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Duleep

England

Personal Information
Born
Jun 13, 1905
Death
Dec 05, 1959 (55 years)
Birth Place
Sarodar, Kathiawar, India
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm legbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
England, Sussex
A wristy batsman, Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, scored 995 runs in 12 Tests at a stellar average of 58.42 before an illness cut short his career. He was also known to be a decent leg-break bowler...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 12 19 995 852 173 58.53 116.79 2 64 1 5 3 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 12 1 6 7 0 0.0 7 0.0 0/7 0/7 0 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
Test debut
vs South Africa, Jun 15 at 1929 at Edgbaston
Last Test
vs New Zealand, Aug 15 at 1931 at Emirates Old Trafford
Profile
A wristy batsman, Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, scored 995 runs in 12 Tests at a stellar average of 58.42 before an illness cut short his career. He was also known to be a decent leg-break bowler. Interestingly, he was born in Kathiawar in Gujarat. After his playing career, Duleepsinhji was made chairman of Public Service Commission in Saurashtra. He died from a heart-attack in December 1959.

Trivia
1. The Dupleep Trophy has been named in his honour.
2. His uncle, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhi, after whom the Ranji Trophy has been named, also played cricket for England.

By Cricbuzz Staff
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