Eknath Solkar

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Eknath Solkar
India
Personal information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	27	7
Runs scored	1068	27
Batting average	25.42	4.50
100s/50s	1/6	-/-
Top score	102	13
Balls bowled	2265	252
Wickets	18	4
Bowling average	59.44	42.25
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	3/28	2/31
Catches/stumpings	53/-	2/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Eknath Dhondu Solkar pronunciation (help·info) (born March 18, 1948 in Mumbai; died June 26, 2005 in Mumbai) was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Tests and seven One Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, and died in the same city at the age of 57.

Solkar was renowned for his excellent close fielding, and his catches helped India to victory against England at The Oval in 1971, the team's first Test win in England.

His 53 catches in only 27 matches is the best ratio of any non keeper with 20 or more Tests. He is responsible for one of cricket's most celebrated quotes, directed at Geoffrey Boycott: "I will out you bloody."

[edit] External links

• Player Profile: Eknath Solkar from Cricinfo

v • d • e India squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Venkataraghavan (c) • 2 Solkar • 3 Gaekwad • 4 Ghavri • 5 Patel • 6 Viswanath • 7 Gavaskar • 8 Engineer (wk) • 9 Abid Ali • 10 Amarnath • 11 Madan Lal • 12 Bedi