Subhash Gupte
• India • 72 years old
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Born | December 11, 1929 at Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra |
Died | 2002-05-31Port-of-Spain, Trinidad |
Teams | India, Mumbai |
Batting Style | Right Handed Bat |
Bowling Style | Right-arm legbreak |
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Batting | Bowling |
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M | Inn | Runs | Avg | SR | HS | NO | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
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Tests | 36 | 42 | 183 | 6.31 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
CAREER
Test debut | vs England,Dec 30, 1951,Eden Gardens |
Last Test | vs England,Dec 13, 1961,Feroz Shah Kotla |
PROFILE
Gupte made his debut in 1951/52 and became India’s leading spinner the very next season, taking over the reigns from Vinoo Mankad. He is nicknamed after West Indian leg-spinner, Wilfred Ferguson.
His googlies were extremely deceptive as he was a master of flight. His ability to land the ball in the right areas troubled one and all. His career was meandering along before it hit the roof in West Indies in 1951/52, where he picked up 50 wickets at an average of 23.64. His achievement was rather special, since 27 of those 50 wickets came on flat batting tracks.
He was also the most successful Indian bowler on their tour of Pakistan in 1954/55. He was brilliant when New Zealand came to India in 1955/56. In that series, Gupte picked up 34 wickets at an average of 19.67, an Indian record that was only broken by Chandrasekhar 27 years later.
Gupte’s only shortcoming was that he tended to lose confidence when the batsmen attacked him. This drawback came to light when Gupte struggled against Australia’s Neil Harvey in 1956/57. However, he recovered from this slump and was back to his best soon after.
In Kanpur in 1958/59, he took 9/102 in an innings against the West Indies. He could have had all the 10 wickets, if not for wicket-keeper Naren Tamhane, who dropped Lance Gibbs and denied Gupte a special record. In fact, he took 10 wickets in an innings twice in his career, once for Bombay against Bahawalpur CC, and once while playing for Rishton in Lancashire league.
During India’s tour of England in 1959, he took a total of 95 wickets, but only 17 of them came in the 5-match Test series. Gupte soon married a West Indian woman, but continued to represent India. In 1961/62, he took 4 wickets for 6 runs in 3 overs against England in Kanpur, helping India enforce the follow-on for the first time against England.
His international career though came to an end just one match later due to unfortunate circumstances. The Indian team was staying at the Imperial Hotel during the Test match in Delhi. Gupte’s roommate, AG Kripal Singh, wanted to fix a date with the receptionist and called her from the room. The receptionist complained to the Indian manager and that’s where it all became a big issue.
The board decided to punish both Kripal and Gupte as the call was made from their room. According to skipper Nari Contractor, Gupte was not even in the room and was playing ‘Teen Patti’ with him and a few others. The leggie was very disappointed with the board’s decision to punish him for Kripal’s actions. Gupte is believed to have said, \”He (Kripal) is a big man. How can I stop him?\”
Gupte was of the view that Kripal did not assault or rape the woman, he just asked her out for a drink. In fact, he believed that he didn’t deserve any punishment as he was not even in the room when the call was made. The board though didn’t pay heed to Gupte’s argument and both Kripal and Gupte were not considered for the tour of West Indies, marking the end of Gupte’s international career.
Gupte was just 32 yeard old at that time. He had taken 149 wickets in 36 Tests at an average of 29.55. Gupte went to Trinidad and settled there. He also featured in a few first-class games for them. In 1982, a benefit match for him was held in Sharjah.
Mihir Bose, the author of the book, ‘History of Indian cricket’, used sarcasm to describe Gupte’s ordeal. He wrote, \”India`s first great spinner ended his career because he happened to share a room with a man who wanted a drink with a girl.\”
Sir Gary Sobers was a big fan of Gupte’s bowling. In fact, he considered him as the best leg spinner in the world and always said that it was his pleasure to see Gupte in action. In a first-class career that lasted 115 games, Gupte took 530 wickets at an average of 23.71.
His brother, Baloo Gupte, was also a leg-spinner who represented India. He passed away on May 31, 2002. He was 72 years old.
By Sidhant Maheshwari
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