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Fakir Dungaria (born 6 October 1969) was an Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat. He made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1991-92 season, against Baroda. From the lower-middle order, he scored 21 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 9 runs in the second.
Dungaria is from a small town called Daman in India. In 1985 he started playing cricket for local club called Jawan Tandel and Vadilal cc Vapi. He was spotted by Maheshbhai Pithawalla from Bhimpore, Surat. In 1987, Pithawalla offered him an invitation to play for his own club. Dungaria accepted and delivered strong performances at the level of club and for the Surat district cricket association. By 1992 he played for Gujarat Under-19 and a Ranji trophy for Gujarat.
Between 2002 and 2008, Dungaria played for Broadstairs in the Kent Cricket League. Since 2009, Dungaria has played for Radlett in the Home Counties Premier League. He played for Uxbridge in Middlesex League, Syston in Leicestershire league, and Hertfordshire cricket league for Broxbourne cricket club 2013 and 2014 then In 2016 Dungaria went back to his old club Radlett CC playing 1st team cricket in Saracens Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League.
In 2020 Dungaria made a debut for England senior side (Over50s) against Wales and participated in Marlborough cup.
In 2022 Fakir Dungaria decided to play Over50’s cricket for his own nation (India) since than he has been a key player for India Over50’s and recently he has been selected to play Over50’s cricket World Cup in Cape Town (South Africa) which will be held from 03/03/2023 to 21/03/2023.
External links
- Fakir Dungaria at Cricket Archive (subscription required)