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Dilip Narayan Sardesai (pronunciation ⓘ; 8 August 1940 – 2 July 2007) was an Indian international cricketer.He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as one of India's best batsmen against spin, although Indian batsmen have been known to play better against spin.
Sardesai was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to a Goan father and a Gujarati mother. [1] His father, Dilip Sardesai, was a former Indian Test cricketer and his mother, Nandini, is an activist in Mumbai and former head of the Department of Sociology at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. [1]
Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer; father of journalist Rajdeep Sardesai [469] [need quotation to verify] Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer turned politician who was a Member of Parliament Lok Sabha [470] Lala Amarnath, first batsman to score a century for India in Test cricket [471] Mihir Sen, first Indian to swim the English Channel [472]
He unveiled the portrait of his father eminent cricket player and a famous Konkani speaking person, late Dilip Sardesai, at World Konkani Centre. His wife, the Senior Editor of CNN-IBN Sagarika Ghosh, was the guest of honour on the occasion and garlanded the portrait of Dilip Sardesai. [3]
Father of Indian Circus - Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre. First Ventriloquist in Modern India - Y. K. Padhye. ... Dilip Sardesai; Dilip Vengsarkar; Eknath Solkar; Hemu ...
There, in a tour match against Barbados at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, in March 1962, he was 2 not out while opening the batting with Dilip Sardesai during his side's first innings, [4] when facing Charlie Griffith for the fourth ball of the second over, he saw somebody open a window in the pavilion, and consequently was unable to ...
Dilip Sardesai, former Indian international cricketer. He played Tests for the Indian national team as a batsman, the first Goa-born cricketer to play for India, and was often regarded as one of India's best batsmen against spin, although Indian batsmen have been known to play better against spin
The Indians got off to a good start batting first, with Sunil Gavaskar and Ashok Mankad putting together 47 runs for the first wicket. Left-arm spinner Elquemedo Willett bowled out Mankad before lunch, with Ed Arthurton bowling a hostile spell of seam bowling after, to dismiss the Indians' middle-order that included wickets of M. L. Jaisimha and Salim Durani.