Surinder Amarnath

Surinder Amarnath
Personal information
Full name
Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj
Born (1948-12-30) 30 December 1948 (age 75)
Kanpur, United Provinces, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsLala Amarnath (father)
Mohinder Amarnath (brother)
Rajinder Amarnath (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964/65–1967/68Northern Punjab
1967/68–1980/81North Zone
1968/69–1973/74Punjab
1974/75–1980/81Delhi
1983/84Baroda
1984/85Gujarat
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 3 145 20
Runs scored 550 100 8,175 582
Batting average 30.55 33.00 40.47 36.37
100s/50s 1/3 0/1 16/47 1/3
Top score 124 62 235* 102*
Balls bowled 11 0 437 0
Wickets 1 4
Bowling average 5.00 65.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/5 1/5
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 47/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 July 2019

Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj pronunciation (born 30 December 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played international as well as domestic cricket for India. He is the eldest son of Lala Amarnath.

Described as a "schoolboy prodigy" and a "classy left-hander" by Cricinfo writer Partab Ramchand,[1] he made his first-class debut before he turned 15. As an 18-year-old he scored a historic century at Lord's in 1967, hitting the last two balls of the match for six to secure for victory for the Indian Schoolboys against England Schoolboys. He scored a century on Test debut against New Zealand in 1976. He played 10 Test matches and 145 first-class matches.

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