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Colonel Hemchandra "Hemu" Ramachandra Adhikari pronunciation ⓘ (31 July 1919 – 25 October 2003) was an Indian cricketer, representing his country both as a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades.
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Hemchandra 'Hemu' Adhikari was, in some ways, the nearly man of Indian cricket. He was nearly a leading batsman, he was nearly the best No. 7 batsman India produced (he also batted at No. 3), he...
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- August 31, 1919
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Oct 25, 2003 · Career Information. Test debut. vs Australia at The Gabba, Nov 28, 1947. Last Test. vs West Indies at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Feb 06, 1959. Read about Hemu Adhikari's career details on...
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- Early days: Adhikari was born on July 31, 1919 in Pune, Maharashtra. He began his sporting career as a teenager at the age of 17, playing for Gujarat against Western India in the Ranji Trophy season 1936-37.
- World War II: By the time the World War II broke, Adhikari had already established himself as a leading cricketer. But the outbreak of war and his role in the Indian armed forces brought interruption in his career and delayed his arrival onto the international scene.
- Defining moment: In the 1945-46 Ranji season, Adhikari was in a tremendous form and scored 555 runs at a majestic average of 69.37. Playing for Baroda, he took his team through to the Ranji Trophy final which they lost to Holkar (now known as Madhya Pradesh cricket team).
- Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: Though Adhikari’s maiden tour with the Indian team was an ordinary one (156 runs at 17.33 in five Tests), he did enough to impress the selectors with his fearlessness batting against quality pace.
Apr 15, 2004 · Hemu Adhikari played in 21 Tests for India, bringing a military man's stay-at-your-post sense of duty to Indian cricket of the late 1940s and 1950s when the national team was...
Oct 1, 2000 · During his visit to Chennai to receive the sixth CK Nayudu award instituted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Lt.Col Hemu Adhikari spoke to CricInfo on his long and illustrious...
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Jul 31, 2013 · Lieutenant-Colonel Hemchandra Ramachandra “Hemu” Adhikari was perhaps the first man to introduce the concept of quality ground-fielding in Indian cricket.
