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Full name Madhav Krishnaji Mantri
Born September 1, 1921, Nasik, Maharashtra
Current age 87 years 37 days
Major teams India,Maharashtra,Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relations Nephew - SM Gavaskar
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
8
1
67
39
9.57
0
0
0
8
1
First-class
95
141
11
4403
200
33.86
7
26
136
56
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
95
187
121
3
2/38
40.33
3.88
62.3
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Mumbai (BS), Dec 14-19, 1951 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v India at Dhaka, Jan 1-4, 1955 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1941/42 - 1967/68
Profile
A capable opening bat and safe wicketkeeper, Madhav Mantri could not quite establish himself in the Indian team in the fifties because of the presence of better candidates in both fields. He toured England in 1952 and Pakistan in 1954-55. In England he scored 550 runs (22.91) on the tour and had 39 dismissals. In his first Test, he scored 39 putting on 75 runs for the first wicket with Pankaj Roy. His best match as wicketkeeper was when he caught three and stumped in the England first first innings at Lord's in 1952.
But if his record for India was modest, Mantri was consistency personified in the Ranji Trophy. He scored 2787 runs (50.67) in the national competition during a first class career that stretched over 25 years. His highest score was 200 for Bombay against Maharashtra in 1948-49, the third of three centuries in successive matches. In first class cricket he had 193 dismissals, 137 of them caught. He is the uncle of Sunil Gavaskar.
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