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Born | Delhi, British India | 14 May 1941||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 26) | 17 January 1958 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 January 1973 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only ODI(cap 6) | 11 February 1973 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 June 2016 |
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