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B. S. Chandrasekhar
Personal information
Full name
Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar
Born (1945-05-17) 17 May 1945 (age 78)
British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 106)21 January 1964 v England
Last Test12 July 1979 v England
Only ODI (cap 20)22 February 1976 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 58 1 246 7
Runs scored 167 11 600 25
Batting average 4.07 – 4.61 25.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 22 11* 25 14*
Balls bowled 15,963 56 53,817 420
Wickets 242 3 1,063 8
Bowling average 29.74 12.00 24.03 38.87
5 wickets in innings 16 0 75 0
10 wickets in match 2 0 19 0
Best bowling 8/79 3/36 9/72 4/61
Catches/stumpings 25/– 0/– 107/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 November 2014

Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former

polio left his right arm withered. Chandrasekhar played 58 Test matches, capturing 242 wickets at an average of 29.74 in a career that spanned sixteen years.[1] He is one of only two test cricketers in history with more wickets than total runs scored, the other being Chris Martin.

Chandrasekhar was awarded the

Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972; in 2002 he won Wisden's award for "Best bowling performance of the century" for India, for his six wickets for 38 runs against England at the Oval in 1971.[3] He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, the highest honour bestowed by BCCI on a former player.[4]

Biography

Chandrasekhar was born in 1945 in Mysore, where he had his primary education.[5] He developed an early interest in cricket watching the playing styles of Australian leg spinner Richie Benaud. An attack of polio at the age of six left his right arm withered. At the age of 10, his hand had recovered and Chandrasekhar started playing cricket.[5]

By that time his family relocated to Bangalore and he got an opportunity to play for "City Cricketers".[5] In an interview, Chandrasekhar stated that he joined up mainly to get a chance to play with the leather ball.[5] While playing on the streets of Bangalore, he had mainly used a rubber ball. While playing for the club, Chandrasekhar tried different bowling styles that also included fast bowling.[5] It was in 1963 that he decided to play as a leg spin bowler. His idea proved to be right as he was soon selected for the national side.[5]

Making his Test debut for India against England at Bombay in 1964, he collected four wickets in the match. He was named the

Cricketers of the Year in 1972.[6]

In a Test against New Zealand in 1976, Chandrasekhar and Prasanna took 19 wickets and were crucial in setting up India's win. Attributed to him is a famous umpire-directed quote, made during a day of bad decisions in New Zealand after several of his lbw appeals were given not out: "I know he is bowled, but is he out?"[8][9] Chandrasekhar also played a major role in India's victory in Australia in 1977–78.[1] During that series he became the first bowler to register identical figures in each innings of a test (6 for 52).[10]

Chandrasekhar had minimal batting skills, finishing with a Test average of 4.07.[11] He was given a special Gray-Nicholls bat during the 1977–78 Australian tour with a hole in it to commemorate the four ducks he scored,[12] and he has 23 Test ducks to his credit.[13] He also holds the dubious distinction of scoring fewer runs (167) off his bat than wickets (242) taken in Test cricket;[11] the only other cricketer with this distinction over a significant Test career is New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin.[14]

Honours and recognitions

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c S Rajesh (12 September 2011). "When spin was king". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2011)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. The Sportstar Vol. 25 No. 31. 8 March 2002. Archived from the original
    on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ^
    ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Muddie, Raggi (27 September 2011). "The Spin Wizard – B S Chandrashekhar". Karnataka.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b H Natarajan. "Players / India / Bhagwath Chandrasekhar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  7. ^ Williamson, Martin (13 August 2011). "India's day of glory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. ^ "India's Aussie tour: Sissy Australians and dumb umpires", Merinews, 6 January 2008, archived from the original on 9 November 2020, retrieved 26 August 2009
  9. ^ Dilip Vengsarkar (23 October 1999), "Nothing to Crowe about", Rediff
  10. ^ Kumar, Abhishek (25 February 2017). "Steve O'Keefe turns India-Australia Test into a cricket statistician's delight". Cricket Country. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  11. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4
    .
  12. ^ Hanon, Peter (12 November 2011). "Polio clean bowled". The Age. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  13. ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most ducks in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  14. ^ Steven Lynch (20 December 2011). "Hughes' familiar problem, and Steyn's wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  15. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2011)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  16. ^ "List of Arjuna Award Winners". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

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