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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Desh Azad<br />
| image = <br />
| country = <br />
| fullname = Desh Prem Azad<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|2|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|16|1938|2|2|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = <br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]<br />
| year1 = <br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
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| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26765.html ESPNcricinfo]<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 19<br />
| runs1 = 658<br />
| bat avg1 = 20.56<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/5<br />
| top score1 = 83<br />
| deliveries1 = 532<br />
| wickets1 = 8<br />
| bowl avg1 = 40.75<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 2-51<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/0<br />
}}<br />
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'''Desh Azad''' (2 February 1938 &ndash; 16 August 2013) was an Indian [[cricket]]er and cricket coach. <br />
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==Cricket career==<br />
He played nineteen [[first-class cricket]] matches representing Haryana, Maharaja of Patiala's XI and Southern Punjab between 1953 and 1973 in which he scored 658 runs and took eight wickets.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26765.html |title=Desh Azad |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38182/38182.html |title=Desh Azad |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> He also served as match referee in two Under-19 matches between India and Australia in 2005.<br />
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==Coaching career==<br />
However, it was as coach that he was best known. India's 1983 World Cup winning captain [[Kapil Dev]] was the most famous of his students. The other cricketers he coached included [[Chetan Sharma]] who took the first [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in [[Cricket World Cup]] history, [[Yograj Singh]] and [[Ashok Malhotra]].<br />
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In 1986, he was honoured with the [[Dronacharya Award]] for his services to cricket coaching.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award"|url=http://yas.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/7000365931.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120012751/http://yas.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/7000365931.htm|archivedate=20 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=26765}}<br />
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[[Category:1938 births]]<br />
[[Category:2013 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Patiala cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Southern Punjab cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Haryana cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Amritsar]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Dronacharya Award]]<br />
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