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Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; Kannada: ಭಗವತ್ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್, pronunciation (help·info); born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former cricketer who specialised in leg spin. Considered amongst the top echelon of leg-spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated spin bowling in the 1960s and 1970s. Viv Richards said in an interview that Chandrasekhar and Dennis Lillee were the most difficult bowlers he had faced.
He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972 and won the Wisden's "Best bowling performance of the century" award in 2002, for his 6 wickets for 38 runs against England at the Oval in 1971.[1]
Chandrasekhar had minimal batting skills, finishing with an Test average of 4.07.[2] He was given a special Gray-Nicholls bat during the 1977-78 Australian tour with a hole in it to commemorate the four ducks he scored, and he has 23 Test ducks to his credit. He also holds the dubious distinction of scoring fewer runs (167) off his bat than wickets (242) taken in Test cricket;[2] the only other cricketer with this distinction over a significant Test career is New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin.
Attributed to him is a famous umpire-directed quote, made during a day of bad decisions in New Zealand after several of his LBW appeals were given not-out: "I know he is bowled, but is he out?"[3][4]