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Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | 7 September 1958|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980/81–1991/92 | Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,7 January 2016 |
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