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{{short description|Indian-born English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Richard Sohrab Rutnagur
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = 1985–1986
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 17
| runs1 = 334
| bat avg1 = 15.18
| 100s/50s1 = –/2
| top score1 = 66
| deliveries1 = 2,118
| wickets1 = 29
| bowl avg1 = 43.31
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| matches2 = 4
| runs2 = 41
| bat avg2 = 13.66
| 100s/50s2 = –/–
| top score2 = 32
| deliveries2 = 96
| wickets2 = 3
| bowl avg2 = 13.00
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 2/31
| catches/stumpings2 = –/–
| date = 1 September
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19508.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Richard Sohrab Rutnagur''' (born 6 August 1964) is an [[Indian people|Indian]]-born [[English people|English]] former [[cricket]]er.

The son of the Indian journalist [[Dicky Rutnagur]], he was born at [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in August 1964. Two years later he moved to England when his father emigrated to work alongside [[E. W. Swanton]] at ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], before going up to [[New College, Oxford]].<ref name="OBIT">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10169821/Dicky-Rutnagur.html |title=Dicky Rutnagur |date=2013-07-09 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=2019-09-01}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] at [[University_Parks#Cricket_ground|Oxford]] in 1985. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1986, making sixteen appearances.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8026/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Rutnagur |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing as an [[all-rounder]], he scored 302 runs for Oxford at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 15.10 and a high score of 66, one of two half centuries he made.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8026/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Rutnagur |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> With his right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium pace bowling]], he took 29 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 40.24, with best figures of [[five wicket haul|5 for 112]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8026/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Rutnagur |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined [[Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team]] against the touring [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealanders]] in 1986.<ref name="FCM"/> In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made four [[List A cricket|List A one-day]] appearances for the [[British Universities cricket team|Combined Universities cricket team]] in the [[1986 Benson & Hedges Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8026/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Richard Rutnagur |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He gained a cricket [[Blue_(university_sport)#University_of_Oxford|blue]] while at Oxford.<ref name="OBIT"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=19508}}

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