Full name Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj
Born December 30, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 69 years 114 days
Major teams India, Delhi, Gujarat, Punjab
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relation Father - L Amarnath, Brother - M Amarnath, Brother - R Amarnath, Son - D Amarnath
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
10 | 18 | 0 | 550 | 124 | 30.55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
ODIs ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 62 | 33.33 | 119 | 84.03 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
First-class | 145 | 230 | 28 | 8175 | 235* | 40.47 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 0 | |||
List A | 20 | 20 | 4 | 582 | 102* | 36.37 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 5.00 | 2.72 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 145 | 437 | 260 | 4 | 1/5 | 65.00 | 3.56 | 109.2 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | New Zealand v India at Auckland, Jan 24-28, 1976 scorecard |
Last Test | Pakistan v India at Karachi, Nov 14-19, 1978 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Pakistan v India at Quetta, Oct 1, 1978 scorecard |
Last ODI | Pakistan v India at Sahiwal, Nov 3, 1978 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1963/64 - 1985/86 |
List A span | 1973/74 - 1983/84 |
Given the brilliant start to his Test career, and the promise he held out, Surinder Amarnath's overall figures may be disappointing. But he was given a raw deal by the selectors. As the one classy left-hander in the side at the time, he could have been persevered with. Starting out as a schoolboy prodigy - his Ranji debut came when he was only 15 and made his mark first on the 1967 Indian schoolboys tour of England - Surinder continued to live up to this early potential by scoring a century on debut in an unofficial Test against Sri Lanka in 1975-76 and followed this up a few months later with a century on Test debut in New Zealand.