Anshuman Gaekwad

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Anshuman Gaekwad
India
Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	40	15
Runs scored	1985	269
Batting average	30.07	20.69
100s/50s	2/10	0/1
Top score	201	78
Overs	55.4	8
Wickets	2	1
Bowling average	93.50	39.00
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	1/4	1/39
Catches/stumpings	15c	6c
As of 31 December 2006 Source: [1]

Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad pronunciation (help·info) (born September 23, 1952) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team in 40 Test matches and 15 one-day internationals before later becoming its coach.

Gaekwad Anshuman was known for his defensive mindset against pace bowlers (nicknamed the great wall), which became a high priority when the West Indian pace bowlers dominated world cricket. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Kolkata on December 27, 1974 and his last appearance in a Test match was against England at Kolkata itself on the last day of 1984. Being a right-handed batsman, Gaekwad scored 1985 runs from 40 Tests at an average of 30.07 with 2 centuries and 10 half centuries to his credit. He scored his highest(201)in Test matches against Pakistan at Jalandhar in 1982-93. This innings, where he spent 671 minutes, an example of his patient style and concentration as a batsman.

v • d • e India squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Venkataraghavan (c) • 2 Solkar • 3 Gaekwad • 4 Ghavri • 5 Patel • 6 Viswanath • 7 Gavaskar • 8 Engineer (wk) • 9 Abid Ali • 10 Amarnath • 11 Madan Lal • 12 Bedi

v • d • e India squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup 1 Venkataraghavan (c) • 2 Gavaskar • 3 Amarnath • 4 Viswanath • 5 Vengsarkar • 6 Gaekwad • 7 Ghavri • 8 Kapil • 9 Brijesh • 10 Surinder (wk) • 11 Bedi • 12 Reddy • 13 Yashpal

v • d • e India squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Azharuddin (c) • 2 Tendulkar • 3 Ganguly • 4 Dravid • 5 Jadeja • 6 Khurasiya • 7 Mongia (wk) • 8 Srinath • 9 Prasad • 10 Agarkar • 11 Robin Singh • 12 Chopra • 13 Kumble • 14 Mohanty • 15 Ramesh • Coach: Gaekwad

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