Sultan Saleem (1947 – 21 August 2019) was an Indian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
He played in 44
first-class matches, mainly 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 ...
, from 1962/63 to 1975/76, including the final of the
1964–65 Ranji Trophy
The 1964–65 Ranji Trophy was the 31st season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament that took place in India between September 1965 and April 1965. Bombay won their seventh consecutive title defeating Hyderabad in the ...
.
He studied at the
All Saints High School.
He played for
Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 28 August 1918. It ...
and was part of the university team for when it won the
Rohinton Baria Trophy
The All-India Inter-University Cricket Championship held for the Rohinton Baria Gold Trophy (or simply, Rohinton Baria Trophy) is India's premier inter-university cricket tournament. It has been contested annually since the 1935/36 season.
Histo ...
in 1966-67.
See also
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List of Hyderabad cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Hyderabad cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the in ...
References
External links
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1947 births
2019 deaths
Indian cricketers
Andhra cricketers
Hyderabad cricketers
Place of birth missing
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