Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar is an Indian professional cricket

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...

er who has represented Saurashtra.

Playing career

In 2008, Songavkar was included in a special Israel

Israel

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 squad that played against India in a special match in honour of Israel's 60th anniversary. Songavkar was a suggested inclusion by then BCCI

Board of Control for Cricket in India

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 secretary general, Niranjan Shah, after the Israel Cricket Association

Israel Cricket Association

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 requested names of Jewish cricketers in India.

A year later, Songavkar was selected player of the tournament for cricket at the 2009 Maccabiah Games

Cricket at the 2009 Maccabiah Games

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in Israel.