Full name Chetandra Pratap Singh Chauhan
Born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 70 years 279 days
Major teams India, Delhi, Maharashtra
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Nephew - Pururaj Singh
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
40 | 68 | 2 | 2084 | 97 | 31.57 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
ODIs ![]() |
7 | 7 | 0 | 153 | 46 | 21.85 | 301 | 50.83 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
First-class | 179 | 299 | 22 | 11143 | 207 | 40.22 | 21 | 59 | 189 | 0 | |||
List A | 26 | 26 | 1 | 617 | 90 | 24.68 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
40 | 10 | 174 | 106 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 53.00 | 3.65 | 87.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 179 | 3554 | 1741 | 51 | 6/26 | 34.13 | 2.93 | 69.6 | 1 | 0 | |||
List A | 26 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 26.00 | 4.33 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | India v New Zealand at Mumbai (BS), Sep 25-30, 1969 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 13-18, 1981 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Pakistan v India at Quetta, Oct 1, 1978 scorecard |
Last ODI | New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Feb 15, 1981 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1967/68 - 1984/85 |
List A span | 1974/75 - 1982/83 |
One of the most courageous opening batsmen in Indian cricket, Chetan Chauhan will be chiefly remembered as Sunil Gavaskar's partner in numerous Tests in the 70s and early 80s. The pair is the most successful Indian opening pair with ten century partnerships. Chauhan had technical limitations and his strokeplay was not exactly fluent. But no one could question his courage, his defence and his ability to get behind the line of the ball. He was always a difficult batsman to dislodge and his patience and dogged qualities stood India in very good stead in 40 Tests in the period 1969 to 1981. He made his debut as a 22-year-old against New Zealand at Mumbai and also played against Australia the same season. He was recalled for two Tests against England in 1972-73 but his most prolific period began when he was chosen for the tour of Australia in 1977-78.