Brijesh Patel
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 131) | 6 June 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 December 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 7) | 13 July 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 June 1979 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 November 2020 |
Brijesh Patel
Biography
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (October 2022) |
Patel played in 21
He was regarded as an excellent fielder normally covering areas around cover and point. He was never dismissed for a duck in international cricket.His international career came to a premature end because of his suspect technique against genuine pace.
After his playing days he became cricket administrator. A Jagmohan Dalmiya (Ex President of BCCI) supporter, Patel was appointed the Director of the National Cricket Academy in India until he was replaced in 2005 by another ex-Test cricketer, Shivlal Yadav, the current director of the NCA.
Brijesh Patel has also been the Hon. Secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) since 1999 and controls cricket in Karnataka. Some years ago he was also the Chairman of the National Selection Committee for the Indian national team and resigned after suffering a heart ailment.
Brijesh Patel runs a private cricket coaching academy in Bangalore called B.P.C.A. (Brijesh Patel Cricket Academy), attended by more than 300 boys.
References
- ^ Brijesh Patel Archived 16 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Roger Binny set to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI president". ESPNcricinfo. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Player profile and career statistics". Cricmania.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Brijesh Patel Profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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