Sandir Om Prakash (9 November 1929 – 8 August 1994) was an Indian

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er who represented

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and

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in the

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from 1946 to 1958. A batsman who sometimes opened the innings, and a bowler who sometimes opened the bowling, Om Prakash was most successful in his stint with Bihar, beginning in 1951. In his second match for them, in the

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, he opened the batting and scored 122 in 148 minutes in the second innings against

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. Two years later he scored his second first-class

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, 124 for Bihar against

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, in a match in which he opened both batting and bowling. His best bowling figures were 4 for 22 and 4 for 35 for United Provinces against Bihar in 1947–48. Om Prakash was selected in an Indian XI for one of the matches against the Commonwealth XI in 1953–54, but the match was abandoned after student protestors dug up the pitch the day before the match was due to start. He was never selected for India again, but he did play for a team representing the rest of India in a

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against

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in 1954–55. He should not be confused with Om Prakash Kumaria, an all-rounder for Eastern Punjab in the 1950s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OmPrakash, Sandir 1929 births 1994 deaths Indian cricketers Southern Punjab cricketers Uttar Pradesh cricketers Bihar cricketers East Zone cricketers