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[parvinder]

May 5, 2008 15:20:54 GMT 5.5 @Rampal Dedha said:

Parvinder Awana

India

Full name Parvinder Awana
Born July 19, 1986, Delhi, India
Current age 21 years 291 days
Major teams Delhi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm Fast



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Maharashtra v Delhi, Ranji Trophy, 4th day, Nagothane

Awana hat-trick seals easy win for Delhi

The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga in Nagothane

December 12, 2007

Delhi 409 and 51 for 3 (Agharkar 2-14) beat Maharashtra 219 and 240 (Kanitkar 50, Awana 4-62, Nanda 4-70) by seven wickets
Scorecard

In three successive devastating deliveries, Parvinder Awana, playing his second first-class match, ended the resistance Maharashtra had put up for 35 overs and set Delhi on their way to an outright win. Needing just 51 to win on a difficult track, Delhi proceeded to lose three wickets but in the end managed to gain a two-point lead over their opponents, second on the list.

Awana's hat-trick, the 44th in the Ranji Trophy, came after Yogesh Takawale and Vishal Bhilare had put on 100 for the fifth wicket and were in the middle of a scrap for a draw, which would get them one point. But Awana, fast and accurate, removed Bhilare, Kedar Jadhav and Sairaj Bahutule in three deliveries to end the contest right there. 202 for 4, a lead of 12, became 202 for 7, and the last three wickets fell for 38 runs.

For 25 overs today, resuming at 129 for 4, Takawale and Bhilare looked at ease. The wicket misbehaved, but they had negotiated it well. Then, in the 26th over, Awana's seventh of the day, he got the first ball from around the stumps to Bhilare to stay low, at a good pace, and beat his defence. The umpire had no hesitation in upholding the appeal. Jadhav, the right-hand batsman, got a mirror image of that from over the stumps, this one only looked even more adjacent. For Bahutule, Awana went around again, and produced the best ball one could on a hat-trick. He hit the same length from where the ball acted funnily throughout the game, and got it to straighten just enough to hit the top of off stump.

Awana became the fourth Delhi bowler to take a Ranji hat-trick, after Ravinder Pal, Bishan Bedi, and Shankar Saini. This was also the second hat-trick in this round of Ranji matches, as Kerala captain Sony Chevathur took one against Gujarat earlier. Awana was the winner of the ESPN Scorpio Speedster, a reality contest for pace bowlers, in 2003-04.

The triple blow was a bit too much for the young Maharashtra side, which was left rattled. Earlier, Takawale and Bhilare had played out the 25 most sensible overs of the match. Firstly they made sure they moved on the front foot to negate the ones that kept low from a good length. The ones that kicked from there, they played with soft hands and managed to keep them on the ground. While they defended well, they kept going for their strokes too. Takawale was impressive in driving through the covers, while Bhilare was good with the lofted shots. Takawale square-drove Awana to get to his fifty and ensure Delhi batted again.

Chetanya Nanda suddenly started to look more effective and got Takawale (75) leg before with one that kept a touch low. Salil Agharkar, who scored a quick 17, was bowled by Nanada.

With 50 to defend, Maharashtra didn't give the fight up. Agharkar, the left-arm spinner who took five in the first innings, bowled the first over and got Aakash Chopra stumped in his second. With that Delhi lost out on the bonus point. Samad Fallah struck in the next over as he had Shikhar Dhawan leg before. Virender Sehwag surprisingly did not come into bat at the fall of these two wickets, as Rajat Bhatia and Mayank Tehlan were sent in. Bhatia followed soon in a bat-pad dismissal, with Delhi's score at 20. Mithun Manhas was sent in to replace Bhatia and he and Tehlan batted out the tense period and made sure Sehwag was not required.

With this win, Delhi moved into the lead in Group A with 17 points, while Maharashtra stayed at second with their tally of 15. If Mumbai beat Rajasthan outright in Jhalawar, they will be joint second with Maharashtra with two matches to go.

Sidharth Monga is a staff writer at Cricinfo

[Ashok Harsana]

I dont know about other players but Parvinder Awana has bright prospects. He claimed a hat trick for delhi and his pace is also good.

Hope he gets a chance

I know another Ranji player who was very well known to me "Navdeep Tomar" from Fatehpur Beri, who could not get a chance in the team even after having an extraordiniary talent a a batsman. There might be 100s of gujjar crickerters playing on prel iminiary levels, but we need someone who can grab a ticket for the national team.

Regards

Ashok Harsana
gurjar.co.nr

[mgorsi]

Hi Gujjar Mandal,

Shoaib Akhtar is originally from a village just outside Balakote and I am also from the same area. His parents moved to Rawalpindi and he grew up there. I have not met him but some of my relatives who also work in Rawalpindi know him in person. He is definitely a Gujjar.

My information is that the following stars are also Gujjars:

Saleem Sherwani (late), Hockey star of the seventies and later Minister in Punjab.

Naheed Akhtar, Great Singer

Sahir Ludhianvi (late), Pssionate Urdu Poet.

Thanks,

Mohammad Malik

Jan 8, 2008 20:40:38 GMT 5.5 Ashok Harsana said:

Another Faker,

I know Shoaib is a Gujjar but you are not .
Shoaib is a Gujjar from kasana Gotra and he confirmed it to a friend of mine when the pak team was in Delhi. My friend whose name is Bitty who plays for maulana azad crickert club met him personally and spent around 2 hours with him at ferozshah kotla grounds. So Mr. Himanshu or whatever your real name is dont spread this misinformation.

Regards

Ashok Harsana

[pal]

Kasana Vipin IND
www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=K/athcode=240742/index.html

[Ashok Harsana]

Thanks for the info brother,

I worked further and found one more:

www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=G/athcode=178188/index.html

[Jagga]

Can anybody tell what was the gotra of Great wrestler Gama Gujjar:

Gama never lost any amtch in his life but one .Here is the story about the only match Gama lost to anyone in his life:
Gama was an invincible Wrestler. Its said even those who Lost in a wrestling match to Gama, were awarded handsome amounts of money because at least they had the guts enough to wrestle with Gama.

So it once happened that a very weak poor old man challenged Gama for a wrestle. Everyone was surprised and so was Gama.

Later, it came upon Gama's information that the Poor Man was in urgent need for money for his daughter's wedding and risking his life to Gama was the only option left for him.

Compassionate, the Great Gama called upon the Old Man and on purpose, right in the first go of the match, "lost" the match to the Old Man so as he gets the Winner's Amount for his daughter's wedding.

This is the Only "Match" Gama is said to have "Lost"...

[Jagga]

Something more about the World Champion Gama Gujjar the Great:

By 1910, Gama had defeated all the prominent Indian wrestlers who faced him except the Champion Wala. At this time, he focused his attention to the rest of the world. Accompanied by his younger brother Imam Bukhsh, Gama sailed to England to compete with the Western Wrestlers. In London, Gama issued a challenge that he could throw any three wrestlers in thirty minutes of any weight class. This announcement however was seen as a bluff by the wrestlers and their promoter R.B. Benjamin. For a long time no one came forward to accept the challenge. In order to break the ice, Gama presented another challenge to specific heavy weight wrestlers. He challenged Stanislaus Zbyszko and Frank Gotch, either he would beat them or pay them the prize money and go home. The first professional wrestler to take his challenge was the American Benjamin Roller. In the bout, Gama pinned Roller in 1 minute 40 seconds the first time, and in 9 minutes 10 seconds the other.

The next to accept Gama's challenge was Stanislaus Zbyszko and the date of bout was set to be 10 September 1910. The match was £250 in prize money and the John Bull Belt. Within a minute, Zbyszko was taken down and remained in that position for the remaining 2 hours and 35 minutes of the match. There were a few brief moments when Zbyszko would get up, but he just ended back down in his previous position. The two men were set to face each other again on 17th September 1910. On that date, Zbyszko failed to show up and Gama was announced the winner by default. He was awarded the prize and the John Bull Belt. Receiving this belt entitled Gama to be called Rustam-e-Zamana or World Champion.

[Ravi]

Awana, Dhawan star for Delhi
EW DELHI: Parwinder Awana claimed four wickets and Shikhar Dhawan slammed a brilliant 70 as Delhi defeated Himachal Pradesh by eight wickets in the North Zone one-day league at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Saturday. This was Delhi’s third win in as many matches.

Electing to field, Delhi had Himachal reeling at 40 for seven before Mukesh Sharma offered resistance with a 115-ball knock of 84 not out with seven fours and two sixes. Sharma and Ashok Thakur (17 not out) added 72 runs for the last wicket.

Delhi was hardly troubled by Himachal bowlers as Dhawan (83 balls, ten fours) and Mayank Tehlan (45 off 79 balls with four fours) set the tempo for skipper Mithun Manhas finish with a flourish (31 not out off 31 balls with three fours and one six).

In other matches, Haryana defeated Services by 36 runs at the Palam ground while Haryana beat Jammu and Kashmir by 37 runs at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium.

The scores: HP 160 for nine in 50 overs (Mukesh Sharma 84 n.o., Parwinder Awana four for 30) lost to Delhi 163 for two in 35.2 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 70, Mayank Tehlan 45, Mithun Manhas 31 n.o.).

Haryana 232 for seven in 50 overs (Amardeep Sonkar 73, Sachin Rana 48) bt Services 196 in 47.3 overs (Tahir Khan 75, Soumik Chatterjee 45).

Punjab 259 for five in 50 overs (Mayank Sidhana 62, Pankaj Dharmani 52, Uday Kaul 51 n.o., Karan Goel 43, Sunny Sohal 33) bt J&K 222 for eight in 50 overs (Samiullah Beg 61, Zahoor Sofi 35).

www.hindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030254002200.htm

www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008030254002200.htm&date=2008/03/02/&prd=th&

[Manish Gurjar]

Hi Ashok,

You are doing excellent job, i was knowing about this fact that Shoaib is a Gurjar but after reading your blog m confident abt that.

Thanks a lot !!!

Regards,
Manish

[Deepak Dedha Kondli]

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd Asif are definitely Gujjars for sure.
As discussed earlier there are two Gujjars in Delhi Ranji team; Yogesh Nagar, who also featured in Delhi Daredevils in IPL-2 and Champions League.
Parwinder Awana is one of the brightest young fast bowler who missed last season may be due to injury.

Two players with the surname "Bhati" made their debut in Haryana team that played a 20-20 match against Services on 21st Oct 2009. They are Lalit Bhati and Abhishek Bhati.
I am sure they both are Gujjars as their profiles show both of them are from Ghaziabad and Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

www.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/content/current/player/430746.html

www.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2009/content/current/player/430748.html

When you search for "Bhati" in cricinfo.com, four players with this surname appears. The other two are from Rajasthan and again from Noida.

Can anyone please confirm whether the Rajasthan player Naresh Bhati is a Gujjar or not?