Ajit Wadekar
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Ajit Wadekar was a former Indian cricket captain and stylish left-handed batsman who led India to historic Test series victories in the West Indies and England in 1971.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ajit Wadekar canonical | 2 |
| Ajit Laxman Wadekar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5737612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajit Wadekar Context triple: [Mumbai cricket team, hasProducedPlayer, Ajit Wadekar]
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A.
Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and elegant right-handed batsman who was one of the mainstays of India’s batting lineup in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and fast bowler known for his impactful performances in both One Day Internationals and Tests, as well as his later role as a national selector.
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C.
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli is a former Indian cricketer known for his prolific batting in the early 1990s, including two double centuries in Test cricket.
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D.
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was a renowned Indian playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, celebrated for his powerful and socially critical Marathi plays.
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E.
Suresh Tendulkar
Suresh Tendulkar was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and economic policy, and for chairing the committee that introduced a widely used methodology for estimating poverty in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ajit Wadekar Target entity description: Ajit Wadekar was a former Indian cricket captain and stylish left-handed batsman who led India to historic Test series victories in the West Indies and England in 1971.
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A.
Dilip Vengsarkar
Dilip Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and elegant right-handed batsman who was one of the mainstays of India’s batting lineup in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and fast bowler known for his impactful performances in both One Day Internationals and Tests, as well as his later role as a national selector.
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C.
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli is a former Indian cricketer known for his prolific batting in the early 1990s, including two double centuries in Test cricket.
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D.
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was a renowned Indian playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, celebrated for his powerful and socially critical Marathi plays.
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E.
Suresh Tendulkar
Suresh Tendulkar was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and economic policy, and for chairing the committee that introduced a widely used methodology for estimating poverty in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian cricketer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Arjuna Award
ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ |
| battingPosition | top-order batsman ⓘ |
| battingStyle | left-handed ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1941-04-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bombay, British India
ⓘ
linked to:
Mumbai
|
| captaincyPeriodApprox | early 1970s ⓘ |
| captained | India national cricket team ⓘ |
| captainedFormat |
One Day International cricket
ⓘ
Test cricket ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2018-08-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ⓘ
linked to:
Mumbai
|
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| familyName | Wadekar ⓘ |
| formatPlayed |
One Day International cricket
ⓘ
linked to:
One Day International
Test cricket ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ajit Laxman Wadekar
ⓘ
linked to:
Ajit Wadekar
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ajit ⓘ |
| knownFor | stylish left-handed batting ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Marathi
ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
|
| ledToSeriesWin |
India Test series win in England 1971
ⓘ
India Test series win in West Indies 1971 ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first Indian captain to win Test series in England
ⓘ
first Indian captain to win Test series in West Indies ⓘ |
| occupation |
cricket administrator
ⓘ
cricket coach ⓘ cricketer ⓘ |
| ODIDebutFor | India ⓘ |
| playedForDomesticTeam |
Bombay cricket team
ⓘ
linked to:
Mumbai cricket team
|
| playedForTeam | India national cricket team ⓘ |
| regionAssociated | Mumbai ⓘ |
| representedState | Maharashtra ⓘ |
| role | batsman ⓘ |
| servedAs |
chairman of selectors for India
ⓘ
coach of India national cricket team ⓘ manager of India national cricket team ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| teamRole | captain ⓘ |
| TestDebutFor | India ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ajit Wadekar Description of subject: Ajit Wadekar was a former Indian cricket captain and stylish left-handed batsman who led India to historic Test series victories in the West Indies and England in 1971.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ajit Wadekar