sameer dighe Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
sameer dighe is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Sameer Sudhakar Dighe
Born
October 08, 1968, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Age
55 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 23 | - | - |
Inn | 10 | 17 | - | - |
Runs | 141 | 256 | - | - |
Avg | 15.67 | 23.27 | - | - |
SR | 38.32 | 60.81 | - | - |
HS | 47 | 94 | - | - |
NO | 1 | 6 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 1 | - | - |
4s | 19 | 11 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 2 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 23 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Air India
- Mumbai
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Soon after the Indian team left for Australia, Dighe was picked to keep wickets in the ODIs. However, it was only during the return Australian tour of India in 2000-01 that Dighe got his chance to play Test cricket.
Playing the final Test of the series, Dighe didn't have a great time behind the stumps. However, the final day provided an exciting finish as Dighe found himself batting with the tail while trying to win the game and the series for India. Batting through this tough situation, Dighe made an unbeaten 22, helping India to a memorable 2-1 series win.
After this win, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly came out in the open and announced that Dighe would be the first-choice keeper for the Zimbabwean tour. In the final of the Coca-Cola cup in Zibabwe, Dighe scored an unbeaten 94 against the West Indies, but India still ended up on the losing side.
Dighe kept wickets for India for a few more matches before injury, a mediocre average with the bat and wicket-keeping errors led to his eviction from the team.
By Sidhant Maheshwari
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Sameer Dighe's selection to the national team was a controversial one. At 31, Dighe had all but given up hopes of a career in cricket and was studying in the USA when the call came. Shortly after the Indian team's departure to Australia in the 1999-2000 season, Dighe was picked to don the gloves in the one-dayers. In the limited-overs games he played, Dighe bagged seven catches and one stumping in eight matches. In one game against Pakistan, Dighe shone with four catches. However, it was not until Australia toured India in 2000-01 that Dighe got his first taste of Test cricket. Playing the decisive third and final Test
against Australia at Chennai, Dighe had an ordinary time behind the wickets. However, with the Test winding to an exciting climax, Dighe found himself at the crease with the tail on the final day. Batting through a tense session that saw Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie steaming down, Dighe made a courageous unbeaten 22 as India recorded a historic 2-1 series win. At the preparatory camp for the Indian tour of Zimbabwe, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly remarked that Dighe would be India's first choice wicketkeeper. The skipper stayed true to his word and Dighe was picked as stumper for the Tests and one-dayers in Zimbabwe in mid 2001. Without being spectacular, Dighe performed his duties satisfactorily keeper and batsman. Promoted to open the innings in the second innings of the second Test at Harare, Dighe managed just 4. However, his ability with the bat came to the fore in the final of the Coca-Cola Cup in Zimbabwe, when the Mumbaikar slammed an unbeaten 94 in a losing cause against the West Indies. This is the highest score by a specialist keeper for India in One-Dayers and has
earned Dighe the mantle of first choice keeper for the tour of Sri Lanka in
July-August 2001.
Anand Vasu