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Full name Narayanan Gautam
Born September 19, 1967, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Died May 7, 2002, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (aged 34 years 230 days)
Major teams Goa,Tamil Nadu
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
23
35
2
1007
190
30.51
3
2
21
0
List A
10
8
0
198
46
24.75
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
23
594
294
3
2/38
98.00
2.96
198.0
0
0
List A
10
330
297
3
2/21
2/21
99.00
5.40
110.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 1994/95
List A span
1989/90 - 1994/95
Profile
Wisden Obituary
Gautam, Narayanan, who died of cancer in Chennai on May 7, 2002, aged only
34, was a tall, elegant batsman whose stylish strokeplay and unflappable temperament
in the No. 3 spot helped Tamil Nadu reach the final of the Ranji Trophy in 1991-92.
There, they were beaten on first innings by Delhi. That Tamil Nadu had a class player
in the making was apparent from the way Gautam scored his 23 on debut against the
touring New Zealanders in November 1988. Though another two years passed before
his first Ranji Trophy game, in 1990-91, he graced it with 101 as Tamil Nadu amassed
548 against Hyderabad. The following season he made a career-best 190 against Uttar
Pradesh in a Ranji quarter-final. Timing, fluent driving and effortless square-cuts were
the outstanding features of his batting, but when the timing unaccountably deserted
him the runs dried up. Gautam's final Ranji Trophy season, 1994-95, found him playing
as a professional for bottom-of-the-zone Goa. He made 1,007 runs in a 23-match
career; an average of 30.51 hints at what he might have achieved.
