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'''Gunwant Desai''' (born 30 January 1941) is a former cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] in India from 1968 to 1974. | '''Gunwant Desai''' (born 30 January 1941) is a [[former cricketer]] who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] in [[India]] from 1968 to 1974. | ||
Desai was a highly effective opening bowler for Railways in the [[Ranji Trophy]], averaging nearly five wickets a match at a very low average and with a strike-rate of a wicket every 34.75 balls.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38703/38703.html| title = Gunwant Desai| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =28 March 2018}}</ref> He took 12 wickets in the match (7 for 46 and 5 for 24) in the innings victory over [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in 1971-72.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32152.html| title = Railways v Haryana 1971-72| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =28 March 2018}}</ref> | Desai was a highly effective opening bowler for Railways in the [[Ranji Trophy]], averaging nearly five wickets a match at a very low average and with a strike-rate of a wicket every 34.75 balls.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38703/38703.html| title = Gunwant Desai| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =28 March 2018}}</ref> He took 12 wickets in the match (7 for 46 and 5 for 24) in the innings victory over [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in 1971-72.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32152.html| title = Railways v Haryana 1971-72| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =28 March 2018}}</ref> | ||
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Gunwant Desai (born 30 January 1941) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Railways in India from 1968 to 1974.
Desai was a highly effective opening bowler for Railways in the Ranji Trophy, averaging nearly five wickets a match at a very low average and with a strike-rate of a wicket every 34.75 balls.[1] He took 12 wickets in the match (7 for 46 and 5 for 24) in the innings victory over Haryana in 1971-72.[2]
In 1974-75 he set a Railways record for match figures that still stands when he took 13 for 77 (8 for 54 and 5 for 23) in another innings victory, this time over Services.[3] He also made his highest score in the same match when, batting as usual at number 11, he made 29 of a tenth-wicket stand of 30.[4]
He was never selected to play for North Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He twice played in Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, each time against Rajasthan. The second time, in 1973-74, he felled the Test batsman Salim Durani with a bouncer, and Durani had to be taken to hospital for an operation and played no further part in the match. Rajasthan won narrowly on their first-innings lead. Railways were 241 for 9 when Desai went to the crease, needing 15 for the lead, but he was bowled for a duck.[5][6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Gunwant Desai". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Railways v Haryana 1971-72". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Best match bowling for Railways". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Railways v Services 1974-75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ S. Giridhar and V. J. Raghunath, Mid-Wicket Tales: From Trumper to Tendulkar, SAGE Publications, Mumbai, 2014, p. 89.
- ↑ "Railways v Rajasthan 1973-74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Gunwant Desai at ESPNcricinfo
- Gunwant Desai at CricketArchive (subscription required)