Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (14 August 1916 – 7 February 1985) was an Indian first class

cricketer Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

. The brother of Test player

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

, Uday was a right-handed batsman and played in the Ranji Trophy for Bombay. He played a total of 22 first class matches for Bombay, scoring 1758 runs at 67.61. Merchant's highest score of 217 was made against Hyderabad in the 1947–48 Ranji Trophy semi-final.

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