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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Shah Nyalchand<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|09|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhrangadhra]], [[British India]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|01|04|1919|09|14|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Junagadh]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| batting = Left-hand bat<br />
| bowling = Left-arm medium pace<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 7<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 6*<br />
| deliveries1 = 387<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 32.33<br />
| fivefor1 = -<br />
| tenfor1 = -<br />
| best bowling1 = 3/97<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 0<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 57<br />
| runs2 = 420<br />
| bat avg2 = 7/63<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 33<br />
| deliveries2 = 14,419<br />
| wickets2 = 235<br />
| bowl avg2 = 22.57<br />
| fivefor2 = 15<br />
| tenfor2 = 6<br />
| best bowling2 = 7/32<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 18<br />
| international = true<br />
| onetest = yes<br />
| country = India<br />
| testcap = 63<br />
| testdebutfor = India<br />
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan<br />
| testdebutdate = 23 October<br />
| testdebutyear = 1952<br />
| lasttestdate = 23 October<br />
| lasttestfor = India<br />
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan<br />
| lasttestyear = 1952<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/940/940.html<br />
| date =<br />
| year =<br />
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'''Shah Nyalchand''' {{audio|Shah_Nyalchand.ogg|pronunciation}} (14 September 1915, [[Dhrangadhra]], [[Gujarat]] – 3 January 1997, [[Junagadh]], Gujarat) was an [[Indian cricket team|Indian]] [[Test cricket]]er.<br />
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Nyalchand was a left arm medium pace bowler who was particularly effective on matting wickets.<ref name=AM/> His only Test match was against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] at [[University Ground|Lucknow]] in 1952/53, which was one of only two occasions that a matting wicket was used for a Test in India. He returned figures of 3 for 97. [[Frank Worrell]] once described Nyalchand as the 'king of matting wickets'.<ref name=AM/><br />
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Nyalchand played 24 seasons of [[Ranji Trophy]], half of which were for Saurashtra. He captained Saurashtra for three seasons. His most successful season was 1961/62 when he took 27 wickets, including a split [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] against Maharashtra. During this purple patch, he took ten wickets in three consecutive matches across two seasons. Apart from the Test, he appeared for a few times for zonal sides against visiting teams. He toured East Africa with the Sundar Cricket Club of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in 1957.<ref name=AM/><br />
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Nyalchand was schooled in Sir Ajitsinhji High School in Dhrangadhra. He worked as a draughtsman with the Public Works Department of [[Gujarat]] government at [[Rajkot]].<ref name=AM>{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Abhishek |title=Shah Nyalchand: India's matting-wicket specialist |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shah-nyalchand-indias-matting-wicket-specialist-186955 |website=Cricket Country |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> He did cricket coaching for a time and was the recipient of an aid from the benefit fund of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]. His death was from a massive heart attack.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Obituary in ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 1998]]''<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31830.html Cricinfo Profile]<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/940/940.html Cricketarchive Profile]<br />
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