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Full name Ashok Omprakash Malhotra
Born January 26, 1957, Amritsar, Punjab
Current age 51 years 181 days
Major teams India,Bengal,Haryana
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
7
10
1
226
72*
25.11
0
1
0
2
0
ODIs
20
19
4
457
65
30.46
645
70.85
0
1
4
0
First-class
156
227
35
9784
258*
50.95
24
52
80
0
List A
70
64
10
1755
87
32.50
0
10
23
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
7
2
18
3
0
-
-
-
1.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
20
1
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
156
509
347
1
1/37
347.00
4.09
509.0
0
0
List A
70
346
259
6
3/49
3/49
43.16
4.49
57.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Chennai, Jan 13-18, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Kanpur, Jan 31-Feb 5, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v England at Cuttack, Jan 27, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v India at Sydney, Feb 5, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973/74 - 1994/95
List A span
1976/77 - 1994/95
Profile
An attractive right-hand middle-order batsman cast in the GR Viswanath mould, the stockily built Ashok Malhotra never really did justice to his talent in Test cricket and his overall figures are disappointing. Picked to play for the country on the basis of some excellent performances in domestic matches, Malhotra did nothing of note in his first few Tests and was discarded. He toured West Indies in 1983 without making the Test team. Back in the squad against West
Indies at home in 1983-84, Malhotra fared better with scores of 32, 72*, 20 and 30 (top score in a total of 90). He was then dropped again before returning to play in one Test against England in 1984-85. He was a member of the Indian team that won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985.
In domestic cricket however Malhotra was a prolific run getter and for a long time he held the record of most runs in the Ranji Trophy - 7274 at 52.49 with 18 hundreds. His highest score was 258 not out for Bengal against Hyderabad in 1989-90. Later he became a Test selector. Partab Ramchand
