Vijay Mehra (Emirati cricketer)
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Born | New York City, United States | 17 October 1963||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 15 August 2022 |
Vijay Mehra (born 17 October 1963), is an American former cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricket team. He played six One Day Internationals for the UAE. Mehra was a wicket-keeper and batsmen. He is the great-nephew of the Delhi cricketer and administrator Ram Prakash.
He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi[1] and St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
During the 1996 limited over cricket World Cup, he was described as the "Sachin Tendulkar of UAE cricket". Indeed, his debut innings was a stroke-filled 43 against an Indian side that featured Tendulkar.
References
[edit]- ^ Santhanam, S. (20 July 1998). "The best colts have come from this stable". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers
- American sportspeople of Indian descent
- Cricketers from New York City
- American cricketers
- St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni
- St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
- Emirati cricket biography stubs