Utkarsh Saurabh Chandra (born 24 March 1983) is an

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former cricketer. Chandra was born at

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in March 1983. He played representative cricket for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team, making six List A one-day appearances in the Ranji Trophy One-Day competition between 2002 and 2007. Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 3 wickets at an expensive

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of 65.66, with best figures of 2 for 32. He later studied in England at Anglia Ruskin University, where he made a single appearance in

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for

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against

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at Fenner's in 2009. He took a single wicket in the match, that of Sussex

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in their first innings, though he was expensive, conceding 112 runs from 19 overs bowled. Returning to India, he was a selector for the

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in 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandra, Utkarsh 1983 births Living people People from Lucknow Indian cricketers Uttar Pradesh cricketers Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge MCCU cricketers Indian cricket administrators