Kamraj Kesari (24 October 1922 – 26 March 1985) was an Indian cricketer who played 33 matches of first-class cricket for several teams in India from 1941 to 1959.
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| Full name | Kamraj P. Kesari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1922 Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1985 (aged 62) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A middle-order batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, Kesari took 7 for 55 and 2 for 41 for Gujarat when they lost by three runs to Western India in the Ranji Trophy in 1945–46.[1] He took 6 for 62 and scored 142, his only first-class century, for Central Provinces and Berar in a drawn match against Holkar in the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Western India v Gujarat 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Holkar v Central Provinces and Berar 1948-49". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
edit- Kamraj Kesari at ESPNcricinfo
- Kamraj Kesari at CricketArchive (subscription required)