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Baloo Gupte

Baloo Gupte
Personal information
Full name Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte
Born (1934-08-30)30 August 1934
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Died 5 July 2005(2005-07-05) (aged 70)
Mumbai, India
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Subhash Gupte (Brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 100) 13 January 1961 v Pakistan
Last Test 5 March 1965 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 3 99
Runs scored 28 587
Batting average 28.00 9.17
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 17* 35
Balls bowled 678 10379
Wickets 3 417
Bowling average 116.33 24.88
5 wickets in innings - 26
10 wickets in match - 5
Best bowling 1/54 9/55
Catches/stumpings -/- 21/-
Source: [1]

Balkrishna Pandharinath 'Baloo' Gupte About this sound pronunciation  (30 August 1934 – 5 July 2005) was an Indian cricketer. He was a leg-spinner.

Gupte was born in Bombay, India. He made his debut under Nari Contractor in 1960-61 against Pakistan led by Fazal Mahmood at the Corporation Stadium in Madras (now Chennai). He played three Tests for India between 1960–61 and 1964-65. His first class career spanned 1953-53 to 1967-68 playing for Bombay, Bengal and Railways. He died in Bombay on 5 July 2005, after a lengthy illness, aged 70.

He was the younger brother of Subhash Gupte, one of the finest spinners to play for India.


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