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Narendra Hirwani

Narendra Hirwani
Personal information
Full name Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born (1968-10-18) 18 October 1968 (age 48)
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg spin
Relations Mihir Hirwani (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 180) 11 January 1988 v West Indies
Last Test 1 December 1996 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 67) 22 January 1988 v West Indies
Last ODI 18 January 1992 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1984–2006 Madhya Pradesh
1996–1997 Bengal
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 17 18 167 70
Runs scored 54 8 1179 121
Batting average 5.40 2.00 10.34 7.56
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 17 4 59 25*
Balls bowled 4298 960 42890 3573
Wickets 66 23 732 75
Bowling average 30.10 31.26 27.05 34.14
5 wickets in innings 4 0 54 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 10 n/a
Best bowling 8/61 4/43 8/52 4/42
Catches/stumpings 5/– 2/– 48/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2008

Narendra Deepchand Hirwani About this sound pronunciation  (born 18 October 1968) is a leg spin bowler who played for India. He is mainly remembered for his success on his Test debut.

Hirwani came from a well-off family in Gorakhpur. His father owned a brick factory. Hirwani moved to Indore in his teenage where he stayed in a room near the ground under the guidance of the Madhya Pradesh cricketer Sanjay Jagdale.

Hirwani made his first class debut for Madhya Pradesh at the age of 16 and took five wickets on his debut. He did much better in the following seasons and took 23 wickets in an under-19 three Test series against Australia.

His big break came for India U-25 against the touring West Indians in 1987–88. He failed in the first innings but took all the six wickets to fall in the second. This got him selected to the Test team.

Hirwani's debut was in the final Test of the series at Madras. The wicket was underprepared. India won an important toss and made 382. Hirwani took three of the five West Indian wickets to fall on the second day. On the third morning, Hirwani clean-bowled Vivian Richards with a googly which the batsman failed to pick, and dismissed the remaining four batsmen to finish with 8 for 61. This made him only the fourth bowler to take eight wickets in an innings on debut.


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