Atul Bedade

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.

Atul Bedade
Personal information
Born24 September 1966 (1966-09-24) (age 53)
Bombay, India
BattingLeft-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition FC ODIs
Matches 64 13
Runs scored 3136 158
Batting average 33.36 22.57
100s/50s 10/15 -/1
Top score 159 51
Balls bowled 374 -
Wickets 2 -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling 1-6 -
Catches/stumpings 26/- 4/-
Source: , 7 March 2006

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.

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).[1]

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References
  1. Vadodara Municipal Elections 2010


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