Anil Dalpat
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Anil Dalpat Pakistan (Pak) |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
Bowling type | - | |
Tests | ODIs | |
Matches | 9 | 15 |
Runs scored | 167 | 87 |
Batting average | 15.18 | 12.42 |
100s/50s | -/1 | -/- |
Top score | 52 | 37 |
Balls bowled | - | - |
Wickets | - | - |
Bowling average | - | - |
5 wickets in innings | - | - |
10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
Best bowling | - | - |
Catches/stumpings | 22/3 | 13/2 |
As of 4 February 2006 |
Anil Dalpat (Urdu: انیل دلپت) was the first Hindu ever to play Test cricket for Pakistan. Dalpat was a lower-order batsman and wicket keeper, and represented Pakistan for a brief interval in the early 1980s, when Wasim Bari was injured. Dalpat has had a wider first-class cricket experience and career, and is the uncle of Danish Kaneria, Pakistan's mainstay spin bowler and only the second Hindu to play for Muslim Pakistan. He lives in the metropolis of Karachi, and is of Marwari heritage.