Ramprakash Mehra
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Ramprakash Mehra was an India
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er and administrator.
Ramprakash Mehra was the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India
in 1975/76 and 1976/77, joint secretary between 1960/61 and 1962/63 and Vice President from 1963/64 to 1974/75. He was the head of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association for nearly fifteen years.
Mehra represented Northern India in Ranji Trophy
between 1934/35 and 1951/52 and Delhi in 1953/54. His only hundred in the competition was a 209* scored against Maharashtra in the 1940/41 semifinal, despite which his side totalled only 442 and ended up on the losing side.
He was in the reserves for the Bombay Pentangular match between Hindus and Europeans in 1943/44. Coming in for Dattu Phadkar
at the last moment, he hit 116 notout. He toured England with the Rajputana club in 1938 and stayed back after the tour.
Mehra did his B.A. from the Government College, Lahore
and played for the university team for four years from 1935/36. In the last of those years, he played for Indian Universities against the Lord Tennyson's team. He was a right-handed batsman.
Mehra was the second official of the Indian
team that toured England in 1971 and the manager of the under-19 team's planned tour to Pakistan in 1980/81, which went to Sri Lanka instead. He accompanied the Indian hockey team in its tour of Japan in 1966 and Europe in 1967. He was the MD of Paramount Finances Pvt. Ltd. Mehra's death was due to a heart attack.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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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 and administrator.
Ramprakash Mehra was the President of Board of Control for Cricket in India
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...
in 1975/76 and 1976/77, joint secretary between 1960/61 and 1962/63 and Vice President from 1963/64 to 1974/75. He was the head of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association for nearly fifteen years.
Mehra represented Northern India in 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...
between 1934/35 and 1951/52 and Delhi in 1953/54. His only hundred in the competition was a 209* scored against Maharashtra in the 1940/41 semifinal, despite which his side totalled only 442 and ended up on the losing side.
He was in the reserves for the Bombay Pentangular match between Hindus and Europeans in 1943/44. Coming in for Dattu Phadkar
Dattu Phadkar
Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar was an all-rounder who represented India in Test cricket....
at the last moment, he hit 116 notout. He toured England with the Rajputana club in 1938 and stayed back after the tour.
Mehra did his B.A. from the Government College, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
and played for the university team for four years from 1935/36. In the last of those years, he played for Indian Universities against the Lord Tennyson's team. He was a right-handed batsman.
Mehra was the second official of the Indian
Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
team that toured England in 1971 and the manager of the under-19 team's planned tour to Pakistan in 1980/81, which went to Sri Lanka instead. He accompanied the Indian hockey team in its tour of Japan in 1966 and Europe in 1967. He was the MD of Paramount Finances Pvt. Ltd. Mehra's death was due to a heart attack.