Anandji Dossa
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Anandji Jamnadas Dossa is an Indian cricket
statistician.
He represented his school and college in inter-school and inter-collegiate cricket while growing up in Bombay
. In 1941, he was the 12th man for Hindus in the Bombay Pentangular and Bombay
in the Ranji Trophy
.
Dossa was associated with the All India Radio
as cricket statistician from 1956-57 to 1972-73. He was the chairman of the Indian cricket board's
statistical committee for a few years from 1973. When the Association of Indian Cricket Statisticians and Scorers (ACSSI) was formed in the 1980s, he served as its first President. The association's yearly award for the best scorer and the C. C. I.
library at the Brabourne Stadium
are named after him.
His works include:
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
statistician.
He represented his school and college in inter-school and inter-collegiate cricket while growing up in Bombay
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. In 1941, he was the 12th man for Hindus in the Bombay Pentangular and Bombay
Mumbai cricket team
The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy, India's top domestic cricket competition, with 39 titles, the most recent being in 2009–10. The team's home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in...
in the Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
.
Dossa was associated with the All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
as cricket statistician from 1956-57 to 1972-73. He was the chairman of the Indian cricket board's
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...
statistical committee for a few years from 1973. When the Association of Indian Cricket Statisticians and Scorers (ACSSI) was formed in the 1980s, he served as its first President. The association's yearly award for the best scorer and the C. C. I.
Cricket Club of India
Cricket Club of India is located on Dinsha Wacha Road, near Churchgate in Mumbai, India. It is one of the oldest and most well known cricket clubs in India...
library at the Brabourne Stadium
Brabourne Stadium
The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in the Indian city of Mumbai. It is located on 90,000 square yards of reclaimed land along Marine Drive near Churchgate railway station in South Mumbai. The stadium is owned by the Cricket Club of India . Brabourne Stadium is India's first permanent...
are named after him.
His works include:
- Statistics editor of 'The Indian Cricket Field Annual' from 1957/58 to 1964/65
- Editor of Cricket Quarterly from 1975
- Cricket ties India - Pakistan, 1978 (Indo-Pakistani Test cricketers of the 1950s)
- India v Australia 1979 (pre-tour)
- CCI & The Brabourne Stadium: 1937-1987 (with Vasant RaijiVasant RaijiVasant Naisadrai Raiji, , is a former cricketer and cricket historian.Raiji opened the batting for Bombay and Baroda in Ranji Trophy, and was a reserve of the Hindu team in the 1941 Bombay Pentangular. At the end of his playing career, he turned to writing and is the author of several works on...
)