Sameer Dighe

Sameer Dighe
Personal information
Full name	Sameer Sudhakar Dighe
Born	8 October 1968 (age 55); Bombay, Maharashtra
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	n/a
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	India;
Test debut (cap 236)	18 March 2001 v Australia
Last Test	29 August 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 128)	10 January 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI	5 August 2001 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	48
Domestic team information
1990-2001	Mumbai (squad no. 48)
Career statistics
	Source: [1], 24 April 2016

Sameer Dighe pronunciation (help·info) (born 8 October 1968, in Bombay - now Mumbai) is a former Indian cricketer , cricket coach & entrepreneur. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. His main chance at international cricket did not come until the 1999–2000 season, at which time he was 31 years of age.

Domestic career[edit]

Dighe made his First-class debut for Mumbai cricket team against Gujarat cricket team during the 1990–91 Ranji Trophy season where he scored 107 runs and finished season with 440 runs in 6 innings at an average of 73.33 with one half-century and two hundreds. He played 58 matches for Mumbai cricket team in which he took 176 catches and did 23 stumping's and scored 3,054 runs.^[1] He was also captain for 1999–00 Ranji Trophy.

International career[edit]

On the final day of the Third Test against Australia in Chennai, Dighe made an unbeaten 22 on debut, after a collapse during the run-chase, guiding the Indians securing a historic 2–1 series win. Sourav Ganguly later said that Dighe was to become the first-choice wicket-keeper for the country, but numerous wicket-keeping errors lead to his replacement.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Coaching career[edit]

Dighe later entered coaching, serving as head coach of Hong Kong at the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament replacing Robin Singh. He was coach of Tripura cricket team from 2006 to 2008 as well as fielding coach of Mumbai Indians during 2008 Indian Premier League but was replaced by Jonty Rhodes.^[6]^[7]

Later, he was named as selector of Mumbai cricket team in 2009.^[8]

He is currently retired from active cricket and runs multiple outlets of laundry brand, UClean, between Pune and Mumbai

References[edit]

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[1] Sameer Dighe: 8 interesting things to know about the former Indian stumper

[2] Story of how a young MS Dhoni was denied a chance for an early India debut

[3] Few surprise changes in Indian squad for tri series

[4] India 'A' - a slow day on a slow pitch

[5] The Greatest Test Ever

[6] Thriller in Agartala

[7] Hong Kong seek new coach

[8] Dighe appointed Mumbai selector

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