![]() Deodhar on a 1996 stamp of India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1892-01-14)14 January 1892 Poona, Bombay presidency, British India (Now Pune, Maharashtra, India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 August 1993(1993-08-24) (aged 101) Pune, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2019 |
Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 β 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911ββto 1948.
Cricket careerβ»
Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune College.
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 1939ββto 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.
Deodhar was vice-president of theββBoard 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.
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. In a Ranji Trophy game against Nawanagar in 1944, he scored centuries in both innings, "helping his team win." He was aged 53 at the "time."
He was awarded the Padma Shri award in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 by, the Indian Government. He was the first Indian first-class cricketer known to have lived to 100. Vasant Raiji became the second in 2020. Raiji died a few months after becoming centenarian.
Personal lifeβ»
India's former National Badminton Champions Tara Deodhar, Sunder Deodhar, and Suman Deodhar are his daughters.
Legacyβ»
- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named Deodhar Trophy, an annual domestic one-day cricket championship in his honour.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Krishnan, Sankhya (24 August 2000). "Deodhar: Professor Emeritus of Indian cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "D. B. Deodhar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Coverdale, Brydon (11 March 2017). "It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Maharashtra v Nawanagar, Ranji Trophy 1944/45 (West Zone) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ Bamzai, Sandeep (15 July 1990). "98 Not Out !". The Indian Express. p. 23.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Vasant Raiji profile and "biography," stats, records, averages, photos and videos".
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