of [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] in 1939–40 and [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] in 1945–46.<ref name=AK/> Opening the batting for Maharashtra against [[Saurashtra cricket team|Kathiawar]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1948–49, he scored 205 and set a world record second-wicket partnership of 455 with [[B. B. Nimbalkar]], who scored 443 [[not out]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Maharashtra v Kathiawar 1948-49 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ranji-trophy-1948-49-545428/maharashtra-vs-kathiawar-266830/full-scorecard|website=Cricinfo |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> The record stood until 1974.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2001, p. 216.</ref><br />
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Bhandarkar later took up coaching, and was one of the leading coaches in India from 1950 until his death in 1986. His pupils included the India [[Test cricket|Test]] captains [[Chandu Borde]] and [[Sunil Gavaskar]].<ref name=AK>{{cite news| work=Times of India | first=Amit |last=Karmarkar |access-date=1 March 2021| title=Kamal Bhandarkar: The coach who fine-tuned Sunil Gavaskar's technique|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/kamal-bhandarkar-the-coach-who-fine-tuned-sunil-gavaskars-technique/articleshow/71788847.cms|date=28 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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Bhandarkar was a science graduate of [[Nowrosjee Wadia College]] in [[Pune]], who worked in the zoology department of the college as a [[List of academic ranks|demonstrator]].<ref name=AK/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1911 births]]<br />
[[Category:1986 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricket coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Holkar cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Hindus cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Central India cricketers]]</div>>Hebrides