Noel Arthur David (born 26 February 1971) is a former Indian
cricket
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er. He played domestic cricket for
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
and played four
One Day International
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s for
India
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in 1997.
Early life
When he was five years old, his family moved to Hyderabad from Puducherry. Still, one of his siblings (elder brother) is living in Puducherry. He attended
All Saints High School which has produced test players like
Abid Ali,
Syed Kirmani
Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani (; born 29 December 1949) is an Indian cricketer who played cricket for Indian cricket team, India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper. In 2016, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in ...
,
Mohammad Azharuddin and
Venkatapathy Raju
Sagi Lakshmi Venkatapathy Raju, sometimes spelt Venkapathy Raju (born 9 July 1969) is a former Indian cricketer , cricket administrators & cricket coach. He came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic seaso ...
. Already a 100 metre and 200 metre athlete, his fielding developed under coach Sampath Kumar.
Career
David was a bowling all-rounder - a decent off-break bowler and a lower-order batsman. He was an excellent fielder. David scored a double-century in just his second game as part of Hyderabad's record 944.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-scor ...
is believed to have asked "Noel who?" when he learned that David was the replacement for the injured
Javagal Srinath
Javagal Srinath, (, born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers, and was the first Indian fast bowler to take more than 300 wickets in One Day Inter ...
during
India's 1997 tour of West Indies. David in a later interview clarified Sachin never said that statement, and it was
Ajit Wadekar
Ajit Laxman Wadekar (; 1 April 1941 – 15 August 2018) was an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian national team between 1966 and 1974. Described as an "aggressive batsman", Wadekar made his first-class debut in 1958, ...
who did.
On the other hand, former BCCI secretary
Jaywant Lele confirmed there was something fishy about the selection of the unheard-of David.
Sunil Gavaskar once said that he was the greatest ever fielder for Indian cricket team; along with Caribbean commentator
Tony Cozier
Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier (10 July 1940 – 11 May 2016) was a Barbadian cricket journalist, writer, and radio commentator on West Indian cricket for over fifty years. Scyld Berry wrote that he was both the voice and the conscience of West I ...
, Gavaskar compared David with
Jonty Rhodes
Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a South African professional cricket commentator and former Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first South African ...
.
Post retirement
, David is chief selector for
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
as well as chairman of the Junior Selection Committee.
David has an ambition to become the coach of the Hyderabad team.
References
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Hyderabad cricketers
Indian cricketers
India One Day International cricketers
South Zone cricketers
1971 births
Living people
Cricketers from Hyderabad, India
Alumni of All Saints High School, Hyderabad
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