Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad, known as Datta Gaekwad, was an Indian cricketer.
14 Facts About Datta Gaekwad
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Datta Gaekwad captained the Indian team on the 1959 tour.
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Datta Gaekwad played his early cricket for Bombay University and the Maharaja Sayaji University in Baroda.
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Datta Gaekwad made his Test debut in the first Test of 1952 tour of England, in Leeds.
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Datta Gaekwad opened the innings for India despite never having done so before the tour.
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Datta Gaekwad was one among four victims dismissed for no score in the second innings of the Test.
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Datta Gaekwad scored 218 against the defending champions Bombay during the course of the season.
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India had had four captains in the series against West Indies, and with Hemu Adhikari, the captain in the Fifth Test, being unavailable, Datta Gaekwad was appointed to lead the Indian team on the tour of England in 1959.
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Datta Gaekwad still played in 23 of the 33 first-class matches and was one of the team's leading scorers, with 1174 runs at an average of 34.52.
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Datta Gaekwad played in four of the five Tests, but scored only 128 runs at an average of 16.00.
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India lost all five Tests, and Datta Gaekwad appeared in only one more Test.
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Datta Gaekwad was the father of the Indian opener Anshuman Datta Gaekwad.
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Datta Gaekwad was distantly related to the Baroda royal family and served as the Deputy comptroller to the Baroda state.
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Datta Gaekwad died in Baroda, Gujarat on 13 February 2024, at the age of 95.