Kamraj Kesari

Kamraj Kesari (24 October 1922 – 26 March 1985) was an Indian cricketer who played 33 matches of first-class cricket for several teams in India from 1941 to 1959.

Kamraj Kesari

Personal information
Full name	Kamraj P. Kesari
Born	(1922-10-24)24 October 1922 Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died	26 March 1985(1985-03-26) (aged 62) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 33 Runs scored 1307 Batting average 25.13 100s/50s 1/7 Top score 142 Balls bowled 3584 Wickets 58 Bowling average 24.43 5 wickets in innings 4 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/55 Catches/stumpings 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 September 2017

A middle-order batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, Kesari took 7 for 55 and 2 for 41 for Gujarat when they lost by three runs to Western India in the Ranji Trophy in 1945–46.^[1] He took 6 for 62 and scored 142, his only first-class century, for Central Provinces and Berar in a drawn match against Holkar in the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy.^[2]