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| Full name | Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1934-07-21)21 July 1934 (age 91) Pune,Bombay Presidency,British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right armleg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ramesh Borde (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 83) | 28 November 1958 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 9 November 1969 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952/53–1953/54 | Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954/55 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954/55–1962/63 | Baroda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963/64–1972/73 | Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu"Bordepronunciationⓘ (born 21 July 1934), is an Indian formercricketer who played forIndia between 1958 and 1970. Following his retirement, he became a cricket administrator and twice served as India'schairman of selectors.
Borde was born into aMarathi Christian family in Pune, having five brothers and five sisters.[1][2] His younger brotherRamesh Borde was also a cricketer who played forWest Zone andMaharashtra in domestic cricket.[3][4] Borde saysVijay Hazare is his idol and he was once able to share the dressing room with him.[5]
Borde made hisfirst-class debut in India's 1952/53 domestic season.[citation needed]
He first played forBaroda againstGujarat inAhmedabad in December 1954. He played in the semi-final againstHolkar and was bowled for a duck. He had more success in the following season, making a century againstBombay. In the 1957/58Ranji Trophy final againstServices, he scored a half-century and picked up 5 wickets in the match.[citation needed]
He returned toMaharashtra after a transfer in 1964.[citation needed]
Borde made his debut in the FirstTest during theWest Indies tour of India. Over the first two Tests, his performance was ordinary and he was dropped for the Third Test in favour of debutantRamnath Kenny. After a poor performance from Kenny, Borde was recalled and made his maiden Test half-century. In the Fifth and final Test of the series, Borde made his international breakthrough with a maiden century, 109 and then 96 in the second innings of a drawn match.
In the next series, India toured England, and Borde fractured the little finger on the left hand in the First Test,[6] and missed the second Test. Over the next 11 matches, Borde scored only two half-centuries and took 14wickets asAustralia andPakistan toured India. In the Fourth Test against Pakistan inMadras,[7] he made 177*, his second century and highest Test score, combining in a 177-run stand with fellow centurionPolly Umrigar.
Borde played a key part in India's first victory overEngland in the Fourth Test played inEden Gardens, Kolkata, scoring two half centuries (68 and 61) and taking 3 wickets in the First Test. In the following Test in Madras, India won again with Borde taking five wickets.
India's tour of the West Indies in 1961/62 was disappointing,[8] resulting in a 5–0 whitewash. Borde had a mediocre series scoring 244 runs at 24.4 and taking only six wickets. He followed it with good performances in the next two series (England in India, and Australian tour of India) scoring 383 at 42.55 and taking ten wickets in eight Tests.
New Zealand toured India in 1964/65 and Borde took a liking to the opposition, scoring a century inBrabourne Stadium, Bombay in the Third Test.[9] It was one of three centuries in the series. He finished with 371 runs at 60.81. The series also marked the last time that Borde bowled at international level. Borde followed up the successful New Zealand series with another great individual performance in the home series againstWest Indies scoring two centuries as India lost the three Test series 2–0.
Borde was the only Indian representative in theRest of the World XI squad that played againstBarbados in March 1967.[10]
Borde captained the Indian team in the First Test against Australia at theAdelaide Oval in December 1967. TheNawab of Pataudi resumed his position as captain in the next match.
Outside his sole Test as captain in Australia, Borde had disappointing performances on the tours to Australia, England and New Zealand scoring 468 runs at 24.67 in 11 Tests with only four half-centuries. Playing only as a specialist batsman, Borde was dropped as part of a youth selection policy, with his place taken byGundappa Viswanath after the First Test against Australia at Brabourne Stadium.
Borde had two stints as thechairman of the national selection committee:
Apart from his duties as chairman of the selection committee, Borde has handled other tasks for Indian cricket, including:
Borde published his autobiography in July 2018, titledPanther's Paces (as told to Mohan Sinha).
Borde has received several awards from theGovernment of India and theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for his contributions to cricket:
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