Devang Gandhi is a right-handed opening batsman of West Bengal Cricket team. His full name is Devang Jayant Gandhi. He was born on September 6 in 1971 in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
Apart from the Bengal team, Devang Gandhi has also played for team India and Essex Cricket Board. Devang`s weakness in the techniques against the fast and short rising deliveries were exposed in the 1999/2000 Australia tour. But still he continued to play good at the domestic level.
Devang Gandhi started his "First-class" match career in 1994/95. He has played in overall 95 "First-class" matches with an average of 42.73. The total score of Devang in these matches is 6111 runs, which includes 16 centuries and 27 half-centuries. The highest score of Devang Gandhi in any of the "First-class" matches is 323 runs. Sunil Joshi and Narendra Hirwani dismissed him mostly in the "First-class" matches.
While with ball in hand, Devang Gandhi has picked up total six wickets by losing 334 runs out of 734 balls he played in the "First-class" matches. His bowling average is 55.66 and economy is 2.73 in these matches. Devang played his latest "First-class" match against Karnataka from December 17 to 20 in 2005, which was held at Mysore. Devang Gandhi dismissed Sanjay Bangar, Anantharam Vijay, Rohit Jadhav, Vijay Dahiya, Dinesh Mongia and Sairaj Bahutule mostly in these matches.
Devang Gandhi debuted in the "List A" matches in 1994/95 and it continued up to 2004/05. He has played in altogether 98 "List A" matches with an average of 39.55. The total score of Devang in these matches is 3402 runs, which includes nine centuries and 16 half-centuries. Devang`s maximum score in any of the "List A" matches is 164 runs. Gautam Dutta and Reon King caught him most in these matches.
Whereas in bowling, Devang Gandhi has picked up total 17 wickets by giving 605 runs out of 789 balls he played in the "List A" matches. His bowling average in these matches is 35.58 and economy is 4.60. He dismissed Ajay Sharma, Shahid Khan, Pawan Kumar, Sairaj Bahutule, Bill Athey, Amit Pathak, Shitanshu Kotak, Mayur Kadrekar, Nikhil Chopra, Satya Prakash, Krishnaraj Sriram, Mahendra Dhoni, Dave Callaghan, Andrew Brown, Jagadeesh Arunkumar, Amay Khurasiya and Pinninti Jayachandra mostly in the "List A" matches.
Devang Gandhi had his "Test match" debut against New Zealand from October 10 to 14 in 1999, which was played at Mohali. He has played in altogether four "Test matches" with an average of 34.00. His total score in these matches is 204 runs and his striking rate is 37.43. Devang`s highest score in any of the "Test matches" is 88 runs. His "Test match" scorecard consists of two half-centuries, 27 fours and one six. Glenn McGrath and Nathan Astle dismissed Devang Gandhi mostly in the "Test matches". Whereas in bowling, Devang has not got the chance to bowl. Devang`s latest "Test match" was against Australia from December 10 to 14 in 1999, which was held at Adelaide.
The "One Day International" (ODI) match debut of Devang Gandhi was against New Zealand on November 17 in 1999, which was held at Delhi. He has played in overall three ODI matches with an average of 16.33. Devang`s total score in these matches is 49 runs and his striking rate is 50.51. His highest score in any of the ODI match is 30 runs. He did not bowl in any of the three ODI matches. The latest ODI match of Devang Gandhi was against Australia on January 30 in 2000, which was held at Perth.
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