Carlton Saldanha

Carlton Saldanha (born 12 August 1962) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka cricket team from 1980/81 to 1992/93. He also played for India under-19 and under-25 teams.[1] He was also formerly the director of the now defunct Frontiers Group India (FGI).[2]

Carlton Saldanha
Personal information
Born (1962-08-12) 12 August 1962
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1980/81–1992/93Karnataka
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 66 8
Runs scored 4,066 212
Batting average 45.68 30.28
100s/50s 7/26 0/1
Top score 144 62
Balls bowled 150 2
Wickets 1 0
Bowling average 130.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/7 –
Catches/stumpings 51/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 December 2015

Career

Saldanha was born in Bombay on 12 August 1962. He made his first-class cricket debut at the age of 18 during 1980–81 Ranji Trophy playing for Karnataka.[3] During his playing career, which spanned between the 1980/81 and 1992/93 seasons, he appeared in 66 first-class matches and 8 List A matches. In 1981, he played two Youth Tests and one Youth ODI on India's Under-19 tour of England.

Saldanha was the leading run-getter of the 1986–87 Ranji Trophy with 782 runs at an average of more than 71.[4] Between the 1986/87 and 1987/88 seasons, he was selected in the South Zone cricket team and the India Under-25 team.

His batting style was said to have been very similar to that of Sunil Gavaskar.[5]

Saldanha currently works as the director of Frontiers Group India (FGI). Collaborating with the Karnataka State Cricket Association, Frontiers organized the first-ever Twenty20 tournament in India in 2004 involving some of the leading international cricketers. FGI also managed the 2009 and 2010 seasons of the Karnataka Premier League. According to Saldanha, "FGI has held the exclusive in-stadia advertising rights for over 60 per cent of the cricket grounds in India, since 2000 for all bilateral international cricket matches under the aegis of BCCI and has been successfully involved in over 130 international cricket matches - Test, ODIs and T20s."[2]

References
  1. "Carlton Saldanha". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Anil Kumble's claims false, Brijesh Patel was never a part of Sporting Frontiers, says FGI director". NDTV. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. "Karnataka v Andhra in 1980/81". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. "Ranji Trophy, 1986/87 / Records / Most runs". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. Magotra, Ashish. "Cricketing echo: Bravo's eerie similarity to Lara". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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