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Full name Sudhir Sakharam Naik
Born February 21, 1945, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 63 years 86 days
Major teams India,Mumbai
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
6
0
141
77
23.50
0
1
0
0
0
ODIs
2
2
0
38
20
19.00
68
55.88
0
0
3
0
0
0
First-class
85
139
15
4376
200*
35.29
7
42
0
List A
5
4
0
80
27
20.00
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
85
52
3
1/0
17.33
0
0
List A
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Birmingham, Jul 4-8, 1974 scorecard
Last Test
India v West Indies at Kolkata, Dec 27, 1974 - Jan 1, 1975 scorecard
England v India at The Oval, Jul 15-16, 1974 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1966/67 - 1977/78
List A span
1974 - 1974/75
Profile
A courageous right-hand opening batsman, Sudhir Naik went as one of the candidates for the opening batsman's slot on the 1974 tour of England. He did well in the first-class matches, scoring 730 runs (40.55) and forced his way into the team for the final Test at Edgbaston. Out for 4 in the first innings, Naik batted in gritty fashion in a losing cause in the second innings to top-score with 77. Back home he played in two more Tests against West Indies but after scores of 48, 6, 0, 6 was discarded for good.
For Bombay, however, Naik did very well and in the Ranji Trophy he scored 2687 runs (40.10) with a highest score of 200 not out against Baroda in 1973-74. But perhaps Naik's biggest distinction was that he led Bombay to an unexpected Ranji Trophy triumph in 1970-71. It was a badly depleted side with the stars being away with the Indian team in the West Indies. But Naik making adroit use of the limited resources proved himself to be an astute captain. Partab Ramchand
