Ravinder Chadha (born 16 March 1951) is an Indian former

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er and doctor. He captained

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in 83

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matches, a tournament record till 2015 when it was bettered by Jaydev Shah. Chadha also served as a physiotherapist for the Indian team.

Life and career

Chadha was born on 16 March 1951 in

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. An all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace, Chadha made his first-class debut at age 16 for Southern Punjab during the

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. He played the subsequent two seasons for Punjab, before switching to the newly founded Haryana team. He represented Haryana for 18 seasons from 1970–71 to 1987–88, captaining the team in 83

matches. This was the record for most matches as captain in the history of Ranji Trophy, until Saurashtra cricketer Jaydev Shah broke it in 2015. Chadha appeared in a total of 114 first-class matches, scoring 5,215 runs and taking 129 wickets. Chadha was employed with

Haryana Power Utilities Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

for 33 years, until his retirement as its director of medical services in 2009. He treated sport injuries and runs a pain-management clinic in Sector 22 in

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. Chadha also worked as a selector for the

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and a physiotherapist for the

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for two years including at the

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. He is a recipient of the Haryana government's Bhim Award.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadha, Ravinder 1951 births Living people Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Southern Punjab cricketers Punjab, India cricketers Haryana cricketers North Zone cricketers Cricketers from Jalandhar