Hall Of Fame - Lt.Col. Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari
Text Box: Full name Hemchandra Ramachandra Adhikari Born July 31, 1919, Pune, Maharashtra Died Oct 25, 2003, Mumbai Major teams Baroda, India, Services Batting style Right-hand Bowling style Legbreak Text Box: Under average height, Hemu Adhikari was a neat, attractive right-handed batsman with a sound defence especially good in a crisis; an occasional leg-break bowler and a brilliant cover and close-in fielder. He tour Australia in 1947-48 and England in 1952 as vice captain and at home played against West Indies in 1948-49 and once as captain in 1958-59, against England in 1951-52, Pakistan in 1952-53 and against Australia in 1956-57; but his duties as an officer in the Indian Army often prevented him appearing regularly. He achieved little in Tests in his two tours, but scored 114 not out against West Indies at New Delhi in his first Test in India and against England in the fourth Test at Kanpur in 1951-52, he helped to save off an innings defeat with 60 in a total of 157. When Pakistan played India for the first time in official Tests in 1952-53, he hit 81 not out at number eight in the first Test, adding a record 109 in 80 minutes with Ghulam Ahmed for the last wicket. In his last Test against West Indies at New Delhi in 1958-59, when skipper, he scored 63 and 40, sharing a century partnership in each innings with Chandu Borde, besides taking 3 for 68 and steering India clear defeat. His career highest was 230 not out for the Services against Rajputana in 1951-52. He was in the National Selection Committee from 1960-61 to 1967-68, and manager for the 1971 and 1974 England tours Text Box: Game Profile Text Box: Player Profile Text Box: Batting and fielding averages Text Box: Bowling averages Rounded Rectangle: Quick Links

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