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CR Rangachari

Commandur Rangachari

110y 3d Mamandur, Madras
Born
April 14, 1916, Mamandur, Madras
Playing Roles
Batting Style
right-hand bat
Bowling Style
right-arm fast
Fielding Pos
N/A
Intl Career
1948 - 1948

Profile & Biography

Wisden obituary
Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, who died on October 9, 1993, aged 77, was a fast bowler who played four Tests for India against Australia and West Indies. He took four for 141 in unpromising circumstances (at one stage Australia were 503 for three) on his debut at Adelaide in 1947-48. But his real moment of glory came at Delhi ten months later, in India's first home Test for 15 years: with the game hardly started, he dismissed Rae, Stollmeyer and Headley to leave the score 27 for three. However, West Indies went on to make 631, though Rangachari's final figures were still 5 for 107. He took no other Test wickets and the nine eventually cost him 54.77 each. After the Bombay Test that followed he was dropped, but played on for Madras for another five seasons. He was a police officer.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Batting Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test46388*2.66-00000
FC629331480607.74-01420

Bowling Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test4484649395/1075/10754.773.4994100
FC621090851971997/3426.112.8554.81400