Prakash Rajguru (24 December 1939 – 23 June 2006) was an Indian

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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and died in India. Rajguru made his cricketing debut for Maharashtra Schools during the 1956-57 Cooch Behar Trophy season - later playing for the victorious West Zone Schools team during the same campaign. Rajguru made three appearances for Poona University in the

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between January and December 1963. Rajguru's only first-class appearance came during the 1965–66 season, against Saurashtra. He scored 4 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 21 runs in the second, as Maharashtra won the match by a comfortable margin.

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