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Full name | Champaklal Narotamdas Mehta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1907 (1907) Surat, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 December 1981(1981-12-13) (aged 78–79) Bombay, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1929/30–1935/36 | Hindus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1933/34–1935/36 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1934/35 | Gujarat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 April 2022 |
Champaklal Narotamdas Mehta (1907 – 13 December 1981) was an Indian cricketer who played for Bombay, Gujarat and Hindus in 1930s.
Mehta was born in Surat and studied in the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He made his debut in the Bombay Quadrangular in 1929 but the tournament was suspended for the next four seasons. In support of the non-cooperation movement, Vijay Merchant, L. P. Jai and Mehta refused to take part in the trials for the Indian tour to England in 1932. He took part in the Test trials for the 1933-34 series.
Mehta died of a heart attack in Bombay in 1981.
References
- ESPNcricinfo profile
- ^ Obituary in Indian Cricket 1982, p. 563
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