Kiran More
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 173) | 4 June 1986 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 9 August 1993 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 50) | 5 December 1984 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 5 March 1993 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980/81–1997/98 | Baroda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008 |
Kiran Shankar More
Early career
More played for the India Under-19 team in the late 1970s.[2] He played for Tata Sports Club in the Times Shield in Bombay and for Barrow in the North Lancashire League in 1982. He toured West Indies as the understudy to Syed Kirmani in 1982–83 without playing in a Test.
More played two major innings for
International cricket
More toured Australia with the Indian team in 1985–86. When an injury in an early match of the
More's first Test series, against England in 1986, was his most successful. He took 16 catches in three Tests – an Indian record against England – and came second in the batting averages. More was a small, busy batsman who often played important innings when the regular batsmen failed. He scored 50 at
1990 and after
More was selected as
By early 1994, he lost his place in the Indian team to his Baroda teammate Nayan Mongia. More played purely as a batsman for the state side when both were available. He captained Baroda till 1998.
More started the Kiran More-Alembic cricket academy in 1997. He was the Chairman of selectors for the Indian team from 2002 to 2006.
During his tenure as the Chairman of the Selection Committee he vowed to encourage and promote young cricketers by creating room for them in the Indian Cricket team by removing old and experienced players. Sourav Ganguly was dropped by Kiran More Committee and reportedly said Saurav Ganguly will never bat again as long as Kiran More is in selection Committee. Later Vengsarkar team selected Saurav Ganguly and Ganguly went on to make his maiden double hundred against Pakistan and a 1000+ test runs in a calendar year proving Kiran More was wrong.
He was appointed as talent scout for Mumbai Indians
Filmography
Film
Television
References
- ^ "USA Cricket Announces New National Team Coaching Structure". USA Cricket. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ a b Interview with More
- ^ The 'frog incident'
- ^ "Kiran More To Do Cameo on Cricket-Based TV Show". Mid Day. 5 March 2016.