Prakash Bhandari, Date of Birth

    

Prakash Bhandari

Indian cricket player.

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1935

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Prakash Bhandari

  • Prakash Bhandari pronunciation (born 27 November 1935 in Delhi ) is a former cricketer who represented India in Test cricket. Bhandari was an attacking right-handed batsman and an off-break bowler.
  • He appeared for Delhi Schools and Delhi University in All India competitions between 1951–52 and 1956-57.
  • He led Delhi University in the Rohinton Baria Trophy inter-university tournament in the last of those seasons.
  • Bhandari played for the Indian XI against the Silver Jubilee Overseas Cricket Team in 1953-54 and toured Ceylon in 1956. Bhandari toured Pakistan in 1954/55 as a teenager.
  • After being the twelfth man thrice, he made his debut on the matting wicket in the final Test match at Karachi.
  • He made 19 before being bowled by Khan Mohammad who broke one of the stumps.
  • He also appeared in Tests against New Zealand and Australia.
  • His highest score was 39 against New Zealand at Delhi in 1954-55 where he batted at No.
  • 8 and added 73 with Bapu Nadkarni. Against Rajasthan in the 1961–62 Ranji Trophy semifinal he scored a hundred in 60 minutes while Bengal was going for a declaration in the second innings.
  • At the time it was believed to be the fastest hundred in Indian cricket, but a 60-minute hundred by Ken Goldie in 1915-16 and a 40-minute one by Ahsan-ul-Haq in 1923-24 have been discovered since then.
  • He scored 58 in the first innings and took seven wickets in the same match.
  • He compiled his highest first class score of 227 for Delhi against Patiala in 1957/58 and also took nine wickets in the same match for 81. He worked with the Tata Group.

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