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Narendra Hirwani
India
Player profile
Full name Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born October 18, 1968, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh
Current age 39 years 355 days
Major teams India, Air India, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
17 |
22 |
12 |
54 |
17 |
5.40 |
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0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| ODIs |
18 |
7 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
2.00 |
29 |
27.58 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| First-class |
167 |
189 |
75 |
1179 |
59 |
10.34 |
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0 |
1 |
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49 |
0 |
| List A |
70 |
33 |
17 |
121 |
25 |
7.56 |
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0 |
0 |
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14 |
0 |
Bowling averages
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Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
17 |
28 |
4298 |
1987 |
66 |
8/61 |
16/136 |
30.10 |
2.77 |
65.1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| ODIs |
18 |
18 |
960 |
719 |
23 |
4/43 |
4/43 |
31.26 |
4.49 |
41.7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
167 |
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42890 |
19801 |
732 |
8/52 |
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27.05 |
2.77 |
58.5 |
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54 |
10 |
| List A |
70 |
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3561 |
2561 |
75 |
4/42 |
4/42 |
34.14 |
4.31 |
47.4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard |
| Last Test |
India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1996 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v West Indies at Gwalior, Jan 22, 1988 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 18, 1992 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1984/85 - 2005/06 |
| List A span |
1986/87 - 2000/01 |
Narendra Hirwani started as a legspinner in Test cricket before Shane Warne made leg-spin fashionable again. His Test career started with an almighty bang when, as a
bespectacled 19-year-old, he took 16 wickets on his debut, against West Indies at Madras in 1987-88. "He was aided, it must be stressed, by a deplorably under-prepared pitch," said Wisden's correspondent, Dicky Rutnagur. And though Hirwani took 20 further wickets in his next three Test appearances, his fortunes changed when he left the spin-friendly surfaces of India. The magic never quite returned, and the arrival of Anil Kumble sentenced him largely to domestic cricket. However, he was a stalwart on the domestic circuit, finishing with 723 wickets from 167 matches, over 400 of which came for his home state of Madhya Pradesh. In the 1996-97 season he played for Bengal, taking 29 wickets at 23.13. He retired in 2006, ending a 23-year first-class career, and was appointed to the national selection panel in 2008.
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Narendra Hirwani, Portrait, 1999
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Narendra Hirwani, Portrait, 2000
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Narendra Hirwani, Portrait
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