Anil Dalpat
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Full name | Anil Dalpat Sonavaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | 20 September 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Danish Kaneria (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 98) | 2 March 1984 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 9 February 1985 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 47) | 26 March 1984 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 27 October 1986 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006 |
Anil Dalpat Sonavaria (born 20 September 1963) is a Pakistani former cricketer and coach. He was a lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, and represented Pakistan for a brief interval in the early 1980s, when Wasim Bari was injured. He was the first Hindu ever to play Test cricket for Pakistan.
Early life and family
[edit]Anil Dalpat was born in Karachi, Pakistan on 20 September 1963 to Dalpat Sonavaria, who was a club cricketer and head of the Pak Hindus Club.[1] He is a first cousin of Danish Kaneria.[1][2] He lives in the metropolis of Karachi, and is of Rajasthani heritage originally belongs to Jodhpur.The first Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan, Anil Dalpat was one of several wicketkeepers given a chance after the retirement of Wasim Bari.
Career
[edit]On his debut, against England at Karachi in 1983–84, Dalpat kept well to the spin of Abdul Qadir as Pakistan won by three wickets. In his nine Tests, he made 25 dismissals and a highest score of 52 against New Zealand at Karachi in 1984–85.[1][3]
After his retirement, Dalpat became a coach in Canada and later became a businessman.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan's Test Cricket – Part 5". The News International.
- ^ Shukla, Jyoti (9 December 2000). "Pakistan's secret weapon". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Anil blames Imran for destroying his career". DAWN.COM. 8 August 2002.
- ^ "Non-Muslims to play international cricket for Pakistan". The News. Pakistan. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Pakistan One Day International cricketers
- Pakistan Test cricketers
- Karachi cricketers
- Pakistan International Airlines cricketers
- Pakistani Hindus
- Pakistani cricketers
- Cricketers from Karachi
- Pakistan International Airlines B cricketers
- Karachi Blues cricketers
- Karachi Whites cricketers
- Pakistani people of Rajasthani descent
- Pakistani emigrants to Canada
- Wicket-keepers
- Sindhi Hindus
- Pakistani cricket biography, 1960s birth stubs