Arun Muralidhar Ogiral (25 September 1942 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian

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who played

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for

Vidarbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Maharashtra, proposed state of central India, comprising th ...

from 1960 to 1976. A right-arm off-spin bowler and lower-order batsman, Ogiral holds the record for the best innings figures for Vidarbha: 8 for 39 against

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in 1967-68. He was also selected six times to play for

Central Zone The Central Indo-Aryan languages or Hindi languages are a group of related language Variety (linguistics), varieties Spoken across North India and Central India. These language varieties form the central part of the Indo-Aryan language family, ...

. In Central Zone's innings loss to the touring West Indians in 1974-75 he took 5 for 186, including the wicket of

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caught behind.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogiral, Arun 1942 births 2004 deaths Indian cricketers Cricketers from Nagpur Vidarbha cricketers Central Zone cricketers