Chandra for the record

Full Name: Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar

Known as: Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

Born: May 17, 1945, Mysore, Karnataka

Role: Right-hand batsman & leg-break bowler

Major Teams: India (1963-1964 to 1979),Mysore (1963-1964 to 1972-1973), Karnataka (1973-1974 to 1979-1980)

Other Teams: Board President's XI (1963-1964 to 1966-1967), Rest of India (1963-1964 to 1973-1974), South Zone (1963-1964 to 1979-1980), Bengal Chief Minister's XI (1964-1965), Dungarpur XI (1966-1967), Indians (1967 to 1979), Vazir Sultan XI (1971-1972), Kerala Chief Minister's XI (1972-1973), U-Foam XI (1972-1973 to 1973-1974).

First-class debut: Mysore v Kerala at Bangalore in 1963-1964

Last first-class match: Karnataka v Haryana at Bangalore in 1979-1980

Highest first-class score: 25 for Bengal Chief Minister's XI v Commonwealth XI at Calcutta in 1964-1965

Best first-class bowling (innings): 9-72 for Rest of India v Bombay at Pune in 1969-1970

Debut in a domestic limited-overs match: South Zone v Central Zone at Bangalore in 1975-1976

Last domestic limited-overs match: Wills XI v Bombay at Bombay in 1978-1979

Highest score in a domestic limited-overs match: 14* for Karnataka v Board President's XI.

Best bowling in a domestic limited-overs match: 4-61 for South Zone v West Zone at Bangalore in 1975-76

Test debut: v England at Bombay (Brabourne) in 1963-1964

Last Test: v England at Birmingham in 1979

Highest Test score: 22 v England at Birmingham in 1967

Best Test bowling: 8-79 v England at Delhi in 1972-1973

Only One-Day International: v New Zealand at Auckland in 1975-1976

Highest ODI Score: 11* v New Zealand at Auckland in 1975-1976

Best ODI Bowling: 3-36 v New Zealand at Auckland in 1975-1976

Batting and fielding averages

Class	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	100	50	0	Ct
Tests	58	80	39	167	22	4.07	0	0	23	25
First class	246	244	114	600	25	4.61	0	0	62	107
ODIs	1	1	1	11	11*	-	0	0	-	0
List A	7	3	2	25	14*	25.00	0	0	1	1

Bowling averages

Class	Mts	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	RpO	SR	5WI	10WM
Tests	58	15,963	7,199	242	8/79	29.74	2.70	65.96	16	2
First class	246	54,119	25,547	1,063	9/72	24.03	2.83	50.91	75	19
ODIs	1	56	36	3	3/36	12.00	3.85	18.66	0	0
List A	7	420	311	8	4/61	38.87	4.44	52.50	0	0

Career Highlights:

His 35 wickets in the five-match series against England in 1972-73 (@ 18.91) are the maximum by an Indian in a Test series.

His figures of 12 for 104 against Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78 are the best for India in an overseas Test.

His 23 ducks are the most by an Indian in a Test career.

Shares the world record of recording most 'pairs' in Test cricket with Courtney Walsh, Mervyn Dillon and Marvan Atapattu.

Holds the world record of most single digit scores in consecutive innings -- 32 from 1967-68 to 1975-76

Holds the unusual record of aggregating more wickets than the runs -- in Tests as well as first-class career.

Was the first Indian bowler to take three wickets on debut in ODIs.

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1972.

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