Pravin Amre

Pravin Amre

Pravin Amre at Box Cricket Finale, Box Ka Boss
Personal information
Full name	Pravin Kalyan Amre
Born	(1968-08-14) 14 August 1968 (age 56) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm Leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 195)	13 November 1992 v South Africa
Last Test	4 August 1993 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 82)	10 November 1991 v South Africa
Last ODI	20 February 1994 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Air India
	Bengal cricket team
	Boland cricket team
	Goa cricket team
	Mumbai cricket team
	Railways cricket team
	Rajasthan cricket team
	Seattle Orcas cricket team
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 11 37 86 113 Runs scored 425 513 5,815 2,382 Batting average 42.50 20.52 48.86 27.37 100s/50s 1/3 0/2 17/25 1/14 Top score 103 84* 246 103* Balls bowled – 2 30 26 Wickets – 0 0 0 Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 9/– 12/0 58/0 32/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 February 2018

Pravin Kalyan Amre (pronunciation^ⓘ; born 14 August 1968) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1999. He played 11 Test matches and 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs).

Domestic career

Amre was coached by Ramakant Achrekar, who was also the coach of Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli. Achrekar once famously claimed that he would be a better batsman than even Sachin. At the domestic level, Amre played for various teams such as Mumbai, Railways, Rajasthan and Bengal, while also playing in South Africa for Boland. His score of 246 for Rest of India against Bengal in the 1990–91 Irani Cup was the highest individual score by a batsman until Murali Vijay broke it in the 2012–13 Irani Cup.^[1][2]

International career

Amre made his One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa at Kolkata on 10 November 1991, scoring a 55 off 74 balls.^[3] His Test debut came against the same team at Durban, scoring a century which was incidentally his highest score in tests.^[4] In the event, he became the ninth India player to achieve this feat.^[5] Pravin Amre's highest ODI score also came against South Africa when he scored an unbeaten 84 from 98 balls to lead India to victory in the 7th one day of the 1992 ODI series.^[6]

After cricket

He was the coach of the India Under-19 Cricket Team, which won the 2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia and Mumbai cricket team. He was the assistant coach of Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League. He was the talent scout for the Delhi Capitals in the IPL.

In July 2019, he was appointed as the batting coach of the United States National Cricket Team on a short-term basis.^[7]

In January 2021, he was appointed as the assistant coach of the Delhi Capitals.^[8]

In July 2023, he was the head coach for Seattle Orcas in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket in the USA.

References

1. Das, Ankush (23 July 2019). "10 Talented Indian Cricketers who Failed at the International Level". Cricket Addictor. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
2. "Irani Cup (Irani Trophy) Trophy batting most runs innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
3. Mustafi, Suvajit (10 November 2016). "Pravin Amre recalls his ODI debut that marked South Africa's readmission in international cricket". Cricket Country. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. "Pravin Amre profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
6. "Full Scorecard of South Africa vs India 7th ODI 1992/93 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "USA Cricket Announces New National Team Coaching Structure". USA Cricket. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
8. "Pravin Amre Returns to Delhi Capitals as Assistant Coach". Delhi Capitals. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

External links

• Pravin Amre at ESPNcricinfo