Upendra Patel

Upendra Raojibhai Patel (born 1942) is a Ugandan former first-class cricketer.

Upendra Patel

Personal information
Full name	Upendra Raojibhai Patel
Born	1942 (age 82–83) Uganda Protectorate
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 111 Batting average 111.00 100s/50s 1/– Top score 105* Balls bowled 66 Wickets 2 Bowling average 39.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/31 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 January 2022

Patel was born in Uganda Protectorate in 1942. Patel made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the East Africa cricket team against the touring Indians at Kampala in 1967.^[1] Batting at number seven, he scored an unbeaten 105 in East Africa's first innings total of 308 all out, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by B. S. Chandrasekhar, having been promoted up the batting order to number four. With his medium-fast bowling, he took the wickets of Farokh Engineer and Budhi Kunderan, to finish with match figures of 2 for 78.^[2] Between 1967 and 1971, Patel also played minor matches for Uganda.^[3]