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Full name Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj
Born December 30, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 59 years 139 days
Major teams India, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Father - L Amarnath, Brother - M Amarnath, Brother - R Amarnath

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	10	18	0	550	124	30.55			1	3	1	4
ODIs	3	3	0	100	62	33.33	119	84.03	0	1		1
First-class	145	230	28	8175	235*	40.47			16	47		47
List A	20	20	4	582	102*	36.37			1	3		3

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	10	1	11	5	1	1/5	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.0	0	0	0
ODIs	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	145			260	4	1/5		65.00				0	0
List A	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	New Zealand v India at Auckland, Jan 24-28, 1976 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 14-19, 1978 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Quetta, Oct 1, 1978 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v India at Sahiwal, Nov 3, 1978 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1963/64 - 1985/86
List A span	1973/74 - 1983/84

Profile

Given the brilliant start to his Test career, and the promise he held out, Surinder Amarnath's overall figures may be disappointing. But he was given a raw deal by the selectors. As the one classy left-hander in the side at the time, he could have been persevered with. Starting out as a schoolboy prodigy - his Ranji debut came when he was only 15 and made his mark first on the 1967 Indian schoolboys tour of England - Surinder continued to live up to this early potential by scoring a century on debut in an unofficial Test against Sri Lanka in 1975-76 and followed this up a few months later with a century on Test debut in New Zealand.

An aggressive batsman, Surinder could be bit flashy but when in full flow he was a treat to watch and could decimate even the best of attacks. He headed the averages in the two Tests he played against England in 1976-77, scoring two half centuries in four innings but he was unfortunate to sustain an injury early on the tour of Australia in 1977-78 and had to return home. However he did reasonably well on the tour of Pakistan in 1978-79 but was not considered again. This, despite getting 235 not out for Delhi against Rest of India in 1980-81 following which there was a clamour for his inclusion in the team that went to Australia that season. A prolific run getter in domestic cricket, Surinder scored 4206 runs (41.24) in the Ranji Trophy.
Partab Ramchand