Upendra Raojibhai Patel (born 1942) is a Ugandan former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Upendra Raojibhai Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Uganda Protectorate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patel was born in Uganda Protectorate in 1942. Patel made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the East Africa cricket team against the touring Indians at Kampala in 1967.[1] Batting at number seven, he scored an unbeaten 105 in East Africa's first innings total of 308 all out, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by B. S. Chandrasekhar, having been promoted up the batting order to number four. With his medium-fast bowling, he took the wickets of Farokh Engineer and Budhi Kunderan, to finish with match figures of 2 for 78.[2] Between 1967 and 1971, Patel also played minor matches for Uganda.[3]
References edit
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Upendra Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "East Africa v Indians, 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Teams Upendra Patel played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.