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Full name | Richard Sohrab Rutnagur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bombay, Maharashtra, India | 9 August 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1985–1986 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 September 2019 |
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