Champaklal Narotamdas Mehta (1907 – 13 December 1981) was an Indian

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who played for

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and

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and studied in the

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.Obituary in Indian Cricket 1982, p. 563 He made his debut in the

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in 1929 but the tournament was suspended for the next four seasons. In support of the

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Vijay Merchant Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant , (born Vijay Madhavji Thackersey; 12 October 1911 – 27 October 1987) was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first-class cricket for Bombay c ...

, L. P. Jai and Mehta refused to take part in the trials for the Indian tour to England in 1932. He took part in the Test trials for the 1933-34 series. Mehta died of a heart attack in

in 1981.

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