devang gandhi Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
devang gandhi is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Devang Jayant Gandhi
Born
September 06, 1971, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
Age
52 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 4 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | 7 | 3 | - | - |
Runs | 204 | 49 | - | - |
Avg | 34.0 | 16.33 | - | - |
SR | 37.43 | 50.52 | - | - |
HS | 88 | 30 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 0 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 2 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 27 | 8 | - | - |
6s | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 4 | 3 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Bengal
- Essex Cricket Board
- Kings XI Punjab
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He made his international debut in the first Test against New Zealand in Mohali in 1999. Even though he got out for a duck in the first innings, he cemented his place in the team by scoring 75 in the second essay and put on 137 runs for the opening wicket with Sadagoppan Ramesh. His good form continued in the second Test as well. He was the top scorer for India in the game, making 88 and 31 not out as India won the game by 8 wickets.
With India winning the series 1-0 and his average being close to 50 after three Tests, many started believing that Gandhi was destined to be a formidable opener. With the success he found during the New Zealand series, he was selected for India's tour of Australia in 1999/00. However, the tour Down Under turned out to be a disastrous affair for Gandhi.
His poor technique against the short ball got highlighted during the first Test match in Adelaide. It was not just his scores of 4 and 0, but how he never looked comfortable against the rising ball and Glenn McGrath exploited his weakness to put India under pressure right from the beginning.
Gandhi played two ODIs against Australia during the tri-series that followed the Tests. He registered scores of 6 and 13 in those two games and never played for India again. He played 95 first-class matches during his career, collecting 6111 runs at an average of 42.73. He retired in April 2006.
In 2016 he was included in the five-member selection panel under MSK Prasad as the East Zone selector. And then when the Supreme Court directed Lodha Panel's recommendations came into effect and the selection committee was reduced to three members, Gandhi retained his spot and continued to remain a part until 2020.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Though the tour of Australia in 1999-2000 exposed Devang Gandhi's technique against the fast, short rising deliveries, he continued to play well at domestic level. His international career started so well, albeit on Indian wickets. Against New Zealand in his debut series, Gandhi seemed completely at ease in handling the new ball and he was at once hailed an opening batsmen of considerable promise. Two successive opening stands with Sadagopan Ramesh in the Tests marked him out as a batsman who seemed to have everything - strokes, technique, temparament and courage. Then came the nightmarish tour of Australia and suddenly Gandhi found the critics writing his epitaph. While he was not discouraged by such adverse comments, Gandhi's resolve was not enough to enable him to fight his way back into the Indian team. He announced his retirement in April 2006.
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