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  Nationality Indian
  Country India
  Country Abbrev IND
  Name Mohinder Amarnath
  Picture Cricket_no_picpng
  Batting Style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
  Bowling Style Right-arm medium
  Tests 69
  Test Runs 4378
  Test Bat Avg 4250
  Test 100s/50s 11/24
  Test Top Score 138
  Test Overs 612
  Test Wickets 32
  Test Bowl Avg 5568
  Test 5s 0
  Test 10s 0
  Test Best Bowling 4/63
  Test Catches/stumpings 47c
  ODIs 85
  ODI Runs 1924
  ODI Bat Avg 3053
  ODI 100s/50s 2/13
  ODI Top Score 102
  ODI Overs 455
  ODI Wickets 46
  ODI Bowl Avg 4284
  ODI 5s 0
  ODI Best Bowling 3/12
  ODI Catches/stumpings 23c
  Date 22 August
  Year 2005


Mohinder Amarnath (born September 24 , 1950 , Patiala , India ) is a former international cricketer ( 1969 - 1989 ) from India . His full name is Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj, although he is commonly known as "Jimmy". He is the son of the legendary Lala Amarnath ; his brother, Surinder also played for India.

Mohinder made his debut against Australia at Chennai in December 1969. Mohinder is known as the ''come back'' man of Indian cricket. During his two decades at the top, he was dropped from the Indian side on several occasions and every time he fought his way back with sterling performances. After his debut series he had to wait until 1975 to make it into the team.

Mohinder Amarnath played 69 Tests scoring 4,378 Runs at an Batting Average of 42.50, with 11 hundreds and 24 fifties, and claimed 32 Wicket s at a Bowling Average of 55.68 apiece. In 85 One-day International s, he scored 1,924 runs at an average of 30.53 and a highest score of 102 n.o. and claimed 46 wickets at 42.84 apiece. He is best known for his legendary performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup . He was awarded "Man of the Series", having led India to their first ever one-day international title.


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