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	'''Subhashchandra Pandharinath '''"'''Fergie'''"''' Gupte''' ([[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: सुभाष गुप्ते) {{audio\|Subhash_Gupte.ogg\|pronunciation}} (11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest [[spin bowling\|spin bowlers]]. [[Garfield Sobers\|Sir Garry Sobers]], EAS Prasanna and [[Jim Laker]] pronounced him the best [[leg spin]]ner they had seen.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Sobers says recent Australian teams aren't the best \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/238823.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|~~work~~=ESPNcricinfo \|date=27 February 2006 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{cite web \|last1=Chughtai \|first1=Arshad \|title=Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801103343/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html \|archivedate=1 August 2013 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		'''Subhashchandra Pandharinath '''"'''Fergie'''"''' Gupte''' ([[Marathi language\|Marathi]]: सुभाष गुप्ते) ({{audio\|Subhash_Gupte.ogg\|pronunciation}}; 11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest [[spin bowling\|spin bowlers]]. [[Garfield Sobers\|Sir Garry Sobers]], EAS Prasanna and [[Jim Laker]] pronounced him the best [[leg spin]]ner they had seen.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Sobers says recent Australian teams aren't the best \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/238823.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|date=27 February 2006 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{cite web \|last1=Chughtai \|first1=Arshad \|title=Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801103343/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html \|archivedate=1 August 2013 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	Gupte flighted and spun the ball sharply, and possessed two different [[googly\|googlies]]. The West Indians who toured India in 1958/9 reckoned that Gupte could turn the ball on glass. His only drawback perhaps was that he tended to lose confidence when the batsmen attacked his bowling. In the domestic arena, Gupte played for [[Bengal cricket team\|Bengal]], [[Mumbai cricket team\|Bombay]] and [[Rajasthan cricket team\|Rajasthan]] in India and for [[Rishton Cricket Club\|Rishton]], [[Heywood Cricket Club\|Heywood]] and [[Lancaster Cricket Club\|Lancaster]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Obituary: Subhash Gupte \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397772/Subhash-Gupte.html \|website=The Telegraph \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|date=20 June 2002}}</ref>		Gupte flighted and spun the ball sharply, and possessed two different [[googly\|googlies]]. The West Indians who toured India in 1958/9 reckoned, that Gupte could turn the ball on glass. His only drawback perhaps was that he tended to lose confidence when the batsmen attacked his bowling. In the domestic arena, Gupte played for [[Bengal cricket team\|Bengal]], [[Mumbai cricket team\|Bombay]] and [[Rajasthan cricket team\|Rajasthan]] in India and for [[Rishton Cricket Club\|Rishton]], [[Heywood Cricket Club\|Heywood]] and [[Lancaster Cricket Club\|Lancaster]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Obituary: Subhash Gupte \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397772/Subhash-Gupte.html \|website=The Telegraph \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|date=20 June 2002}}</ref> He received the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2000, the highest honour bestowed by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=2013-12-18 \|title=C.K. Nayudu award for Kapil Dev \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ck-nayudu-award-for-kapil-dev/article5474173.ece \|access-date=2023-04-25 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Gupte made his debut in 1951–52 and from the next season onward took over from [[Vinoo Mankad]] as India's leading spinner. He was nicknamed after the West Indian leg spinner [[Wilfred Ferguson]]. Gupte took 27 wickets in West Indies in 1952–53. At Kanpur in 1958–59, he took nine West Indian wickets in an innings for 102 runs, and had [[Lance Gibbs]] – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper [[Naren Tamhane]]. In December 1954, while playing for Bombay against Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI, he picked all ten wickets in an innings, returning figures of 10/78.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30333773/ask-steven-which-indian-batsman-made-hundreds-five-successive-tests-century? \|title=Which Indian batsman made hundreds in five successive Tests this century? \|~~work~~=~~ESPN Cricinfo~~ \|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Bombay v Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012123800/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html \|archivedate=12 October 2013\| ~~website~~=CricketArchive \|accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> In the process, he became the first Indian to take a ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="CA"/>		Gupte made his debut in 1951–52 and from the next season onward took over from [[Vinoo Mankad]] as India's leading spinner. He was nicknamed after the West Indian leg spinner [[Wilfred Ferguson]]. Gupte took 27 wickets in West Indies in 1952–53. At Kanpur in 1958–59, he took nine West Indian wickets in an innings for 102 runs, and had [[Lance Gibbs]] – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper [[Naren Tamhane]]. In December 1954, while playing for Bombay against Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI, he picked all ten wickets in an innings, returning figures of 10/78.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30333773/ask-steven-which-indian-batsman-made-hundreds-five-successive-tests-century? \|title=Which Indian batsman made hundreds in five successive Tests this century? \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Bombay v Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012123800/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html \|archivedate=12 October 2013\| publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> In the process, he became the first Indian to take a [[ten-wicket haul]] in first-class cricket.<ref name="CA"/>

	He had a successful [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55\|tour of Pakistan in 1954–55]] claiming 21 wickets in the five-Test series. Gupte became the second bowler after [[Vinoo Mankad]] to claim 100 Test wickets for India when he dismissed [[Rohan Kanhai]] in the Second Test of [[West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59\|West Indies' 1958–59 tour of India]]. He picked 34 wickets in four Tests, as many as the combined total of all other bowlers, during [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 1955–56\|New Zealand's 1955–56 India tour]]. He played his final Test series in Pakistan's [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61\|1960–61 tour of India]] when he appeared in first three Tests and claimed eight wickets.<ref name="CA"/>		He had a successful [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55\|tour of Pakistan in 1954–55]] claiming 21 wickets in the five-Test series. Gupte became the second bowler after [[Vinoo Mankad]] to claim 100 Test wickets for India when he dismissed [[Rohan Kanhai]] in the Second Test of [[West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59\|West Indies' 1958–59 tour of India]]. He picked 34 wickets in four Tests, as many as the combined total of all other bowlers, during [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 1955–56\|New Zealand's 1955–56 India tour]]. He played his final Test series in Pakistan's [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61\|1960–61 tour of India]] when he appeared in the first three Tests and claimed eight wickets.<ref name="CA"/>

	In August 1955, Gupte picked up his second ten-wicket haul in an innings (10/101), playing for [[Rishton Cricket Club\|Rishton]] in the final of the [[Lancashire League (cricket)\|Lancashire League]] Worsley Cup against [[Todmorden Cricket Club\|Todmorden]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Todmorden v Rishton, Lancashire League Worsley Cup 1955 (Final) \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html \|~~website~~=CricketArchive \|accessdate=25 July 2018 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102164559/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html \|archivedate=2 November 2013}}</ref> In June 1956, while playing against [[Accrington Cricket Club\|Accrington]] in the Lancashire League, he claimed two [[hat-tricks]] in one ~~innings~~ returning figures of 8/19 in 7.3 overs.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Hat-trick Twice in Innings \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-may-25-1956-p-12/ \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|agency=[[Reuters]] \|publisher=[[The Gleaner (newspaper)\|The Gleaner]] \|date=25 May 1956 \|page=12}}</ref>		In August 1955, Gupte picked up his second ten-wicket haul in an innings (10/101), playing for [[Rishton Cricket Club\|Rishton]] in the final of the [[Lancashire League (cricket)\|Lancashire League]] Worsley Cup against [[Todmorden Cricket Club\|Todmorden]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Todmorden v Rishton, Lancashire League Worsley Cup 1955 (Final) \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html \|publisher=CricketArchive \|accessdate=25 July 2018 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102164559/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html \|archivedate=2 November 2013}}</ref> In June 1956, while playing against [[Accrington Cricket Club\|Accrington]] in the Lancashire League, he claimed two [[Hat-trick\|hat-tricks]] in one inning's returning figures of 8/19 in 7.3 overs.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Hat-trick Twice in Innings \|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-may-25-1956-p-12/ \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|agency=[[Reuters]] \|publisher=[[The Gleaner (newspaper)\|The Gleaner]] \|date=25 May 1956 \|page=12}}</ref>

	=== Career-ending controversy ===		=== Career-ending controversy ===
	Gupte's international career ended under controversial circumstances during [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62\|England's 1961–62 tour of India]]. During the Third Test at the [[~~Feroz Shah Kotla Ground~~\|Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]], the team stayed at [[The Imperial, New Delhi\|the Imperial hotel]], where Gupte was housed in room number 7 along with teammate [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]. During the stay, a receptionist at the hotel lodged a complaint with the India team manager against inmates of that room accusing them of calling her over after her shift finished. The pair denied the allegation, with Gupte, who was married at the time, explaining that Singh had merely called and asked for drinks to be brought up.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web \|last1=Williamson \|first1=Martin \|title=Dropped over a drink \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397040.html \|~~website~~=ESPNcricinfo \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=28 March 2009}}</ref>		Gupte's international career ended under controversial circumstances during [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62\|England's 1961–62 tour of India]]. During the Third Test at the [[Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium\|Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]], the team stayed at [[The Imperial, New Delhi\|the Imperial hotel]], where Gupte was housed in room number 7 along with teammate [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]. During the stay, a receptionist at the hotel lodged a complaint with the India team manager against inmates of that room, accusing them of calling her over after her shift finished. The pair denied the allegation, with Gupte, who was married at the time, explaining that Singh had merely called and asked for drinks to be brought up.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web \|last1=Williamson \|first1=Martin \|title=Dropped over a drink \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397040.html \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=28 March 2009}}</ref>

	The matter was taken up by the authorities seriously before both were suspended from the team. Gupte later recollected that, [[M. A. Chidambaram]], the [[~~Presidents~~ of the Board of Control for Cricket in India\|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] during the time, did not give him a hearing in [[Calcutta]], the venue of the Fourth Test, as promised. The hearing was eventually held in [[Madras]] where the [[India national cricket team selectors\|selectors]] and the BCCI met to pick the squad for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961–62\|tour of the Caribbean]]. Gupte was reprimanded by the BCCI secretary A. N. Ghosh for having not stopped Singh from making the call, to which he replied, "He is a big man. How can I stop him?". Both players were dropped from the squad for the tour and Gupte never played for India again.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wadhwaney \|first1=K. R. \|title=Indian Cricket Controversies \|date=2002 \|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. \|isbn=9788128801136 \|pages=150–152 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJf6NuadRWEC \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Gupte's 36-match Test career ended with 149 wickets at an [[Bowling average\|average]] of 29.55.<ref name="cricinfo1"/>		The matter was taken up by the authorities seriously before both were suspended from the team. Gupte later recollected that, [[M. A. Chidambaram]], the [[List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India\|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] during the time, did not give him a hearing in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]], the venue of the Fourth Test, as promised. The hearing was eventually held in [[Chennai\|Madras]] where the [[India national cricket team selectors\|selectors]] and the BCCI met to pick the squad for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961–62\|tour of the Caribbean]]. Gupte was reprimanded by the BCCI secretary A. N. Ghosh for having not stopped Singh from making the call, to which he replied, "He is a big man. How can I stop him?". Both players were dropped from the squad for the tour, and Gupte never played for India again.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wadhwaney \|first1=K. R. \|title=Indian Cricket Controversies \|date=2002 \|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. \|isbn=9788128801136 \|pages=150–152 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJf6NuadRWEC \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Gupte's 36-match Test career ended with 149 wickets at an [[Bowling average\|average]] of 29.55.<ref name="cricinfo1"/>

	In 1981/82, a benefit match was held for Gupte in Sharjah. In 2002, he named Australia's [[Neil Harvey]] as the "toughest batsman" he had bowled to.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Gupte: Kumble's experience should have been utilised \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111422.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|~~work~~=ESPNcricinfo \|date=28 April 2002 \|language=en}}</ref>		In 1981/82, a benefit match was held for Gupte in [[Sharjah]]. In 2002, he named Australia's [[Neil Harvey]] as the "toughest batsman" he had bowled to.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Gupte: Kumble's experience should have been utilised \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111422.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|date=28 April 2002 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Gupte's brother [[Baloo Gupte\|Baloo]] was also a leg spinner who played for India.		Gupte's brother [[Baloo Gupte\|Baloo]] was also a leg spinner who played for India.

	Gupte met Carol at an official function during his successful [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53\|1952–53 tour of the Caribbean]] with India, which he finished claiming 50 first-class wickets.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bhattacharya \|first1=Rahul \|authorlink1=Rahul Bhattacharya \|title=Love letters \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/657731.html \|~~website~~=ESPNcricinfo \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=10 August 2013}}</ref> They married in the late 1950s ~~and following his suspension from the side,~~ he moved to Trinidad where his finished his career as a cricketer in 1964. They had a son named Anil,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/an-indian-cricket-stars-trini-love-story-6.2.824226.7d12a73352</ref> and daughter named Carolyn.<ref name="cricinfo1"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Subhash Gupte is no more \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202133850/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2 December 2014 \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=1 June 2002}}</ref>		Gupte met Carol at an official function during his successful [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53\|1952–53 tour of the Caribbean]] with India, which he finished claiming 50 first-class wickets.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Bhattacharya \|first1=Rahul \|authorlink1=Rahul Bhattacharya \|title=Love letters \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/657731.html \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=10 August 2013}}</ref> They married in the late 1950s he moved to Trinidad where his finished his career as a cricketer in 1964. They had a son named Anil,<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/an-indian-cricket-stars-trini-love-story-6.2.824226.7d12a73352\| title = An Indian cricket star's Trini love story – Trinidad Guardian}}</ref> and daughter named Carolyn.<ref name="cricinfo1"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=Subhash Gupte is no more \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202133850/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2 December 2014 \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=1 June 2002}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	~~== Further reading ==~~
	* {{cite web \|last1=Bharatan \|first1=Raju \|authorlink1=Raju Bharatan \|title=He continues to spin in the flight of our imagination \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/15/stories/0715028l.htm \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=15 September 2001}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}

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	Gupte's international career ended under controversial circumstances during [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62\|England's 1961–62 tour of India]]. During the Third Test at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground\|Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]], the team stayed at [[The Imperial, New Delhi\|the Imperial hotel]], where Gupte was housed in room number 7 along with teammate [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]. During the stay, a receptionist at the hotel lodged a complaint with the India team manager against inmates of that room accusing them of calling her over after her shift finished. The pair denied the allegation, with Gupte, who was married at the time, explaining that Singh had merely called and asked for drinks to be brought up.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web \|last1=Williamson \|first1=Martin \|title=Dropped over a drink \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397040.html \|website=ESPNcricinfo \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=28 March 2009}}</ref>		Gupte's international career ended under controversial circumstances during [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62\|England's 1961–62 tour of India]]. During the Third Test at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground\|Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]], the team stayed at [[The Imperial, New Delhi\|the Imperial hotel]], where Gupte was housed in room number 7 along with teammate [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]. During the stay, a receptionist at the hotel lodged a complaint with the India team manager against inmates of that room accusing them of calling her over after her shift finished. The pair denied the allegation, with Gupte, who was married at the time, explaining that Singh had merely called and asked for drinks to be brought up.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web \|last1=Williamson \|first1=Martin \|title=Dropped over a drink \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397040.html \|website=ESPNcricinfo \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en \|date=28 March 2009}}</ref>

	The matter was taken up by the authorities seriously before both were suspended from the team. Gupte later recollected that, [[M. A. Chidambaram]], the [[Presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India\|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] during the time, did not give him a hearing in [[Calcutta]], the venue of the Fourth Test, as promised. The hearing was eventually held in [[Madras]] where the [[India national cricket team selectors\|selectors]] and the BCCI met to pick the squad for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961–62\|tour of the Caribbean]]. Gupte was reprimanded by the BCCI secretary A. N. Ghosh for having not stopped Singh from making the call, to which he replied, "He is a big man. How can I stop him?". Both players were dropped from the squad for the tour and Gupte never played for India again.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wadhwaney \|first1=K. R. \|title=Indian Cricket Controversies \|date=2002 \|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. \|isbn=9788128801136 \|pages=150–152 \|url=https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Indian_Cricket_Controversies.html~~?id=wJf6NuadRWEC \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Gupte's 36-match Test career ended with 149 wickets at an [[Bowling average\|average]] of 29.55.<ref name="cricinfo1"/>		The matter was taken up by the authorities seriously before both were suspended from the team. Gupte later recollected that, [[M. A. Chidambaram]], the [[Presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India\|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] during the time, did not give him a hearing in [[Calcutta]], the venue of the Fourth Test, as promised. The hearing was eventually held in [[Madras]] where the [[India national cricket team selectors\|selectors]] and the BCCI met to pick the squad for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961–62\|tour of the Caribbean]]. Gupte was reprimanded by the BCCI secretary A. N. Ghosh for having not stopped Singh from making the call, to which he replied, "He is a big man. How can I stop him?". Both players were dropped from the squad for the tour and Gupte never played for India again.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Wadhwaney \|first1=K. R. \|title=Indian Cricket Controversies \|date=2002 \|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. \|isbn=9788128801136 \|pages=150–152 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJf6NuadRWEC \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|language=en}}</ref> Gupte's 36-match Test career ended with 149 wickets at an [[Bowling average\|average]] of 29.55.<ref name="cricinfo1"/>

	In 1981/82, a benefit match was held for Gupte in Sharjah. In 2002, he named Australia's [[Neil Harvey]] as the "toughest batsman" he had bowled to.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Gupte: Kumble's experience should have been utilised \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111422.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|work=ESPNcricinfo \|date=28 April 2002 \|language=en}}</ref>		In 1981/82, a benefit match was held for Gupte in Sharjah. In 2002, he named Australia's [[Neil Harvey]] as the "toughest batsman" he had bowled to.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Gupte: Kumble's experience should have been utilised \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111422.html \|accessdate=24 July 2018 \|work=ESPNcricinfo \|date=28 April 2002 \|language=en}}</ref>
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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Subhash Gupte
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Subhashchandra Pandharinath Gupte
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|05|31|1929|12|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Port-of-Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| family = [[Baloo Gupte]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Legbreak googly
| international = true
| country = India
| testcap = 58
| testdebutdate = 30 December
| testdebutyear = 1951
| testdebutagainst = England
| lasttestdate = 13 December
| lasttestyear = 1961
| lasttestagainst = England
| club1 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1948/49–1958/59}}
| club2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year2 = 1953/54–1957/58
| club3 = [[Rishton Cricket Club|Rishton]]
| year3 = 1954–1957
| club4 = [[Heywood Cricket Club|Heywood]]
| year4 = 1958
| club5 = [[Lancaster Cricket Club|Lancaster]]
| year5 = 1960–1961
| club6 = [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| year6 = 1960/61–1962/63
| club7 = Trinidad
| year7 = 1963/64
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 36
| runs1 = 183
| bat avg1 = 6.31
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 21
| deliveries1 = 11,284
| wickets1 = 149
| bowl avg1 = 29.55
| fivefor1 = 12
| tenfor1 = 1
| best bowling1 = 9/102
| catches/stumpings1= 14/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 115
| runs2 = 761
| bat avg2 = 8.18
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 47
| deliveries2 = 29,632
| wickets2 = 530
| bowl avg2 = 23.71
| fivefor2 = 36
| tenfor2 = 11
| best bowling2 = 10/78
| catches/stumpings2= 52/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28880.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 16 March
| year = 2017
}}

'''Subhashchandra Pandharinath '''"'''Fergie'''"''' Gupte''' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: सुभाष गुप्ते) {{audio|Subhash_Gupte.ogg|pronunciation}} (11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest [[spin bowling|spin bowlers]]. [[Garfield Sobers|Sir Garry Sobers]], EAS Prasanna and [[Jim Laker]] pronounced him the best [[leg spin]]ner they had seen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sobers says recent Australian teams aren't the best |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/238823.html |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=27 February 2006 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{cite web |last1=Chughtai |first1=Arshad |title=Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html |accessdate=24 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801103343/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/4/4022.html |archivedate=1 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gupte flighted and spun the ball sharply, and possessed two different [[googly|googlies]]. The West Indians who toured India in 1958/9 reckoned that Gupte could turn the ball on glass. His only drawback perhaps was that he tended to lose confidence when the batsmen attacked his bowling. In the domestic arena, Gupte played for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]], [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] and [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]] in India and for [[Rishton Cricket Club|Rishton]], [[Heywood Cricket Club|Heywood]] and [[Lancaster Cricket Club|Lancaster]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Subhash Gupte |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1397772/Subhash-Gupte.html |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=24 July 2018 |date=20 June 2002}}</ref>

==Career==
Gupte made his debut in 1951–52 and from the next season onward took over from [[Vinoo Mankad]] as India's leading spinner. He was nicknamed after the West Indian leg spinner [[Wilfred Ferguson]]. Gupte took 27 wickets in West Indies in 1952–53. At Kanpur in 1958–59, he took nine West Indian wickets in an innings for 102 runs, and had [[Lance Gibbs]] – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper [[Naren Tamhane]]. In December 1954, while playing for Bombay against Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI, he picked all ten wickets in an innings, returning figures of 10/78.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30333773/ask-steven-which-indian-batsman-made-hundreds-five-successive-tests-century? |title=Which Indian batsman made hundreds in five successive Tests this century? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bombay v Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012123800/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21362.html |archivedate=12 October 2013| website=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> In the process, he became the first Indian to take a ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.<ref name="CA"/>

He had a successful [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55|tour of Pakistan in 1954–55]] claiming 21 wickets in the five-Test series. Gupte became the second bowler after [[Vinoo Mankad]] to claim 100 Test wickets for India when he dismissed [[Rohan Kanhai]] in the Second Test of [[West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59|West Indies' 1958–59 tour of India]]. He picked 34 wickets in four Tests, as many as the combined total of all other bowlers, during [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 1955–56|New Zealand's 1955–56 India tour]]. He played his final Test series in Pakistan's [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61|1960–61 tour of India]] when he appeared in first three Tests and claimed eight wickets.<ref name="CA"/>

In August 1955, Gupte picked up his second ten-wicket haul in an innings (10/101), playing for [[Rishton Cricket Club|Rishton]] in the final of the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] Worsley Cup against [[Todmorden Cricket Club|Todmorden]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Todmorden v Rishton, Lancashire League Worsley Cup 1955 (Final) |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102164559/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21744.html |archivedate=2 November 2013}}</ref> In June 1956, while playing against [[Accrington Cricket Club|Accrington]] in the Lancashire League, he claimed two [[hat-tricks]] in one innings returning figures of 8/19 in 7.3 overs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hat-trick Twice in Innings |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-may-25-1956-p-12/ |accessdate=24 July 2018 |agency=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[The Gleaner (newspaper)|The Gleaner]] |date=25 May 1956 |page=12}}</ref>

=== Career-ending controversy ===
Gupte's international career ended under controversial circumstances during [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62|England's 1961–62 tour of India]]. During the Third Test at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]], the team stayed at [[The Imperial, New Delhi|the Imperial hotel]], where Gupte was housed in room number 7 along with teammate [[A. G. Kripal Singh]]. During the stay, a receptionist at the hotel lodged a complaint with the India team manager against inmates of that room accusing them of calling her over after her shift finished. The pair denied the allegation, with Gupte, who was married at the time, explaining that Singh had merely called and asked for drinks to be brought up.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Martin |title=Dropped over a drink |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397040.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=24 July 2018 |language=en |date=28 March 2009}}</ref>

The matter was taken up by the authorities seriously before both were suspended from the team. Gupte later recollected that, [[M. A. Chidambaram]], the [[Presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India|President]] of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] during the time, did not give him a hearing in [[Calcutta]], the venue of the Fourth Test, as promised. The hearing was eventually held in [[Madras]] where the [[India national cricket team selectors|selectors]] and the BCCI met to pick the squad for the [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1961–62|tour of the Caribbean]]. Gupte was reprimanded by the BCCI secretary A. N. Ghosh for having not stopped Singh from making the call, to which he replied, "He is a big man. How can I stop him?". Both players were dropped from the squad for the tour and Gupte never played for India again.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wadhwaney |first1=K. R. |title=Indian Cricket Controversies |date=2002 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |isbn=9788128801136 |pages=150–152 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Indian_Cricket_Controversies.html?id=wJf6NuadRWEC |accessdate=24 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Gupte's 36-match Test career ended with 149 wickets at an [[Bowling average|average]] of 29.55.<ref name="cricinfo1"/>

In 1981/82, a benefit match was held for Gupte in Sharjah. In 2002, he named Australia's [[Neil Harvey]] as the "toughest batsman" he had bowled to.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gupte: Kumble's experience should have been utilised |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/111422.html |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=28 April 2002 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gupte's brother [[Baloo Gupte|Baloo]] was also a leg spinner who played for India.

Gupte met Carol at an official function during his successful [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53|1952–53 tour of the Caribbean]] with India, which he finished claiming 50 first-class wickets.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Rahul |authorlink1=Rahul Bhattacharya |title=Love letters |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/657731.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=24 July 2018 |language=en |date=10 August 2013}}</ref> They married in the late 1950s and following his suspension from the side, he moved to Trinidad where his finished his career as a cricketer in 1964. They had a son named Anil,<ref>http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/an-indian-cricket-stars-trini-love-story-6.2.824226.7d12a73352</ref> and daughter named Carolyn.<ref name="cricinfo1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Subhash Gupte is no more |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202133850/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/06/01/stories/2002060102801800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2014 |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 June 2002}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web |last1=Bharatan |first1=Raju |authorlink1=Raju Bharatan |title=He continues to spin in the flight of our imagination |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/15/stories/0715028l.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=15 September 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

== External links ==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=28880}}

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