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Subhashchandra Pandharinath " Fergie " Gupte (Marathi: सुभाष गुप्ते) (pronunciation ⓘ; 11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest spin bowlers. Sir Garry Sobers, EAS Prasanna and Jim Laker pronounced him the best leg spinner they had seen. [1][2] Gupte flighted and spun the ball sharply, and ...
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Subhash Gupte. In his time, the best of his type in the game, Subash Gupte was a world-class leg break-googly bowler. Of slight build, he was a big spinner of the ball, but his line and length ...
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- January 11, 1930
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- The best spinner Sir Garry Sobers has seen. When asked to pick his all time Test XI, Sir Gary Sobers put Gupte above legendary spinner Shane Warne, pronouncing the Indian spinner as the best he had seen.
- First Indian to take 10 wickets in an innings in first class cricket. In 1954-55, playing for Bombay, Gupte scalped all the 10 wickets of Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI.
- 50 wickets in West Indies. On his very first tour to the West Indies in 1953, the spinner managed to stun batsmen of high repute. Bowling on the rock hard pitches tailor-made for batting, Gupte grabbed 50 first-class wickets at an average of 23.63, which included 27 Test wickets.
- Nicknamed “Fergie” It was on this tour that he earned his nickname “Fergie”, after the West Indian spinner Wilfred Ferguson.
May 31, 2002 · Subhash Gupte India. Personal Information. Born. Dec 11, 1929 . Death. May 31, 2002 (72 years) Birth Place. Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra . ... Subhashchandra Pandharinath \"Fergie\" Gupte, was ...
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- First-Class debut in Bombay Festival Tournament. Gupte made his First-Class debut for the Maneck Engineer’s XI against Madhav Mantri’s XI in the Bombay Festival Tournament 1947-48.
- Fergie’ Gupte. Gupte was given the nickname of ‘Fergie’ while on tour to the West Indies in 1952-53. He was named after the West Indian leggie Wilfred Ferguson.
- First Indian to take 10 wickets in an innings in First-Class cricket. In 1954-55, Gupte recorded a spell of 10 for 78 for Bombay in a game against Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI.
- Missing out on 10 in a Test match. During the second Test between India and West Indies in Kanpur in 1958, Gupte recorded a spell of nine for 102 as the tourists were bowled out for 222 in the first innings.
5 days ago · Subhash Gupte is taking leg-Spin to its Pinnacle Subhash Gupte India’s best spin bowlers bowled flighted leg-breaks and googlies to take 149 wickets in 36 Test matches at an average of 29.55 Even in a land that has produced the most fascinating variety of spin bowlers in the history of game, Subhash Gupte stands out.
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May 31, 2002 · Baloo Gupte, Subhash's younger brother, was a leg-spinner himself, although not nearly as skilled as his older brother. Speaking to CricInfo, Baloo Gupte said, "Subhash was a great leg-spinner ...
