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Full name | Raj Singh Dungarpur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India | 19 December 1935||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 September 2009 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955–56 | Madhya Bharat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–57 to 1970–71 | Rajasthan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960–61 to 1967–68 | Central Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24th President of BCCI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1996–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Inderjit Singh Bindra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | A. C. Muthiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raj Singh Dungarpur (19 December 1935 – 12 September 2009) was a president of Board of Control for Cricket in India. He played first class cricket for 16 years and was in and out of the Board of Control for more than 20 years. He was a selector of the national team for two terms. He also managed the Indian cricket team four times on overseas tours.
As the chairman of the selection committee, Dungarpur introduced Sachin Tendulkar to international cricket by selecting him for India's 1989 tour of Pakistan when he was just 16 years old.[1] He is also credited for establishing the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.[2]