Profile
Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj

Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj

Born: 30 December 1948, Kanpur
Major Teams: Punjab, Delhi, Gujarat, India.
Known As: Surinder Amarnath
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
 
 

Profile:

Given the brilliant start to his Test career, and the promise he held out, Surinder Amarnath's overall figures may be disappointing. But it must be said that he was given a raw deal by the selectors. As the one classy left hander in the side during his time, he should have been persevered with. Starting out as a schoolboy prodigy - he made his Ranji debut when only 15 and made his mark first on the 1967 Indian schoolboys tour of England - Surinder continued to live up to this early potential by scoring a century on debut in an unofficial `Test' against Sri Lanka in 1975-76 and followed this up a few months later with a century on Test debut in New Zealand. 

An aggressive left hander, Surinder could be bit flashy but when in full flow, he was a treat to watch and could decimate even the best of attacks. He headed the averages in the two Tests he played against England in 1976-77, scoring two half centuries in four innings but he was unfortunate to sustain an injury early on the tour of Australia in 1977-78 and had to return home. However he did reasonably well on the tour of Pakistan in 1978-79 but was not considered again. This, despite getting 235 not out for Delhi against Rest of India in 1980-81 following which there was a clamour for his inclusion in the team that went to Australia that season. A prolific run getter in domestic cricket, Surinder scored 4206 runs (41.24) in the Ranji Trophy
 

Test Debut: India v New Zealand at Auckland, 1st Test, 1975/76
Last Test: India v Pakistan at Karachi, 3rd Test, 1978/79

ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Quetta, 1st ODI, 1978/79
Last ODI: India v Pakistan at Sahiwal, 3rd ODI, 1978/79
 
 

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   10   18   0   550  124   30.55   1   3    4   0

                       O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                1.5    0     5    1   5.00  1-5    0  0  11.0  2.72

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    3    3   0   100   62   33.33   0   1    1   0

                       O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                -      -     -    -    -     -     -  -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1963/64 - 1985/86)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  145  230  28  8175  235*  40.47  16  47   47   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling              260    4  65.00  1-5     0   0

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1973/74 - 1983/84)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   20   20   4   582  102*  36.37   1   3    3   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

 
 
Back

 
Welcome to
Rajesh Chopra's
Guest Book 
and comments Please

 
Thia Site is sponsored by
live India
Copyright © 1998-2001 Live India Internet Services! All rights reserved

Legal Information
All rights reserved. No part of this publication and other sites of under liveindia.com 
may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior permission 
from the publisher Live India Internet Services or Rajesh Chopra, 433, Kohat, Pitampura Delhi-110034.India.
e mail: rajesh@liveindia.com