Naoomal Jeoomal
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| Full name | Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 April 1904 Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India |
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| Died | 28 July 1980 (aged 76) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg-break bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 5) | 25 June 1932 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 February 1934 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija 
pronunciation (17 April 1904, Karachi – 28 July 1980, Bombay) was India's first opening batsman in Test cricket.
Naoomal Jeoomal scored 33 and 25 opening India's innings in their first ever Test at Lord's in 1932. He also shared stands of 39 and 41 with his opening partner Janardan Navle in the two innings. Naoomal was a diminutive, defensive batsman whose strong point was the cut. He made 1,297 runs in the tour, playing in all the 26 first class matches, a decent performance considering that he had played only on matting wickets till then. Wisden even commented on Jeoomal's fielding abilities.
When England returned the visit in 1933–34, Jeoomal missed the first Test. He scored 2 and 43 at Calcutta, but in Madras, he was hit on the face by Nobby Clark. The ball left a half-inch cut across the left eye. The injury ended his innings and he did not play another Test. In his first match in the Ranji Trophy, for Sind against Western India in 1934–35, he scored 63 and 53, despite being hit by Amar Singh and Ladha Ramji, and took 5/78 and 3/52 in bowling. He played in the Sind Pentangular matches from 1922 till 1946, scoring 1,993 runs (average 47) with six hundreds.
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