About Desh Azad
Lived 1938 – 2013 (aged 75). Desh Azad was a cricketer.
Desh Azad (2 February 1938 – 16 August 2013) was an Indian cricketer and cricket coach.
Cricket career He played nineteen first-class cricket matches representing Haryana, Maharaja of Patiala's XI and Southern Punjab between 1953 and 1973 in which he scored 658 runs and took eight wickets. He also served as match referee in two Under-19 matches between India and Australia in 2005.
Coaching career However, it was as coach that he was best known. India's 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev was the most famous of his students. The other cricketers he coached included Chetan Sharma who took the first hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history, Yograj Singh and Ashok Malhotra.
In 1986, he was honoured with the Dronacharya Award for his services to cricket coaching.
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Who was Desh Azad?
cricketer (1938-2013)
When was Desh Azad born?
Desh Azad was born on 2 February 1938 in Amritsar.
When did Desh Azad die?
Desh Azad died on 16 August 2013 in Mohali.
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Desh Azad was a cricketer.
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