Atul Bedade

Atul Bedade Biography

Had he been born in the right era, Atul Bedade might have been a T20 star. A strike rate of 86.3 was no joke in the mid-1990s: though field restrictions were very much in vogue, Bedade typically came to bat after those early overs.

Bedade was not merely an aggressive batsman: he could hit sixes in an era when they were not available by the dozen. There was not much elegance in his approach: he was immensely strong, and whenever there was anything in hitting zone he simply bludgeoned it out of sight.

The India call-up came after two excellent domestic seasons, where he played some excellent innings, often against Bombay. A First-Class record of 3,136 runs at 33 is barely impressive, but Bedade had singled out Bombay as his preferred opposition: his 4 matches against the strongest domestic side got him 12 and 64, 102 and 24, 62 and 102, and 133 and 22 — an aggregate of 521 runs at 65.

His greatest moment came in the Austral-Asia Cup final of 1994 against Pakistan, where he walked out to bat at 83 for 4 and smashed a 45 ball 44; the innings included 4 sixes — the only ones India hit in that match. His only fifty, a 55-ball 51 against West Indies, was a valiant effort — just like that 44. He played 13 ODIs, all of them over a span of 7 months.

He was the only international cricketer (out of 35 applicants) to appear when BCCI conducted an umpiring examination, in 2006. In 2013 he became the first Indian cricketer to clear the BCCI Curators’ Certification Course. He also translated BCCI Curators’ Course Manual from English to Gujarati.

An active member of BJP, Bedade contested the Vadodara Municipal Corporation Election in 2010. He is now a key member of Krida Bharti, sports wing of RSS.

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Atul Bedade Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
ODIs	13	10	158	3	51	22.57	183	86.33	0	1	11	5	4	0
T20s	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Atul Bedade Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
ODIs	13	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
T20s	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--		--

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