Chandrakant Patankar

Indian cricketer

Chandrakant Patankar

Personal information

Full name|

Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar

Born|  (1930-11-24) 24 November 1930 (age 93)
Pen, British India (now in Maharashtra, India)
Height| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting| Right-handed
Role| Wicket-keeper
International information
National side|

* India

Only Test (cap 82)| 28 December 1955 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1949–50 to 1965–66| Bombay
1966–67| Maharashtra
Career statistics
| Competition | Tests | First-class

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Matches | 1 | 26
Runs scored | 14 | 503
Batting average | 14.00 | 15.71
100s/50s | 0/0 | 1/0
Top score | 13 | 100
Catches/stumpings | 3/1 | 38/20

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2021

Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar pronunciationⓘ (born 24 November 1930) is an Indian former cricketer who played in one Test in 1955.[1]

## Life and career[edit]

Born in Pen in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, Patankar attended Bombay University, gaining an MSc.[2] He played first-class cricket for Bombay from 1950 to 1966, then had a season for Maharashtra in 1966–67.[1]

A wicket-keeper and lower-order right-handed batsman, Patankar replaced his Bombay wicketkeeping colleague Naren Tamhane, who was injured, for the fourth game of the five-match Test series against New Zealand in 1955–56, but lost his place when Tamhane replaced him for the final game of the series.[2][3] He played in Bombay's Ranji Trophy-winning teams in 1960–61 and 1965–66, but never played an uninterrupted season, Tamhane being the senior Bombay wicket-keeper for most of that period.[4] In the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Madras in 1953–54 he made five stumpings in Bombay's 379-run victory, then lost his place to Tamhane for the final.[5] He usually batted in the tail without making many runs, but when he opened the batting for the Maharana of Mewar's XI against the Associated Cement Company in the 1964–65 Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament he not only scored his only first-class fifty but went on to score 100.[6]

Patankar worked for the Indian companies BEST, Killick Indus and Laxmi Vishnu.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Chandrakant Patankar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
2. ^ a b c Mukherjee, Abhishek. "Chandrakant 'Chandu' Patankar: A gloveman lost amidst Bombay stalwarts". Cricket Country. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. ^ "Scorecard: India v New Zealand". CricketArchive. 28 December 1955. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Naren Tamhane". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
5. ^ "Ranji Trophy 1953–54". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
6. ^ "Associated Cement Company v Maharana of Mewar's XI 1964–65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Chandrakant Patankar at ESPNcricinfo

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