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West Indian
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West Indies
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WI
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Rohan Kanhai
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Right-handed batsman (RHB)
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Right-arm Medium (RM)
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79
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6227
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4753
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15/28
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256
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303
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0
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N/A
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0
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0
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N/A
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50/-
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7
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164
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5466
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0/2
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55
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-
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22 August
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2005
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(born
December 26 1935 in Port Mourant, Berbice,
British Guiana ) was a right-handed
West Indian batsman in the late fifties, sixties and early seventies. He is considered a cricketing legend and rated as perhaps the best batsman among West Indian players of East Indian descent. Kanhai featured in several great West Indian teams, playing with, among others,
Sir Garfield Sobers ,
Roy Fredericks ,
Lance Gibbs , and
Alvin Kallicharran .
C. L. R. James wrote in the ''New World'' journal that Kanhai was "the high peak of West Indian cricketing development", and praised his "adventuresome" attitude."
Rohan Kanhai: A study in confidence " by C. L. R. James
Kanhai made his Test debut for the West Indise in England in 1957 and kept wicket for his first three Tests in addition to opening the batting. Gerry Alexander took over the gloves for the last two Tests. As a specialist batsman, Kanhai hit 6,227 runs in 79 Tests at a robust average of 47.53, with his highest score of 256 coming against
India in a Test at
Calcutta . When Kanhai retired, his batting average was the fifth-highest of all West Indian cricketers with more than 20 Tests. He was famous for his unorthodox shots, most notably the "falling
Hook " shot, in which he finished his
Follow Through lying on his back.
Throughout his
First Class Cricket career Kanhai played for
British Guiana ,
Guyana ,
North Of South Africa (SACBOC),
Tasmania ,
Transvaal (SACB),
Trinidad ,
Warwickshire , and
Western Australia .
In his
County Cricket career for
Warwickshire , he also starred alongside Kallicharran, as well as
John Jameson , and
Dennis Amiss . Kanhai scored 11,615
First Class runs for Warwickshire at an average of 51.62, which is the highest for any batsman who played for the county for a considerable time.
Rohan Kanhai profile at Warwickshire County Cricket Club official website.
The Indian opening batsman
Sunil Gavaskar named his son
Rohan after Kanhai,
"Famous son steps out of shade" by Scott Heinrich, ''BBC Sport'' website, 18 January, 2004, retrieved 2 December, 2005. and wrote of Kanhai, "To say that he is the greatest batsman I have ever seen so far is to put it mildly."
"Rohan Kanhai, An Appreciation" by Albert Badeo.
There is a pub in
Ashington ,
Northumberland named after him due to his stint there when he was West Indies captain. He also has a British born son who currently lives in Germany.
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