Karsan Ghavri

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Karsan Ghavri India (Ind)
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Left-arm medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	39	19
Runs scored	913	114
Batting average	21.23	11.40
100s/50s	-/2	-/-
Top score	86	20
Balls bowled	7036	1033
Wickets	109	15
Bowling average	33.54	47.20
5 wickets in innings	4	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/33	3/40
Catches/stumpings	16/-	2/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri pronunciation (help·info) (born February 28, 1951, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIs from 1974 to 1981. He played in the 1975 and 1979 World Cups.

He was a left-arm medium pace bowler, taking 109 Test wickets. With the bat he was usually found in the lower order but managed a couple of Test half centuries including a career best 86 against Australia in Bombay. By the time he was dismissed he had made a record eighth-wicket partnership of 127 with Syed Kirmani.

Despite making his debut in 1975, it wasn't until the season of 1976-77 that he cemented his spot in the side after series against New Zealand and England. He remained a regular member of the side until 1981. His most successful series came against the West Indies in 1978-79 with 27 wickets.

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	India squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup
1 Venkataraghavan | 2 Solkar | 3 Gaekwad | 4 Ghavri | 5 Patel | 6 Viswanath | 7 Gavaskar | 8 Engineer | 9 Ali | 10 Amarnath | 11 Lal | 12 Bedi | 13 none | 14 none | 15 none | Coach: none

	India squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup
1 Venkataraghavan | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Amarnath | 4 Viswanath | 5 Vengsarkar | 6 Gaekwad | 7 Ghavri | 8 Kapil | 9 Brijesh | 10 Surinder | 11 Bedi | 12 Reddy | 13 Yashpal | 14 None | 15 None | Coach: Unknown