Sadashiv Shinde

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Indian
country = India
country abbrev = IND
name = Sadu Shinde
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Legbreak googly
tests = 7
test runs = 85
test bat avg = 14.16
test 100s/50s = -/-
test top score = 14
test balls = 1515
test wickets = 12
test bowl avg = 59.75
test 5s = 1
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 6/91
test catches/stumpings = -/-
FCs = 79
FC runs = 871
FC bat avg = 14.04
FC 100s/50s = -/1
FC top score = 50*
FC balls = 14961
FC wickets = 230
FC bowl avg = 32.59
FC 5s = 12
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = 8/162
FC catches/stumpings = 16/-
debut date =22 June
debut year = 1946
last date =19 June
last year = 1952
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33999.html

Sadashiv Ganpatrao "Sadu" Shinde audio|Sadashiv_Shinde.ogg|pronunciation (born August 18, 1923, Mumbai, Maharashtra, died June 22, 1955, Mumbai, Maharashtra) was an Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1946 to 1952.

A leg-spinner, Shinde was described as "frail and willowy". Sujit Mukherjee, "Playing for India", Orient Longman, 1988, pp. 217-219 ] Apart from the leg break and the conventional googly, Shinde could also bowl a different googly. According to Sujit Mukherjee, "coming after the orthodox wrist-crooked wrong-'un, this delivery invariably sprang a nasty surprise. Ripped off the top of the third finger, it hastened unexpectedly off the pitch. Its tendency to pitch short nullified its efficacy as secret weapon but was practically unplayable when properly pitched."

Shinde's first performance of note in first class cricket was a 5 for 186 that took in 75.5 overs for Maharashtra against Bombay in 1943-44 as Vijay Merchant made 359* for Bombay. He toured England with the Indian team in 1946 and took 39 wickets in tour matches. In his only appearance in a Test match, at Lord's, he was involved in a stand of 43 for the last wicket with Rusi Modi, but did little with the ball. In the next five years, he played in only one more Test.

His one major success in Tests came against England at Delhi in 1951-52. Brought on to bowl as the third change on the first day of the series, he bowled England out for 203 before close taking 6/91. India took a handsome first innings lead and had two days to bowl England out in the second innings. But Shinde had seven chances missed off his bowling, most crucially by the wicket-keeper Nana Joshi and the substitute Dattajirao Gaekwad, and England managed to save the match.

Shinde found a place in the team to England in 1952 (possibly at the expense of Subhash Gupte). He took 39 more wickets in tour matches but the wicket of Peter May in Leeds was to be his last in Tests.

Shinde represented Maharashtra, Bombay and Baroda in Ranji Trophy and took 230 wickets in first class matches. He died of typhoid at the age of 32 [Christopher Martin-Jenkins, "The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers"] . Shinde is the father-in-law of Sharad Pawar, the current President of BCCI.

References

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33999.html Cricinfo profile]
* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/753/753.html Cricketarchive profile]

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