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Rajinder Goel
Personal information
Born(1942-09-20)20 September 1942
Narwana, Punjab, British India
(now in Haryana, India)
Died21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 77)
Rohtak, Haryana, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
RelationsNitin Goel (son), Akshay Goel (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958/59Patiala
1959/60–1962/63Southern Punjab
1963/64–1972/73Delhi
1973/74–1984/85Haryana
First-class debut23 December 1958 Patiala v Services
Last First-class9 March 1985 Haryana v Bombay
List A debut3 October 1974 North Zone v South Zone
Last List A13 March 1985 Haryana v Bengal
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 157 8
Runs scored 1037 11
Batting average 9.34 5.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 44 5*
Balls bowled 39929 508
Wickets 750 14
Bowling average 18.58 20.00
5 wickets in innings 59 0
10 wickets in match 18 n/a
Best bowling 8/55 4/54
Catches/stumpings 66/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008

Rajinder Goel (20 September 1942 – 21 June 2020) was an Indian cricketer who holds the record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy, India's premier first class competition, despite which he was never selected to play for India.[1][2] A left arm spinner, he represented Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi and Haryana in domestic cricket. In 2016, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.[3]

The son of an assistant station master in the Indian Railways, Goel came up through the Vaish school and college in Rohtak. His first major success was for North Zone schools in 1957 when he took four wickets against West Zone in the final of the All-India schools tournament and was declared the best bowler of the competition. He made his Ranji debut in the next season. Goel credits his early success to his teacher and coach Kishan Dayal. He started his first class career with Patiala, which then evolved into the Southern Punjab team. He moved to Delhi in 1963 and Haryana ten years later.

Goel appeared for India against Ceylon in an unofficial Test at Ahmedabad in 1964-65 where he took 4 for 33 in the second innings. Thereafter, the presence of the "Indian spin quartet", especially Bishen Bedi who bowled in a similar style, restricted his appearances for India. When Bedi was dropped from the team for the Bangalore Test against West Indies in 1974–75 on disciplinary grounds for appearing in a BBC interview, Goel was selected for the Indian team but was excluded at the last moment.[4] He also took 6-102 and 3–43 against the Australians in 1979–80. Goel rated his 12–134 against the South Zone in the final of the 1975-76 Duleep Trophy[5] as his most satisfying performance.

Goel went past V. V. Kumar's Ranji record of 417 wickets in the 1978–79 season. His 600th wicket was Chandrakant Pandit, caught at deep squareleg in the Ranji semifinal against Bombay in 1983–84.[6] He retired after taking 39 wickets in 1984–85 season.

Goel's 637 Ranji wickets is a record by a long way, Srinivas Venkataraghavan with 530 wickets being the next best.[7] He took more than 25 Ranji wickets in a season fifteen times, including in his last nine seasons. Haryana reached the Ranji semi-final thrice during Goel's time but lost on each occasion. Their first appearance in the final happened in the season after his retirement.

Goel is one of two non-Test cricketers, the other being Padmakar Shivalkar, who Sunil Gavaskar chose among his "idols" in his book of the same name. "He is the one bowler whom I have really dreaded facing in my life," he wrote about Goel. "I have never been able to feel comfortable against his left hand spinners and Goel has been one who, because of his flatter trajectory, has not given me the opportunity to step down the track and drive." However, Gavaskar considered Bedi the greater bowler overall.[8]

During his playing days, Goel was employed by the State Bank of India. He later served as a selector for Haryana and the Indian junior teams. His son Nitin Goel was also a first class cricketer for Haryana.

  1. ^ "Rajinder Goel: The 'Smiling Assassin' who didn't have rub of Green". The Times of India. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Rajinder Goel, the highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy, dies aged 77". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ Sarmah, Bhargab (27 February 2017). "Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar to Receive Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award". NDTV. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 249. ISBN 9781472975478.
  5. ^ South Zone v North Zone, 1975-76
  6. ^ Sportstar, 31 March 1984
  7. ^ "Most wickets in Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ^ Sunil Gavaskar, Idols, pp 163–166

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