rohan kanhai Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
rohan kanhai is a cricketer(sportsman) from West Indies. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Rohan Bholalall Kanhai
Born
December 26, 1935, Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana
Age
87 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 79 | 7 | - | - |
Inn | 137 | 5 | - | - |
Runs | 6227 | 164 | - | - |
Avg | 47.53 | 54.67 | - | - |
SR | 0.0 | 60.07 | - | - |
HS | 256 | 55 | - | - |
NO | 6 | 2 | - | - |
100s | 15 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 28 | 2 | - | - |
4s | 561 | 19 | - | - |
6s | 23 | 1 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 79 | 7 | - | - |
Inn | 9 | - | - | - |
Balls | 181 | - | - | - |
Runs | 85 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 1 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 1 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.82 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- MV Nagamootoo
- V Nagamootoo
- West Indies
- British Guiana
- North of South Africa (SACBOC)
- Tasmania
- Transvaal (SACB)
- Trinidad
- Warwickshire
- Western Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
The Guyanese batsman had a few trademark shots, the chief among them being the falling hook shot. When he completed this stroke, he would actually be lying on his back on the ground. He had to wait until his 13th Test to make his first Test ton but was unstoppable thereafter. It came against India in Calcutta and he had a prolific tour too. He soon became a darling of the Indian crowd who did not mind even if their team was losing, they cheered on for Kanhai. Such was his impact on people in India that Sunil Gavaskar named his son, Rohan, after Kanhai, whom he considered the greatest batsman he had ever seen.
Kanhai managed to hold his own even while playing with the likes of the three W's and Garry Sobers and soon took over from the latter as the captain of West Indies. He enjoyed success and failure in equal proportions as a captain. In 1974, his form dipped and West Indies only managed a draw at home against England. This forced him to retire from Tests. He played a handful of ODIs and was a part of the successful campaign in 1975. He even managed a fifty in the final of the tournament.
After retirement, Kanhai became the first man to be named as a coach for the national side. He served until 1995 when Andy Roberts took over.
In April 2013, Rohan Kanhai was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
By Ganesh Chandrasekaran
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Throughout Rohan Kanhai's career, whether at county or Test level, he was in the midst of great players, and it speaks volumes for his own ability that he sparkled as brightly as the gems around him. Consider some of the illustrious names in the West Indies side in the 22-year-old's first Test in 1957 against England at Edgbaston: Sonny Ramadhin, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Garfield Sobers and Frank Worrell. Ten years later he was playing with Charlie Griffith, Wes Hall and Lance Gibbs. At the end of his Test career he was lining up with Roy Fredericks, Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Vanburn Holder and Andy Roberts. And during his time in England with Warwickshire he was at the heart of an excellent batting line-up: John Jameson, Dennis Amiss, Kallicharran and MJK Smith formed the top five batsman with Kanhai.
For Warwickshire Kanhai scored 1,000 runs in a season on ten occasions, his most prolific year being 1970 when he hit 1,894 at an average of 57.39. He also hit 1,000 runs in a season once in Australia and once while touring India and Pakistan. His highest score for Warwickshire was 253 against Nottinghamshire in 1968 at Trent Bridge. Kanhai and Jameson created a first-class world record with an unbroken stand of 465 for the second wicket for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston in 1974; Jameson made 240 and Kanhai 213.
Born at Port Mourant on British Guyana, Kanhai played for the country from 1954-55 until 1973-74. In his early days he was a wicketkeeper as well as a pugnacious middle-order batsman; indeed, in his first three Tests he kept wicket before Franz Alexander took over behind the stumps. Kanhai deputised as keeper on several other occasions.
But it was his batting which West Indies came to rely on for more than 16 years. He didn't score a century until his 13th Test but it was worth waiting for; he smashed 256 runs off the Indian attack at Calcutta. There were centuries too for Sobers and Basil Butcher as West Indies crushed their hosts by an innings and 336 runs. Kanhai followed this with 99 in the next Test as West Indies went on to win the series 3-0. Another double century followed on the same overseas tour, this time in Lahore as West Indies beat Pakistan by an innings. In all he hit 15 Test centuries, averaging 47.53 in Test matches.
Kanhai was appointed captain of the West Indies for the home series against Australia in 1972-73. West Indies lost the five-Test series 2-0 but he retained the captaincy for the tour to England the following summer. This time he enjoyed success, winning the three-Test series 2-0, although the following winter he only managed to draw the five-Test home series against England 1-1. Unhappy with his own form, he retired from Test cricket after that series.
One-day cricket was in its infancy as Kanhai's career drew to a close,
and he only played in seven ODIs. However, he went out on a high, appearing in the first World Cup Final at Lord's in 1975 against Australia. He scored 55 in putting on a vital 149 with Clive Lloyd for the fourth wicket after West Indies had been struggling at 50 for 3. The West Indies went on to win by 17 runs.
Graham Holburn