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Full name Janardan Gyanoba Navle
Born December 7, 1902, Fulgaon, Maharashtra
Died September 7, 1979, Pune, Maharashtra (aged 76 years 274 days)
Major teams India,Central India,Gwalior,Hindus,Holkar,Rajputana
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
4
0
42
13
10.50
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
65
107
4
1976
96
19.18
0
101
36
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
65
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Lord's, Jun 25-28, 1932 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Mumbai, Dec 15-18, 1933 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1918/19 - 1943/44
Profile
India's first Test wicketkeeper, JG Navle, put in a courtly display on the 1932 tour of England, Cardus being impressed by his "polished, quicksilver" work. According to Christopher Martin-Jenkins' Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Jack Hobbs rated Navle in the same league as George Duckworth and Bert Oldfield, which is high praise indeed. Forty-one dismissals came his way on that trip, only one of them (Douglas Jardine) in the one-off Test at Lord's. He also
doubled up as opening batsman, and faced the historic first delivery of India's first Test innings from Bill Bowes.
Navle's only other Test appearance was at Bombay in 1933-34 after which he was dropped at the age of 31 to accommodate a younger man. Making his first-class debut in the Quadrangular at the age of 16, Navle kept wickets for Hindus for 16 straight years. He also played unofficial Tests against Arthur Gilligan's team in 1926-27 and Jack Ryder's team nine years later.
Sankhya Krishnan
