Anshuman Gaekwad

Cricket information

Batting style

Right-handed batsman (RHB)

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

Role

Batsman, Coach

Career statistics

Competition	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
Balls bowled	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		1/39
Catches/stumpings	15c	6c

Source: , 31 December 2006

Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad pronunciation (born 23 September 1952) is a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. He played in 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals.

Gaekwad was known for his defensive mindset against pace bowlers, which became a high priority when the West Indian pace bowlers dominated world cricket. He was nicknamed The Great Wall. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at Kolkata on 27 December 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 Test score of 201 against Pakistan at Jalandhar in 1982–83. This innings, where he spent 671 minutes, is an example for his patient style and concentration.

Anshuman Gaekwad worked for GSFC (Vadodara) after retiring from Cricket and got took early retirement in 2000. He is currently based in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Preceded by Madan Lal	Indian National Cricket Coach October 1997 – September 1999	Succeeded by Kapil Dev
Preceded by Kapil Dev	Indian National Cricket Coach August 2000 – October 2000	Succeeded by John Wright

References

External links

India national cricket team coaches

Ajit Wadekar (1992-96) Sandeep Patil (1996-96) Madan Lal (1996-97) Anshuman Gaekwad (1997-99) Kapil Dev (1999-2000) John Wright (2000-05) Greg Chappell (2005-07) Gary Kirsten (2007-11) Duncan Fletcher (2011-15) Sanjay Bangar (2016) Anil Kumble (2016-present)

India squads

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

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

India squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup

1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Ganguly 3 Jadeja 4 Ramesh 5 Dravid 6 Robin Singh 7 Agarkar 8 Kumble 9 Mongia (wk) 10 Tendulkar 11 Prasad 12 Chopra 13 Mohanty 14 Srinath 15 Khurasiya Coach: Gaekwad

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