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IND Women vs AUS Women (1)

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Full Name

Babaji Palwankar Baloo

Born

March 19, 1876, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Died

July 04, 1955, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, (aged 79y 107d)

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

TEAMS

Palwankar Baloo Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	Ct	St
FC	33	58	3	753	75	13.69	0	12	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5w	10w
FC	33	2724	179	8/103	15.21	17	4

Recent Matches of Palwankar Baloo

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Hindus vs Euro (India)	2 & 26	2/43 & 0/12	13-Sep-1915	Poona	FC
Hindus vs Parsees	6	0/12	06-Sep-1915	Poona	FC

Debut/Last Matches of Palwankar Baloo

FC Matches

Span

1905/06 - 1920/21

News and Features about Palwankar Baloo

Cricket in the age of Empire

Cricket in the age of Empire

History, geography, princes and politics meet in Prashant Kidambi's book on the first Indian team's tour to Britain

06-Sep-2019•Sharda Ugra

A cricket history of India

A cricket history of India

A work on the grand scale - ambitious, provocative, timely, and full of learning worn lightly

17-May-2008•Gideon Haigh

Short-sighted tradition

Short-sighted tradition

Guileful slow bowling and attractive shotmaking have been the leitmotifs of Indian cricket since the halcyon days of Palwankar Baloo and CK Nayudu, but there have been times when the adherence to tradition has prevented the national side from

20-Nov-2004•Analysis by Dileep Premachandran

Photos of Palwankar Baloo

Motley crew: the All India cricket team that toured England in 1911. Palwankar Baloo is seated on the ground

Palwankar Baloo