Prem Bhatia (cricketer)

Prem Bhatia
Personal information
Full name
Prem Bhatia
Born(1940-01-17)17 January 1940
Delhi, India
Died13 March 2018(2018-03-13) (aged 78)
Delhi, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1969Delhi
1973–1974Gujarat
1984–1985North Zone
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 56 1
Runs scored 2,548 –
Batting average 30.69 –
100s/50s 6/13 –
Top score 151 –
Balls bowled 2,538 –
Wickets 36 –
Bowling average 30.88 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 3/14 –
Catches/stumpings 38/- 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 March 2021

Prem Bhatia (17 January 1940 – 13 March 2018) was an Indian cricketer.[1][2] He played 55 first-class matches for Delhi between 1958 and 1969, scoring more than 2,500 runs.[3] Bhatia also made 1 first-class appearance for Gujarat against Baroda in the 1973–74 Ranji Trophy, while also making 1 List A appearance for North Zone against South Zone in the 1984–85 Deodhar Trophy.

He is perhaps best known by becoming the first twelfth man to bat in a first-class match, when asked to bat in place of former India captain Lala Amarnath in the first Irani Trophy match between the Rest of India and Bombay on 18 March 1960. Bhatia batted in both innings, scoring 22 in the first and 50 in the second, while Amarnath bowled and fielded.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prem Bhatia". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Prem Bhatia, India's famous 12th man, passes away". Sport Star Live. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Prem Bhatia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Indian cricketer who made history by batting as 12th man passes away". The Cricketer. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2021.