Ravi Thakkar

Ravindra Champaklal Thakkar (born 22 October 1962) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Bombay and Assam. He later worked as a selector for the Mumbai Cricket Association.

Ravi Thakkar

Personal information
Full name	Ravindra Champaklal Thakkar
Born	(1962-10-22) 22 October 1962 (age 62) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981/82–1989/90	Bombay
1992/93–1993/94	Assam
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 45 5 Runs scored 459 34 Batting average 22.95 34.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 Top score 92 33 Balls bowled 9,883 228 Wickets 136 3 Bowling average 30.16 39.66 5 wickets in innings 7 0 10 wickets in match 1 n/a Best bowling 8/102 1/17 Catches/stumpings 30/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2016

Life and career

Thakkar played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and made his first-class debut in the 1981–82 Ranji Trophy one day after his 19th birthday. He took 21 wickets in his debut season at an average under 20. In the first match of the 1982–83 Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra, he took his career-best figures of 8/102. He finished that season with 34 wickets at an average of 21.29 including 4 five-wicket hauls and a ten-wicket haul.^[1] He played for eight more seasons, but was rather ineffective with just one five-wicket haul to his name. He played the last two seasons of his career for Assam, and finished with 136 wickets from 45 first-class appearances.^[2]

Thakkar continued to be associated with cricket after his playing career. Along with Raju Shirke, he started an indoor cricket academy in Mulund.^[3] He has also worked as a member of the senior team and age-group selection committees of the Mumbai Cricket Association.^[4][5]