| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1936 Tanganyika | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium/Left-arm orthodox spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967-1974 | East Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 19 August 1967 East Africa v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 18 January 1974 East Africa v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 August 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda, usually known as Vasant Tapu (1936-1988) was a Tanzanian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium/left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played for the Tanzania national cricket team between 1967 and 1974[1] and also played first-class cricket for East Africa.[2]
Born in Tanganyika in 1936,[2] Vasant Tapu began to play international cricket in August 1967 with two matches against India. The first was for Tanzania in Dar es Salaam[3] and the second was a first-class match for East Africa in Kampala.[4] In the first-class match, he scored 55 in the East Africa first innings and took 5/72 in the Indian first innings,[5] his best batting and bowling performances in first-class cricket.[1]
He played in the East African Quadrangular tournament in 1969 and 1970, and again in 1971, 1972 and 1974 when it had become a triangular tournament. He also went on a tour of England with East Africa in 1972. His last match for Tanzania was against Zambia in August 1974,[3] and he had played his second and final first-class match earlier in the year, against the MCC in Nairobi.[4] He died in 1988.[1]