Atul Bedade

Atul Bedade
Personal information
Born 24 September 1966 (1966-09-24) (age 49)
Bombay, India
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 0 13
Runs scored 158
Batting average 22.57
100s/50s -/1
Top score 51
Balls bowled -
Wickets -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match n/a
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 4/-
Source: , 7 March 2006

Atul Chandrakant Bedade  pronunciation  (born 24 September 1966 in Bombay, now Mumbai, India) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Baroda and represented India in 13 One Day Internationals making his debut versus UAE at Sharjah in 1994.

He was credited to be a big hitter of the cricket ball and an attacking batsman. In the early 90s there was a call in Indian cricketing circles for a batsman who could hit hard and therefore Bedade got his chance. However the pressure to hit sixes on him was too much and although he did show his ability in the same series against Pakistan in Sharjah (India lost that match), his hitting was few and far between in the other chances given to him and therefore he was soon dropped and never given a chance again.

Later career

Bedade has continued to remain involved with cricket in different capacities. In 2006, he was the only ex-India player among the thirty five former first-class cricketers who took the umpires' examination which was being promoted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for former cricketers. Seven years later, in 2013, Bedade scripted another 'first' by becoming the only ex-India player to pass the BCCI's Curators' Certification Course, and that too with flying colours. Bedade also holds a double coaching certificate from the BCCI - National Cricket Academy.[1]

Politics

In September 2010, Bedade contested the Vadodara Municipal Corporation election on a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from ward number 20. Bedade has been actively involved with the BJP, and was also a key member of the Krida Bharti, the sports wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).[2]

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