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Full name Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar
Born May 17, 1945, Mysore, Karnataka
Current age 63 years 0 days
Major teams India,Karnataka,Mysore
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
58
80
39
167
22
4.07
0
0
0
25
0
ODIs
1
1
1
11
11*
-
13
84.61
0
0
0
0
First-class
246
244
114
600
25
4.61
0
0
107
0
List A
7
3
2
25
14*
25.00
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
58
97
15963
7199
242
8/79
12/104
29.74
2.70
65.9
12
16
2
ODIs
1
1
56
36
3
3/36
3/36
12.00
3.85
18.6
0
0
0
First-class
246
54119
25547
1063
9/72
24.03
2.83
50.9
75
19
List A
7
420
311
8
4/61
4/61
38.87
4.44
52.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Mumbai (BS), Jan 21-26, 1964 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at Birmingham, Jul 12-16, 1979 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI
New Zealand v India at Auckland, Feb 22, 1976 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1963/64 - 1979/80
List A span
1975/76 - 1977/78
Profile
For a nation starved of wins abroad, Chandra was a rare jewel: he remains India's biggest matchwinner overseas with 42 wickets in five Tests. Batsmen didn't know quite what to expect from him and sometimes neither did Chandra himself, as he once admitted. An attack of polio in childhood left his right arm withered, but Chandra turned his handicap into an advantage. After a long, bouncing run-up, he delivered sharp googlies, spiteful topspinners and legbreaks at near medium-pace from the back of his hand with a whipping action. He could often be erratic, but no one among India's famed spin quartet was more likely to deliver an unplayable ball than Chandra. His 6 for 38 at The Oval in 1971 gave India their first series victory in England and he was instrumental
in India's first win in Australia in 1978, taking 12 for 104 at Melbourne.
H Natarajan
