Arun Muralidhar Ogiral (25 September 1942 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Vidarbha from 1960 to 1976.
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Full name | Arun Muralidhar Ogiral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1942-09-25)25 September 1942 Nagpur, Maharashtra, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 February 2004(2004-02-26) (aged 61) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960-61 to 1976-77 | Vidarbha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967-68 to 1975-76 | Central Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 September 2017 |
A right-arm off-spin bowler and lower-order batsman, Ogiral holds the record for the best innings figures for Vidarbha: 8 for 39 against Madhya Pradesh in 1967-68.[1] He was also selected six times to play for Central Zone. In Central Zone's innings loss to the touring West Indians in 1974-75 he took 5 for 186, including the wicket of Viv Richards caught behind.[2]