D. B. Deodhar

Dinkar Balwant Deodhar
Born (1892-01-14)14 January 1892
Pune, British India
Died 24 August 1993(1993-08-24) (aged 101)
Pune, India
Nationality India India
Occupation Cricketer

Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.

Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor at S.P. College in Pune.

Popularly known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket, he was an aggressive right-hand batsman and also a bowler known for his leg-breaks. He captained Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy matches from 1939 to 1941. In his first-class career, he played 81 matches, scoring 4522 runs at an average of 39.32 with a highest score of 246.

He was Vice President of the BCCI, the President of the Maharashtra Cricket Association, and also a national selector. The Deodhar Trophy, a limited overs inter-zonal cricket tournament played in India since 1973, is named after him. In 1996, India Post issued a commemorative stamp in his honor. A statue of D.B. Deodhar was unveiled at Pune's Sahara cricket stadium in 2012.

Like Bill Ashdown, he is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the First World War and after the Second World War, having played in the Bombay Triangular in 1911 and the Ranji Trophy in 1946.

He was awarded the Padma Shri award in 1965 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991 by the Indian Government.[1] He is the only Indian first-class cricketer known to have lived to 100.

India's former National Badminton Champions Tara Deodhar, Sunder Deodhar, and Suman Deodhar are his daughters.

References

  1. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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