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Full name Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj
Born September 24, 1950, Patiala, Punjab
Current age 57 years 305 days
Major teams India,Baroda,Delhi,Durham,Punjab,Wiltshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Father - L Amarnath,Brother - S Amarnath,Brother - R Amarnath
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
69
113
10
4378
138
42.50
11
24
21
47
0
ODIs
85
75
12
1924
102*
30.53
3334
57.70
2
13
23
0
First-class
248
379
61
13747
207
43.22
30
67
153
0
List A
112
102
17
2706
102*
31.83
2
18
26
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
69
71
3676
1782
32
4/63
4/63
55.68
2.90
114.8
1
0
0
ODIs
85
64
2730
1971
46
3/12
3/12
42.84
4.33
59.3
0
0
0
First-class
248
21056
9107
277
7/27
32.87
2.59
76.0
8
1
List A
112
3942
2737
65
3/12
3/12
42.10
4.16
60.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Chennai, Dec 24-28, 1969 scorecard
Last Test
India v West Indies at Chennai, Jan 11-15, 1988 scorecard
India v West Indies at Mumbai, Oct 30, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1966/67 - 1988/89
List A span
1975 - 1989/90
Profile
Grit, guts and gumption personified Amarnath's roller-coaster career, which began in 1969 and spanned two eventful decades. He was cricket's Frank Sinatra - the master of the comeback. He started his career as suspect against short-pitched fast bowling, and finished it as one of the finest and bravest players of pace. His defining season was 1982-83: coming back to the side after three years, he stood tall to knock off 1182 runs - including five hundreds - in 11 away Tests against West Indies and Pakistan. He crowned the season with back-to-back Man of the Match awards at the climax of India's World Cup-winning campaign in 1983. But his world came crashing down again the following home season, when he managed only one run in six innings against that same West Indian team. "Mr Amarnought" got the axe. But it wasn't the end: he bounced back with renewed force and vigour and was soon hooking fast bowlers off his eyebrows again. He didn't go in for cheap runs - nine of his 11 Test centuries were scored overseas -- and he collected his share of bruises. He will be remembered as a batsman who didn't flinch in the face of fire. After retiring, Amarnath guided a fledgling Bangladesh side in the mid-90s but was dumped after they failed to qualify for the 1996 World Cup. He then had a short stint coaching Rajasthan in the Indian domestic competitions as well as a coaching assignment with the Moroccan cricket team. He turned down the India A job a few years ago and was one of the short-listed four candidates for taking up the role of the Indian coach in 2005. Amarnath now keeps himself occupied with a few commentary assignments.
H Natarajan June 2008
