Full Name

Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar

Born

January 01, 1909, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Died

March 30, 1949, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, (aged 40y 88d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

RELATIONS

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HINDLEKAR, D. D., one of the best wicket-keepers ever produced by India, died at Bombay on March 30, aged 40. He was one of the small band of cricketers who opened an innings and went in last in separate Test Matches. Hindlekar toured England in 1936 and 1946 and altogether played in four Test Matches. At Manchester in the Second Test in 1946 he and Sohoni, the last pair, stayed together for the last thirteen minutes of the match and warded off defeat. During the 1936 tour he opened the innings in the First Test at Lord's, but subsequently chipped a bone in a finger and also was troubled by blurred vision. Ten years later a strained back kept him out of several matches.

His choice for the 1946 visit to England was unexpected, for he was then 37, but such was his form in the Bombay Pentangular final of 1945-46 that he could not be overlooked. Never spectacular, but always sound, both behind the stumps and when batting, Hindlekar was a cheerful personality and an extremely popular member of the touring parties.
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Dattaram Hindlekar Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests472712614.2000030
FC961518243913517.0519-12859

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests4------------
FC96-000-----000
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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Dattaram Hindlekar

FC Matches

Span
1934/35 - 1946/47

Recent Matches of Dattaram Hindlekar

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Indians vs HDG LG XI12* & 22c/0s07-Sep-1946ScarboroughFC
Indians vs South120c/0s & 1c/1s04-Sep-1946HastingsFC
Indians vs Middlesex--1c/1s & 1c/0s31-Aug-1946Lord'sFC
Indians vs Kent--0c/0s28-Aug-1946CanterburyFC
Indians vs Essex10 & 19*2c/0s & 0c/1s24-Aug-1946Southend-on-SeaFC

Photos of Dattaram Hindlekar

Dattaram Hindlekar
The 1946 Indian touring squad
Vijay Merchant bats in the indoor nets of the Alan Fairfax Cricket School as his team-mates look on