Eknath Solkar

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Eknath Solkar was an Indian cricketer renowned for his exceptional close-in fielding and valuable all-round contributions to the national team in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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instanceOf Indian Test cricketer
cricketer
human
battingPosition lower middle order
battingStyle left-handed
birthDate 1948-03-18
birthPlace Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
bowlingStyle right-arm medium
bowlingSupportFor India’s spin quartet
bowlingType medium pace
contributedTo India’s first Test series win in England
India’s first Test series win in West Indies
country India
deathDate 2005-06-26
deathPlace Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
linked to: Mumbai
domesticTeam Bombay cricket team
linked to: Mumbai cricket team

Railways cricket team
fieldingPosition forward short leg
silly point
fieldingSpecialty close-in fielding
fullName Eknath Dhondu Solkar
knownFor all-round contributions for India in the late 1960s and 1970s
exceptional close-in catching
lastTestAgainst West Indies
lastTestFor India
nationality Indian
notableSeries India tour of England 1971
India tour of West Indies 1970–71
odiDebutAgainst England
odiDebutFor India
parentOccupation groundsman at Hindu Gymkhana, Bombay
playedEra 1970s
late 1960s
playedFormat One Day International cricket
Test cricket
rememberedAs one of the finest close-in fielders in cricket history
role all-rounder
sport cricket
team India national cricket team
teammateOf Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bishan Singh Bedi
Erapalli Prasanna
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Sunil Gavaskar
testCapNumber 120
testDebutAgainst New Zealand
testDebutDate 1969-03-02
testDebutFor India
tookCatchesInTests over 50

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Mumbai cricket team hasProducedPlayer Eknath Solkar