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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1923–1955)}}
{{other uses of|Sadu|Sadu (disambiguation){{!}}Sadu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sadu Shinde
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Sadashiv Ganpatrao Shinde
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|6|22|1923|8|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bombay, [[Maharashtra]], India
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Legbreak googly
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 85
| bat avg1 = 14.16
| 100s/50s1 = -/-
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = 1515
| wickets1 = 12
| bowl avg1 = 59.75
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = 6/91
| catches/stumpings1= -/-
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 79
| runs2 = 871
| bat avg2 = 14.04
| 100s/50s2 = -/1
| top score2 = 50*
| deliveries2 = 14961
| wickets2 = 230
| bowl avg2 = 32.59
| fivefor2 = 12
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = 8/162
| catches/stumpings2= 16/-
| international = true
| country = India
| testdebutfor =
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 33
| testdebutdate = 22 June
| testdebutyear = 1946
| lasttestdate = 19 June
| lasttestfor =
| lasttestagainst = England
| lasttestyear = 1952
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33999.html
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Sadashiv Ganpatrao "Sadu" Shinde''' {{Audio|Sadashiv_Shinde.ogg|pronunciation}} (18 August 1923, [[Mumbai|Bombay]] – 22 June 1955, Bombay) was an Indian [[cricket]]er who played in seven [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1946 to 1952. His daughter, Pratibha Pawar, is the wife of politician [[Sharad Pawar]].

A leg-spinner, Shinde was described as "frail and willowy".<ref name="Sujit">[[Sujit Mukherjee]], ''Playing for India'', Orient Longman, 1988, pp. 217-219</ref> Apart from the [[leg break]] and the conventional [[googly]], Shinde could also bowl a different googly. According to [[Sujit Mukherjee]], "coming after the orthodox wrist-crooked wrong-'un, this delivery invariably sprang a nasty surprise. Ripped off the top of the third finger, it hastened unexpectedly off the pitch. Its tendency to pitch short nullified its efficacy as secret weapon but was practically unplayable when properly pitched."<ref name="Sujit"/>

Shinde's first performance of note in [[first class cricket]] was a 5 for 186 that took in 75.5 overs for [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in 1943-44 as [[Vijay Merchant]] made 359* for Bombay. He toured [[England]] with the Indian team in 1946 and took 39 wickets in tour matches. In his only appearance in a Test match, at [[Lord's]], he was involved in a stand of 43 for the last wicket with [[Rusi Modi]], but did little with the ball. In the next five years, he played in only one more Test.

His one major success in Tests came against [[English cricket team|England]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla|Delhi]] in 1951-52. He was brought on to bowl as the third change just before lunch on the first day of the series. Immediately after lunch he bowled [[Don Kenyon]] middle stump with a googly, and followed with [[Jack Robertson (English cricketer)|Jack Robertson]] lbw and [[Donald Carr]] caught by wicket-keeper [[Nana Joshi]] off a leg-break. He was 8-2-16-3 at this point. He took three more wickets after tea as England were bowled out for 203 five minutes before close. Shinde's figures were 6/91. India took a handsome first innings lead and had two days to bowl England out in the second innings. But Shinde had seven chances missed off his bowling,<ref name="Sujit"/> most crucially by Joshi and the substitute [[Datta Gaekwad|Dattajirao Gaekwad]], and England managed to save the match. Shinde himself missed a run out.

Shinde found a place in the team to England in 1952 (possibly at the expense of [[Subhash Gupte]]). He took 39 more wickets in tour matches but the wicket of [[Peter May (cricketer)|Peter May]] in [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Leeds]] was to be his last in Tests.

Given a minimum of ten innings, Shinde is one of only two Test cricketers whose batting averages exceeded their highest score.<ref name="Beard">{{cite book |title=Ask Bearders |last=Frindall |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Frindall |year=2009 |publisher=[[BBC Books]]|isbn=978-1-84607-880-4 |pages=91–92 }}</ref> The other was the [[Pakistan]]i cricketer, [[Antao D'Souza]].<ref name="Beard"/>

Shinde represented Maharashtra, Bombay and [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] in [[Ranji Trophy]] and took 230 wickets in first class matches. He died of typhoid at the age of 32.<ref>Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''</ref> Shinde is the father-in-law of [[Sharad Pawar]], the former President of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33999.html Cricinfo profile]
*[http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/753/753.html Cricketarchive profile]

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