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Full name | Ujwala Vasudev Nikam | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pune, India | 19 June 1958|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 8) | 31 October 1976 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 January 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 14) | 5 January 1978 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 8 January 1978 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 September 2009 |
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