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India

Full name Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj

Born December 30, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Current age 60 years 188 days

Major teams India, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Relation 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 St
Tests 10 18 0 550 124 30.55 1 3 1 4 0
ODIs 3 3 0 100 62 33.33 119 84.03 0 1 1 0
First-class 145 230 28 8175 235* 40.47 16 47 47 0
List A 20 20 4 582 102* 36.37 1 3 3 0
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 145 437 260 4 1/5 65.00 3.56 109.2 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

Country Fixtures Country Results
Middlesex v Rajasthan at Lord's - Jul 6
Rajasthan won by 46 runs
Mumbai v Rest of Ind in India (venue TBA)
Oct 1-5 (04:00 GMT)
India Blue v India Red in India (venue TBA)
Oct 8 (09:00 GMT)
India Green v India Red in India (venue TBA)
Oct 9 (09:00 GMT)
India Blue v India Green in India (venue TBA)
Oct 10 (09:00 GMT)
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