Fakir Dungaria
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Fakir Dungaria (born 6 October 1969) is a former first class Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat. He made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1991–92 season, against Baroda. From the lower-middle order, he scored 21 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 9 runs in the second. Fakir also played for Gujarat Under-19 team from 1989 to 1992.
Dungaria is from a small town called Daman in India. In 1985 he started playing cricket for local clubs called Jawan Tandel cricket club (Nani Daman) and Vadilal CC (Vapi). He was spotted by Maheshbhai Pithawalla from Bhimpore, Surat. In 1987, Pithawalla offered him an open invitation to play for his own club called Pithawalla Sports Club. Dungaria accepted and delivered strong performances at the level of club and for the Surat district cricket association. By 1992 he played for Gujarat Under-19 and a Ranji trophy for Gujarat, Same year 1992 Fakir Dungaria left India to settle down in the UK.
Between 1993 and 2008, Dungaria played for Broadstairs cricket club in Kent Cricket League. Since 2009, Dungaria has played for Radlett in the Home Counties Premier League. He also played for Uxbridge Middlesex League, Syston Leicestershire league, and Hertfordshire cricket league for Broxbourne cricket club as well as different cricket clubs in various leagues in the UK. In 2016 Dungaria went back to his old club Radlett CC playing 1st team cricket in Saracens Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League.
In 2020 he played for Hertfordshire Over50's and same year he made into the England Over50's (International) to play against Wales Over50’s.
In 2021 Fakir Dungaria joined Middlesex to play Over50's County cricket.
In 2023 Fakir Dungaria decided to play for his own birth country India and successfully switched from England veterans to Indian veterans.
In 2023 Fakir Dungaria was selected and played Over50's cricket World Cup for India from 6 to 20 March 2023 in Cape Town. (South Africa)
2024 Fakir Dungaria again appears to play for India but this time it was for Over40’s cricket World Cup which was held from feb/mar 2024 in Cape Town (South Africa)
https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/fakir-dungaria-28295
https://www.youtube.com/live/huXwlzZ07TA?feature=share
External links
[edit]- Fakir Dungaria at CricketArchive (subscription required)