- Surendra Bhave
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Surendra Bhave
country = India
fullname = Surendra Shriram Bhave
living = true
dayofbirth = 30
monthofbirth = 3
yearofbirth = 1966
placeofbirth = Poona,Maharashtra
countryofbirth =India
batting = Right-handedbatsman
bowling = Right-arm medium pace
role = Opening batsman
club1 = Maharashtra
year1 = 1986-2001
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = FC
matches1 = 97
runs1 = 7971
bat avg1 = 58.18
100s/50s1 = 28/27
top score1 = 292
deliveries1 = 1214
wickets1 = 8
bowl avg1 = 76.62
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 2/42
catches/stumpings1 = 121/0
column2 = List A
matches2 = 51
runs2 = 1808
bat avg2 = 38.46
100s/50s2 = 2/13
top score2 = 124*
deliveries2 = 209
wickets2 = 4
bowl avg2 = 42.75
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = 0
best bowling2 = 2/47
catches/stumpings2 = 22/0
date = March 10
year = 2001
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7798/7798.html CricketArchiveSurendra Shriram Bhave (born
March 30 ,1966 in Poona) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for his home state Maharashtra from 1986 to 2001. A right handed opening batsman, noted for his prolific run scoring and ability to built large innings, Bhave regularly captained Maharashtra throughout the 1990s.Bhave had a strong start to his career, after making just one first-class appearance in both 1986/87 and 1987/88 he made the most of his opportunity in 1988/89 by scoring 730 runs at 91.25. Of his four hundreds that season, the biggest was an innings of 274 which he made against a
Dilip Vengsarkar led Bombay team. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50859.html| title= Maharashtra v Bombay 1988/89| publisher=CricketArchive] He would score a further six double hundreds in his career, three of them in 1992. Such was his consistency that it wasn't until 1997/98 that he ended a season with an average under 50 and he never scored less than 800 runs from 1992/93 to 1996/97. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7798/f_Batting_by_Season.html| title= First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Surendra Bhave| publisher=CricketArchive]Although Maharashtra never won the
Ranji Trophy while Bhave was at the club, he did captain them to the final in 1992/93. Playing against Punjab, Bhave failed in both innings and in the end it was a maiden first-class century toAmit Sharma that was the difference. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/57/57097.html| title= Punjab v Maharashtra 1992/93| publisher=CricketArchive]Bhave played for India A in the 1992/93 SAARC Quadrangular, a limited overs series also competed for by Sri Lanka A, Bangladesh A and Pakistan A. Bhave scored 81 against the Sri Lankans and although India made the final, the contest was canceled following rioting in the host city of Dhaka. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/BDESH/1992-93_BDESH_SAARC_Quadrangular_1992-93.html| title=SAARC Quadrangular 1992/93| publisher=CricketArchive]
He also represented West Zone in the
Duleep Trophy on occasions and on the 2nd of December 1994 made 292 for the team in a first-class match against South Zone atRourkela . His 739 minute vigil ended when he was bowled by offspinner Kanwaljit Singh. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59714.html| title= South Zone v West Zone 1994/95| publisher=CricketArchive]The right hander was particularly prolific against Saurashtra during his career, plundering them for 1471 at 91.93 with seven hundreds. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7798/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html| title=First-class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Surendra Bhave| publisher=CricketArchive]
External links
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7798/7798.html CricketArchive statistical analysis of Surendra Bhave]
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/26931.html Cricinfo profile]References
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