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Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin, who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s.
Age as of 4 February 2025 Lance Gibbs: West Indies: 29 September 1934: 5 September 1973: 7 June 1975: 90 years, 128 days Rohan Kanhai: West Indies: 26 December 1935: 5 September 1973: 21 June 1975: 89 years, 40 days Bob Simpson: Australia: 3 February 1936: 22 February 1978: 12 April 1978: 89 years, 1 day Sir Garfield Sobers: West Indies: 28 ...
Rohan Kanhai: 1972/73–1973/74 16: Clive Lloyd: 1974/75–1977/78, 1979/80–1984/85 17: ... Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N Captain Last Test
The West Indies team was captained by Rohan Kanhai, who had succeeded Gary Sobers as captain for the Australian series in the West Indies the previous winter.. The West Indies side had dropped back in form from its peak in the mid-1960s, with the retirement of its great fast bowlers Charlie Griffith and Wes Hall and some of its leading batsmen, such as Conrad Hunte and Basil Butcher.
The World XI squad included Gary Sobers, Graeme Pollock, Clive Lloyd, Sunil Gavaskar, Zaheer Abbas, Tony Greig, Farokh Engineer, Intikhab Alam, Rohan Kanhai, Bob Taylor and Bishen Bedi Pakistan 1972–73
Besides Sobers, the squad included six other 1970 team members: Farokh Engineer, Intikhab Alam, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd and the Pollock brothers. It also included four England players: Norman Gifford, Tony Greig, Richard Hutton and Bob Taylor. The World XI won this series 2–1.
Test debut (cap 144) 6 April 1972 v New Zealand Last Test: 4 January 1981 v Pakistan ODI debut (cap 7) 5 September 1973 v England Last ODI: 4 February 1981 v England ...
I offered Clive Lloyd as an alternative choice but Clive had not even been invited to join the squad, so my third choice would be Rohan Kanhai." [16] Kanhai retained the captaincy for the 1973 tour of England, which West Indies won 2–0. "Kanhai is credited with restoring both discipline and morale to the side" (Manley).