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Like [[Bill Ashdown]], Deodhar is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the [[First World War]] and after the [[Second World War]], having played in the [[Bombay Triangular]] in 1911 and the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 March 2017|last1=Coverdale |first1=Brydon |title=It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18876267/brydon-coverdale-100th-birthdays-tom-pritchard-jack-laver |website=Cricinfo |access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> In a Ranji Trophy game against [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]] in 1944, he scored [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in both innings, helping his team win.<ref>{{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/17/17444.html|name=Maharashtra v Nawanagar
Like [[Bill Ashdown]], Deodhar is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the [[First World War]] and after the [[Second World War]], having played in the [[Bombay Triangular]] in 1911 and the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 March 2017|last1=Coverdale |first1=Brydon |title=It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18876267/brydon-coverdale-100th-birthdays-tom-pritchard-jack-laver |website=Cricinfo |access-date=7 July 2019}}</ref> In a Ranji Trophy game against [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]] in 1944, he scored [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in both innings, helping his team win.<ref>{{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Scorecards/17/17444.html|name=Maharashtra v Nawanagar
Ranji Trophy 1944/45 (West Zone)}}</ref> He was aged 53 during that time.<ref>{{cite newspaper|last1=Bamzai|first1=Sandeep|title=98 Not Out !|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1YRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tp4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=849%2C187546|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=15 July 1990|page=23}}</ref>
Ranji Trophy 1944/45 (West Zone)}}</ref> He was aged 53 during that time.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bamzai|first1=Sandeep|title=98 Not Out !|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1YRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tp4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=849%2C187546|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=15 July 1990|page=23}}</ref>


He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1965 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991 by the Indian Government.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014  }}</ref> He was the first Indian [[Lists of oldest cricketers#Oldest first-class cricketers|first-class cricketer]] known to have lived to 100. [[Vasant Raiji]] became the second in 2020.<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33480.html</ref>
He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] award in 1965 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991 by the Indian Government.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014  }}</ref> He was the first Indian [[Lists of oldest cricketers#Oldest first-class cricketers|first-class cricketer]] known to have lived to 100. [[Vasant Raiji]] became the second in 2020.<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33480.html</ref>
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Dinkar Balwant Deodhar
Personal information
Born(1892-01-14)14 January 1892
Pune, British India
Died24 August 1993(1993-08-24) (aged 101)
Pune, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 81
Runs scored 4522
Batting average 39.32
100s/50s 9/27
Top score 246
Balls bowled 970
Wickets 11
Bowling average 53.27
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/24
Catches/stumpings 70/0
Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2019

Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.

Cricket career

Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune College.[1]

Popularly known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket, Deodhar was an aggressive right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler. He captained Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy matches from 1939 to 1941. In his first-class career, he played 81 matches, scoring 4,522 runs at an average of 39.32 with a highest score of 246.[2]

Deodhar was Vice-President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the President of the Maharashtra Cricket Association, and also a national team selector. The Deodhar Trophy, a limited overs inter-zonal cricket tournament played in India since 1973, is named after him. In 1996, India Post issued a commemorative stamp in his honour. A statue of Deodhar was unveiled at Pune's Sahara cricket stadium in 2012.[citation needed]

Like Bill Ashdown, Deodhar is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the First World War and after the Second World War, having played in the Bombay Triangular in 1911 and the Ranji Trophy in 1946.[3] In a Ranji Trophy game against Nawanagar in 1944, he scored centuries in both innings, helping his team win.[4] He was aged 53 during that time.[5]

He was awarded the Padma Shri award in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 by the Indian Government.[6] He was the first Indian first-class cricketer known to have lived to 100. Vasant Raiji became the second in 2020.[7]

Personal life

India's former National Badminton Champions Tara Deodhar, Sunder Deodhar, and Suman Deodhar are his daughters.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ Krishnan, Sankhya (24 August 2000). "Deodhar: Professor Emeritus of Indian cricket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "D. B. Deodhar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Coverdale, Brydon (11 March 2017). "It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ↑ [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17444.html Maharashtra v Nawanagar Ranji Trophy 1944/45 (West Zone)] at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Bamzai, Sandeep (15 July 1990). "98 Not Out !". The Indian Express. p. 23.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ↑ https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33480.html

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