Sandip Gupta (also Sandeep Gupta; born 7 April 1967) is a former Kenyan

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er who represented his country in 10

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s between 1996 and 2001. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Nairobi Gymkhana at club level. Gupta made his One Day International debut against

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during the

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, batting at

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he scored 41 off 66 balls. He took part in the 1999 Meril International Tournament, where he helped the

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n team to the final where they lost against

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, mainly thanks to a century from man-of-the-match

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. He was part of the Kenya squad for the 1999 World Cup, playing in two of Kenya's five group matches, he was dismissed for a golden duck against

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and scored one against

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References

1967 births Living people Kenyan cricketers Kenya One Day International cricketers Kenyan Hindus Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Kenyan people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya {{Kenya-cricket-bio-stub