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| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|10|25|1919|7|31}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|10|25|1919|7|31}} | ||
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], | | death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India | ||
| batting = Right-handed | | batting = Right-handed | ||
| bowling = Right-arm [[leg spin]] | | bowling = Right-arm [[leg spin]] | ||
| columns = 2 | | columns = 2 | ||
| column1 = [[Test cricket| | | column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]] | ||
| matches1 = 21 | | matches1 = 21 | ||
| runs1 = 872 | | runs1 = 872 | ||
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| best bowling1 = 3/68 | | best bowling1 = 3/68 | ||
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/– | | catches/stumpings1 = 8/– | ||
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] | | column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] | ||
| matches2 = 152 | | matches2 = 152 | ||
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| best bowling2 = 3/2 | | best bowling2 = 3/2 | ||
| catches/stumpings2 = 97/– | | catches/stumpings2 = 97/– | ||
| international = true | |||
| international = true | | country = India | ||
| country | | testdebutagainst = Australia | ||
| testcap = 36 | |||
| | | testdebutdate = 28 November | ||
| | | testdebutyear = 1947 | ||
| testdebutdate | | lasttestdate = 11 February | ||
| testdebutyear | | lasttestagainst = West Indies | ||
| lasttestdate | | lasttestyear = 1959 | ||
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26179.html Cricinfo | |||
| lasttestagainst | | date = 15 November | ||
| lasttestyear | | year = 2022 | ||
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Colonel '''Hemchandra | Colonel '''Hemchandra '''"'''Hemu'''"''' Ramachandra Adhikari''' {{audio|Hemu Adhikari.ogg|pronunciation}} (31 July 1919 – 25 October 2003) was an Indian [[cricket]]er, representing his country as both a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades. | ||
== Life and career == | == Life and career == | ||
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After his death in October 2003, at age 84, tributes flooded in for the popular Indian, with Indian cricket writer [[Suresh Menon (sports writer)|Suresh Menon]] saying "Adhikari was not a big man yet he was a presence. He will be remembered for his role in Indian cricket's self-confidence movement that began with that series win in 1971." | After his death in October 2003, at age 84, tributes flooded in for the popular Indian, with Indian cricket writer [[Suresh Menon (sports writer)|Suresh Menon]] saying "Adhikari was not a big man yet he was a presence. He will be remembered for his role in Indian cricket's self-confidence movement that began with that series win in 1971." | ||
==Career bests== | ==Career bests== | ||
=== | ===Test matches=== | ||
Test Debut: vs [[Australian cricket team|Australia]], [[Brisbane]], 1947/48<br> | Test Debut: vs [[Australian cricket team|Australia]], [[Brisbane]], 1947/48<br> | ||
Last Test: vs West Indies, [[Delhi]], 1958/59 | Last Test: vs West Indies, [[Delhi]], 1958/59 | ||
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==External links and references== | ==External links and references== | ||
{{commons category|Hemu Adhikari}} | {{commons category|Hemu Adhikari}} | ||
* | *{{cricinfo|id=26179}} | ||
*[http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=0011 HowSTAT! statistical profile of Hemu Adhikari] | *[http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=0011 HowSTAT! statistical profile of Hemu Adhikari] | ||
*[http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/133160.html Cricinfo summary of tributes to Hemu Adhikari after his 2003 death] | *[http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/133160.html Cricinfo summary of tributes to Hemu Adhikari after his 2003 death] | ||