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Jasu Patel
Jasubhai Motibhai Patel better known as Jasu Patel was an Indian cricketer of British times. He played with Indian cricket team during the time of British Government in India and the independent India.

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Jasu Patel, Indian Cricket PlayerJasu Patel, also known as Jasubhai Motibhai Patel was an Indian Test cricketer played for Indian cricket team in international arena and domestic arena. He was born on 26th November 1924 at Ahmedabad in Gujarat. He was an off-spinner who played many international Test cricket for India. His fame rests entirely on a single match against Australia where he took 14 wickets.

At the age of ten, Jasubhai Motibhai Patel broke his arm falling from a tree. Because of this injury he had a jerky bowling action, which some considered suspicious. He bowled off-cutters more than conventional off breaks. Jasubhai Motibhai Patel was particularly dangerous on matting wickets where he got prodigious turn. The Kanpur Test stayed as the lone bright spot in Test career of Jasu Patel. He played two more Tests in the series for five wickets. These were his last test matches.

Jasubhai Motibhai Patel began his first-class career in 1943. She played occasionally for Gujarat Cricket Team before establishing his place in international test cricket in the 1950 to 1951season. There he took 5 wickets for 43 runs and 6 wickets for 61 runs against Baroda Cricket team (Vadodara), and 8 wickets for 53 runs and 5 wickets for 28 runs against the domestic team. His batting was usually negligible, but in the Ranji Trophy final in 1950-1951 against Holkar Cricket Team, he came in at 167 for 8 in the second innings and hit 152 in two hours, adding 136 in 90 minutes for the tenth wicket with Hasan Nakhuda. It was his only domestic test century.

Jasu Patel played once for India against the Commonwealth XI in 1953-54, and toured Pakistan the following season, taking 35 wickets at an average of 10.71, including 4 for 22 and 8 for 25 against Pakistan Universities.

Jasu Patel made his Test debut in the Fifth Test, taking three wickets. He played another Test against New Zealand in 1955-56, then two against Australia in 1956-57. These four Tests yielded 10 wickets at 31.00.

Jasu Patel was 35 and on the edge of retirement when he enjoyed his one great success against Australia at Kanpur in 1959-60. Australia came to India on the back of convincing wins over England and Pakistan. For India, the loss in the first Test of the series was their fifth innings defeat of the year. Kanpur had a newly laid pitch. Jasu Patel was picked as a gamble, on the insistence of the chairman of selectors, Lala Amarnath, another international acclaimed cricket player of India.

Indian Cricket team was out for 152 runs before close on the first day. Jasu Patel got his first wicket on the second morning when he caught Gavin Stevens left-handed off an attempted big hit. At lunch, Australia was well on top at 128 for 1. Till that point of time, Patel had bowled from the city end, where he had not been able to exploit the footmarks created by the left arm bowlers Alan Davidson and Ian Meckiff. Amarnath presumably had a word with the captain, Ramchand, during lunch. Patel switched to the pavilion end after the break.

Jasu Patel`s first ball after lunch went between the bat and pad to bowl Colin McDonald. Norman O`Neill who replaced him was all at sea and offered an easy chance to Bapu Nadkarni at midwicket, who missed it. This was to deprive Patel of a chance to take all ten wickets. Neil Harvey completed fifty before he was bowled. Patel pitched one well outside left-handed Harvey`s off-stump. Harvey raised the bat and left it but the ball cut back and hit the stumps.

Once Harvey was out, the others followed quickly. Davidson hit out at the end to take the score to 219. O`Neill, bowled by a full-toss from Chandu Borde, was the only wicket that Patel missed. His figures were 9 for 69.

India batted much better in the second innings to set Australia 225 to win in 400 minutes. Patel dismissed Stevens, and Polly Umrigar took the important wicket of Harvey before the close of the fourth day. Umrigar took two more wickets on the final morning to reduce Australia to 61 for 4. Patel took four of the remaining five wickets, Gordon Rorke being unable to bat. Australia was all out for 105 and India won by 119 runs. It was India`s first win over Australia.

The 14 wickets for 124 runs of Jasu Patel were the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler. It remained so for nearly thirty years before it was bettered by Narendra Hirwani. His 9 for 69 stood as the best bowling in an innings by an Indian bowler till Anil Kumble took 10 for 74 forty years later.

Jasu Patel played two more years of first class cricket matches and ended up with 140 wickets for Gujarat Cricket Team in the Ranji Trophy. He and Vijay Hazare were the first cricketers to be honoured with the Padma Shri in Indian sports.


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