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Dilip Sardesai India (IND)
Batting style	Right-hand bat (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	30	179
Runs scored	2001	10,230
Batting average	39.23	41.75
100s/50s	5/9	25/55
Top score	212	222
Balls bowled	59	791
Wickets	0	8
Bowling average	-	69.00
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	0
Best bowling	-	2/15
Catches/stumpings	4	85
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Dilip Narayan Sardesai pronunciation (help· info) (August 8, 1940, Margao, Goa - July 2, 2007, Mumbai) was a former Indian Test cricketer. He was the only Goan-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as India's best batsman against spin bowling.^[1] Image File history File links Dilip_Sardesai. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Margao   (Konkani/Marathi:मडगांव), is also called Margão and Madgaon. ... , Goa   (Konkani: गोंय goṃya; Marathi: govā; Portuguese: ) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population (after Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh). ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... A Test match in progress. ... , Goa   (Konkani: गोंय goṃya; Marathi: govā; Portuguese: ) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population (after Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh). ...

Early career

Sardesai made his first mark in cricket in the interuniversity Rohinton Baria trophy in 1959-60 where he made 435 runs at an average of 87. Picked for the Indian Universities against the touring Pakistan team he scored 87 in 194 minutes on his debut. That led to the selection for the Board President's XI against the same team where he scored 106*, and the selection as a standby in the final Test of the series. He scored 202 against the Madras university at about the same time. It was after all this that he was selected to represent Bombay in the Ranji Trophy. The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ... The Mumbai cricket team is one of the top cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy, Indias top domestic competition. ... 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. ...

Test career

Sardesai had little to show in first class cricket in 1961-62, except for a 281 against Gujarat in a university match, but made his Test debut against England at Kanpur. He toured West Indies later in the season and was the batsman at the other end when Nari Contractor was seriously injured by Charlie Griffith in match against Barbados. Contractor's injury created a place for Sardesai in the team. He scored 31 and 60 in the Test at Bridgetown but was sacked after a pair in the following match. Sardesai scored 449 runs in the five Test series against England in 1963-64 with 79 and 87 in the final Test as the most notable performances. The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Green Park, London Green Park (officially The Green Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. ... Nariman Jamshedji Nari Contractor (7 March 1934 Godhra, Gujarat) was a lefthanded opening batsman whose international career was ended abruptly by a serious injury. ... Charles Christopher Griffith (born December 14, 1938, Pie Corner, St Lucy, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. ... The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. ...

Against New Zealand in 1964-65, Sardesai scored a double century at Bombay and a very fast hundred that set up a win at Delhi. New Zealand had forced India to follow on at Bombay, but Sardesai's 200* nearly won the match for India. Touring England in 1967, he injured himself on a staircase in the pavilion at Lord's. He recovered to appear in the second Test at the same ground but a hand injury during the match ended his tour. He was dropped after two Tests in Australia in 1967-68 due to injury and a series of failures. The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in the Indian city of Mumbai. ... Established in 1883, the Feroz Shah Kotla - run by the politicised Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) - is undergoing its latest facelift - one that began over two years ago. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ...

Sardesai's career had seemed over when he was picked for the Indian tour of West Indies in 1970-71. In the first Test at Kingston India lost the first five wickets for 75, before Sardesai hit 212 runs and took the total to 387. His 112 in the next Test at Port of Spain led to India's first victory over West Indies. He hit another 150 in the fourth Test after India were 70 for 6. His 642 runs in the series stood as an Indian record for five days before Sunil Gavaskar went past it^[2]. It was India's first victory over West Indies in a series and Vijay Merchant, the chairman of selectors, called Sardesai the "renaissance man of Indian cricket". Sardesai scored 54 and 40 in the Indian win over England at the Oval in 1971, which led to another series win. His career ended one Test later. Sabina Park is a historic cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica in the West Indies. ... Queens Park Oval, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, (West Indies) is a cricket ground that will host a number of matches in the forthcoming 2007 cricket World Cup It is privately owned by the Queens Park Cricket Club, and is currently the largest ground in the Caribbean... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ... 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. ... Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant (born October 12, 1911 in Bombay; died October 27, 1987, Bombay) was an Indian cricketer. ... The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...

Sardesai played Ranji Trophy for Bombay for 13 seasons, including in 10 finals, and never finished in a losing side. He scored 199 against Rajasthan in the 1967 final. In the semifinal against the same team two years later, he was Mankaded by Kailash Ghattani. Sardesai's final first class match was the famous Ranji final against Madras in 1972-73 which ended on the first ball of the third day.^[2] The Mumbai cricket team is one of the top cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy, Indias top domestic competition. ... Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. ... The Tamil Nadu cricket team is one of the Elite Group cricket teams of the Ranji Trophy, the top cricketing competition in India. ...

Life after cricket

Sardesai used to split his time between his flat in Bombay and house in Goa. He died on July 2, 2007 at 9:15 PM (IST), after he had been admitted to Bombay Hospital on June 23rd following a chest infection.

He is survived by his wife, Nandini, who is a sociologist and a member of the Indian Censor Board for motion pictures. His son Rajdeep earned a blue for Oxford University in cricket. He is now the CEO of the channel CNN-IBN. His daughter, Shonali, is a senior social scientist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Rajdeep Sardesai (born May 24,1965 in Ahmedabad in a Maharashtrian Karhade Brahmin family is an Indian political commentator and TV personality. ... CNN-IBN is a English language Indian TV news channel launched in 2005. ...

Miscellaneous

In West Indies, Sardesai was popularly known as 'Sardee-man'. During his successful 1970-71 tour there, Sardesai was asked at the airport whether he had anything to declare. 'I have come here with runs', he replied, 'and I'll go back with more'. ^[3]

References

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• Sujit Mukherjee, Matched winners, Orient Longman, 1996, p 36-47
• ^ Sunil Gavaskar, Sunny Days
• ^ On April 13, Sardesai reached 621 in the first innings of the final Test, going past Vijay Manjrekar's record of 586. On April 17, he reached 642 after the second innings. Gavaskar went past this on April 18.
• HindustanTimes Report on Dilip Sardesai's death. [4]

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