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| Full name | Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 (age 39) Rajkot, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saurashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 25 December 2005 Saurashtra v Goa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 2 February 2006 Saurashtra v Rajasthan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 12 February 2006 Saurashtra v Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 14 February 2006 Saurashtra v Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 13 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar is an Indian professional cricketer who has represented Saurashtra. He lives in Rajkot, India, and is Jewish.
Playing career
In 2008, Songavkar was included in a special Israel squad that played against India in a special match in honour of Israel's 60th anniversary. Songavkar was a suggested inclusion by then BCCI secretary general, Niranjan Shah, after the Israel Cricket Association requested names of Jewish cricketers in India.
A year later, Songavkar played for Team India which won a silver medal as he was selected player of the tournament for cricket at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was Captain of Team India in cricket at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.
See also
Footnotes
- Guruprasad, KR (13 February 2006). "Saurashtra vs Mumbai: Weary hosts looking for a spirited fightback". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- "Rhodes: Israelis' would make great cricketers".
- "Bensiyon completes journey from India - News - Maccabi AJAX Cricket Club". www.maccabi.com.au.
- Shankar, Ajay (23 May 2008). "Rhodes to be part of unique Israel team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- "Successful Maccabiah outing for Indian cricketers". 8 August 2009.
- Dwivedi, Sandeep (28 July 2009). "Indian cricketers strike silver at Jewish Olympics, little Moshe first to get a feel". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- "Mission Maccabiah: this year in Israel" - The Hindu
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- Living people
- Jewish Indian sportspeople
- Jewish cricketers
- Indian cricketers
- Saurashtra cricketers
- Maccabiah Games competitors for India
- Maccabiah Games medalists in cricket
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for India
- Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games
- 1985 births
- Bene Israel
- Indian cricket biography, 1980s birth stubs