Utkarsh Chandra
Indian cricketer
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Utkarsh Saurabh Chandra (born 24 March 1983) is an Indian former cricketer.
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Full name | Utkarsh Saurabh Chandra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 1983 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Hupps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002/03–2006/07 | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cambridge UCCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 September 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chandra was born at Lucknow in March 1983. He played representative cricket for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team, making six List A one-day appearances in the Ranji Trophy One-Day competition between 2002 and 2007.[1] Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 3 wickets at an expensive average of 65.66, with best figures of 2 for 32.[2] He later studied in England at Anglia Ruskin University,[3] where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE against Sussex at Fenner's in 2009.[4][notes 1] He took a single wicket in the match, that of Sussex opener Michael Yardy in their first innings, though he was expensive, conceding 112 runs from 19 overs bowled.[5] Returning to India, he was a selector for the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association in 2017.[6]