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Born | Delhi, India | 23 October 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1972/73–1977/78 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978/79–1991/92 | Bihar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,10 January 2016 |
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Gidwani played as a right-handed middle-order batsman,known to be "a dashing stroke player". [1] He appeared in 119 first-class matches in a career spanning 20 seasons from 1972/73 to 1991/92 and scored more than 6000 runs. He started his career with his home team Delhi,but switched to Bihar in 1978/79. He top-scored with 100 and 48 against the visiting Sri Lankan team in 1975/76, [2] but did not gain Indian team selection. [1] Gidwani scored centuries in five Ranji Trophy matches in succession during 1986–87 Ranji Trophy and 1987–88 Ranji Trophy. [3] His highest score of 229 came against Karnataka in the 1989–90 Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal in which he was also the captain. [4]
After retiring,Gidwani became a junior team selector. He worked as a member of the Delhi selection panel since the 1990s, [5] [6] a position he holds as of October 2015.
Gidwani was born in a Sindhi family. [7] He studied at the Hindu College,University of Delhi. [8] He owns a sweet store in Old Delhi. [1] [9]
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