Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate was famous Indian cricket player, who was an all rounder and he played nine test matches for colonial India.
Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate was born on 22 July 1920, Sagar District of Madhya Pradesh. He was popularly known as Chnadu or Chandra.
Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate was an all-rounder player. He played nine Test matches for India in both colonial Indian team and independent Indian team between 1946 and 1951 without much success. His test batting average was only 13.00, and his Test bowling average was 124.66. He bowled slow leg breaks.
However, in first-class cricket, Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate had a long career, spanning 32 years, during which he represented Central Provinces and Berar Cricket Team, Maharashtra Cricket Team, Hindus Cricket Team, Bombay Cricket Team, Holkar Cricket Team, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Team and Vidarbha Cricket Team.
The most famous innings of Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate was for the Indians against Surrey at The Oval in 1946, when he and Shute Banerjee put on 249 for the last wicket, more than the first nine wickets put together.
Batting Averages
Mat | Inns | No | Runs | Hs | Avg | BF | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4`s | 6`s | Ct | St | |
First Class | 171 | 257 | 30 | 7430 | 246 | 32.73 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 91 | - | - | - | - |
Test | 9 | 17 | 1 | 208 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |