D. B. Deodhar

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Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian first class cricketer.

Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), India. He was one of the premier first class batsman to lead Maharashtra. In the 1980s, the newly-established one-day zonal championship, the Deodhar Trophy, was named after him. He died in 1993 at the age of 101 at his birthplace, Pune.

Like Bill Ashdown, he is one of the few people known to have played first-class cricket both before the First World War and after the Second World War, having played in the Bombay Triangular in 1911 and the Ranji Trophy in 1946.

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• Player Profile: D. B. Deodhar from Cricinfo