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Encyclopedia > Ajit Wadekar

Ajit Wadekar

India
Personal information
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style -
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 37 2
Runs scored 2113 73
Batting average 31.07 36.50
100s/50s 1/14 -/1
Top score 143 67
Balls bowled 61 -
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 46/- 1/-

As of 4 February 2006
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Ajit Laxman Wadekar[1]pronunciation (help· info) (born April 1, 1941 in Bombay, India) is a former international cricketer. He played domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket team. Image File history File links Ajit_Wadekar. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... , Bombay redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... The Mumbai cricket team is one of the top cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy, Indias top domestic competition. ...


His father wished him to study mathematics so that he could become an engineer, but he preferred to play cricket. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Mumbai in 1958-9. He made his Test cricket debut in December 1966, against the West Indian cricket team at his home ground, the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. He was soon a regular in the Indian team, and played 37 Test matches for India between 1966 and 1974, generally batting at number 3. He was also a fine slip fielder. For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... The Brabourne stadium west gate, facing Marine Drive. ... A full slips cordon of nine men, employed by Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee. ...


He became captain of Mumbai, and became Indian captain in 1971, leading a side that included Sunil Gavaskar, M. L. Jaisimha, Gundappa Viswanath, Abid Ali, Farokh Engineer, and the Indian spin quartet (Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan). He was immediately successful, becoming the first Indian captain to achieve series victories on tours to the West Indies and in England, winning both tours 1-0 in 1971. His team won over 5 matches in the West Indies in early 1971, and then beat England over 3 matches. He led India to a third successive series victory, beating England cricket team 2-1 again in a 5-match series in 1972-3. The team went into their tour against England in 1974 at the height of their power, but lost all 5 of their matches against England by wide margins in the Summer of 42 (referring to the Indian second innings total in the 2nd Test at Lord's). Blamed for the failure, and facing problems at home, as Mumbai lost the Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophyin 1973-4, he resigned as Indian captain, and retired from first-class cricket. This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained an Indian national cricket team at official international level. ... Sunil Manohar Gavaskar   (Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. ... Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisimha (born March 3, 1939, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh - died July 6, 1999, Sanikpuri, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh) was an Indian Test cricketer. ... Gundappa R. Vishwanath (born 12 February 1949) is an Indian cricketer, commonly regarded as one of the four great Indian batsmen along with his brother-in-law Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. ... Syed Abid Ali (born September 9, 1941 in Hyderabad ) was an all-rounder who played cricket for India. ... Farokh Engineer (born 25 February 1938 in Mumbai), is a former Indian cricketer who played 46 Tests for India and played first-class cricket for Mumbai in India and Lancashire in England. ... The Indian spin quartet is the collective name given to the Indian spin bowlers EAS Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, BS Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi. ... Bishen Singh Bedi was an Indian cricketer. ... Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna (born: May 22, 1940) is a famous cricket player from India. ... Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (Chandra) (born May 17, 1945 in Mysore) is a former Indian cricketer who specialised in leg spin. ... Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan  , also known by his nickname of Venkat, (born 21 April 1945, in Madras) was formerly a cricketer. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. ... Summer of 42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ... The Irani Trophy tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z.R. Irani, who was associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from its inception in 1928... The Ranji Trophy is the domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between state and city sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia, and also denotes the trophy that is awarded to the winner. ... The Duleep Trophy competition was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1961-62. ...


Later, he served as the manager of Indian Cricket team in the 1990s, alongside captain Mohammad Azharuddin. Mohammad Azharuddin   (born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. ...


Ajit Wadekar is one of the few Indians to represent the country as Test cricket player, captain, coach/manager and Chairman of Selectors. Lala Amarnath was the first to achieve this distinction.[2] Chandu Borde is the other person to have achieved this distinction.[3] Lala Amarnath was an Indian cricketer. ... Chandu Borde (July 21, 1934-) is an Indian cricketer (batting allrounder) who was a member of the Indian national cricket team between 1958 and 1970. ...


References

  1. ^ http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35933.html Cricinfo Website - Ajit Wadekar Profile
  2. ^ http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84833.html
  3. ^ http://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/sep/28borde.htm Borde Shares Wadekar's Distinction

External links

Preceded by
Nawab of Pataudi Jr		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1970/71 - 1974		 Succeeded by
Nawab of Pataudi Jr
Preceded by
Unknown		 Indian National Cricket Manager
October 1992 - March 1996		 Succeeded by
Sandeep Patil
Preceded by
Kishan Rungta		 Chairman, Selection Committee
October 1998 - September 1999		 Succeeded by
Chandu Borde
v • d • e
India squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup Semi-finalists
1 Azharuddin (c) • 2 Tendulkar • 3 Jadeja • 4 Sidhu • 5 Kambli • 6 Manjrekar • 7 Mongia (wk) • 8 Srinath • 9 Prasad • 10 Kumble • 11 Prabhakar • 12 Raju • 13 Ankola • 14 Kapoor • Coach: Wadekar (Coach cum Manager)
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Wadekar overstepped & was stumped (565 words)
In fact, Wadekar, propped up by political bigwigs like Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and Union Minister Manohar Joshi, could have reduced the margin of defeat or could have even made short work of Pawar (remember, both cricket and politics are fraught with glorious uncertainties), had he not stretched his convictions too far.
Although Wadekar would deny that he `played for himself', large-scale cross-voting in Friday's elections may have another story to tell -- that there could be some susbtance in the charges levelled against the candidate who enjoyed support of the Mahaddalkar group, which emerged as the real winner by claiming eight posts.
Wadekar supporters also seemed to have lost sight of the fact that they too had elected Joshi, a politician, as the MCA chief when they questioned Pawar's credentials.
Cricket News - Batsmen hold the key in ODIs: Wadekar (917 words)
Ajit Wadekar is considered as the most successful captain and coach of the Indian teams of the past.
Ajit Wadekar: No, no they should not change the opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag as both like to play their shots from the word go.
Ajit Wadekar: As I told you before our new ball attack lacks sting and I don’t see any of them winning us a match single handedly even though their collective efforts can give India vital break through for our spinners to do the rest.
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