Gulabrai Ramchand
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| Full name | Gulabrai Sipahimalani Ramchand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 July 1927 Karachi, Sind, British India |
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| Died | 8 September 2003 (aged 76) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 5 June 1952 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 23 January 1960 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945/46–1946/47 | Sind | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948/49–1962/63 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956/57 | Rajasthan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gulabrai Sipahimalani "Ram" Ramchand 
pronunciation (26 July 1927 – 8 September 2003) was an Indian cricketer who played for the national team in 33 Test matches between 1952 and 1960. In his only series as captain, he led India to its first win against Australia. According to Wisden Asia, he was one of the first cricketers to have endorsed commercial brands.
Ramchand was born on 26 July 1927 in Karachi, British India (now in Pakistan) into a Sindhi family. He began his cricket career playing for Sind, and, after the Partition of India, settled in Bombay.
Ramchand made his first-class debut for Sind against Maharashtra in the 1945–46 Ranji Trophy. He represented Sind in two more first-class matches, before making the switch to Bombay at the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy. In the Ranji final that season, he scored a pair of fifties (55 not out and 80 not out), batting at number 10, as Bombay registered a win.
Ramchand was part of the Bombay team in five more Ranji wins, scoring a hundred in all five finals. He scored 149 in the 1951–52 final against Holkar, 106 in the 1959–60 final against Mysore, 118 in the 1960–61 final against Rajasthan, 100 in the 1961–62 final against Rajasthan, and 102 not out in the 1962–63 final against Rajasthan.
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