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Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.
Cricket career
Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune College.[1]
Popularly known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket, Deodhar was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler. He captained Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy matches from 1939 to 1941. In his first-class career, he played 81 matches, scoring 4,522 runs at an average of 39.32 with a highest score of 246.[2]
Deodhar was Vice-President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the President of the Maharashtra Cricket Association, and also a national team selector. The Deodhar Trophy, a limited overs inter-zonal cricket tournament played in India since 1973, is named after him. In 1996, India Post issued a commemorative stamp in his honour. A statue of Deodhar was unveiled at Pune's Sahara cricket stadium in 2012.Template:Citation needed
Like Bill Ashdown, Deodhar is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the First World War and after the Second World War, having played in the Bombay Triangular in 1911 and the Ranji Trophy in 1946.[3] In a Ranji Trophy game against Nawanagar in 1944, he scored centuries in both innings, helping his team win.[4] He was aged 53 during that time.[5]
He was awarded the Padma Shri award in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 by the Indian Government.[6] He was the first Indian first-class cricketer known to have lived to 100. Vasant Raiji became the second in 2020.[7]
Personal life
India's former National Badminton Champions Tara Deodhar, Sunder Deodhar, and Suman Deodhar are his daughters.Template:Citation needed
References
- ↑ Deodhar: Professor Emeritus of Indian cricket. Cricinfo(24 August 2000). Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ↑ D. B. Deodhar. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ↑ It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one. Cricinfo(11 March 2017). Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ↑ Template:Cricketarchive
- ↑ 98 Not Out !. The Indian Express(15 July 1990).
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Vasant Raiji profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos.
External links
Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports Template:PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99