Farokh Engineer
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| Full name | Farokh Maneksha Engineer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 February 1938 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 102) | 1 December 1961 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 23 January 1975 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 3) | 13 July 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 June 1975 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 August 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farokh Maneksha Engineer 
Early life
Engineer is from a Parsi family.[1] He studied at Podar College, Matunga. He can speak Gujarati.[2]
Cricket career
His active international career started in 1961 and continued to 1975, and he was India's first-choice wicket-keeper for most of that period, keeping wicket for the spin quartet of Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Venkataraghavan. He was also a highly useful, stylish and very aggressive batsman, scoring two Test centuries.
He was the wicketkeeper for the "Rest of the World" team that played matches against England in 1970 and against Australia in 1971-72. He played for Lancashire in the match against Derbyshire at Park Road, Buxton in June 1975 in which play was famously stopped due to snow. Following in the footsteps of Keith Miller and Denis Compton, Engineer was the first Indian cricketer to endorse Brylcreem and was known as a 'Brylcreem Boy'.
He was Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1965, and he was awarded the Padma Shri in 1973.[3]
He is currently a match referee in the Indian Premier League.
International awards
One Day International Cricket
Man of the Match awards
| No. | Opponent | Venue | Date | Match Performance | Result |
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| 1
2 |
East Africa
CEAT's life time achievement award |
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 11 June 1975
2018 |
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References
- ↑ Shiamak Unwalla (30 July 2015). "12 Parsis who played Test cricket for India". Cricket Country.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame: Farokh Engineer". Parsi Khabar. November 3, 2006.
- ↑ http://dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Name=engineer
- ↑ "1975 Prudential World Cup - 6th Match - East Africa v India - Leeds".
- Farokh Engineer at ESPNcricinfo
- Farokh Engineer at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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