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Full name | Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rajkot, India | 16 August 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saurashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 25 December 2005 Saurashtra v Goa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 2 February 2006 Saurashtra v Rajasthan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 12 February 2006 Saurashtra v Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 14 February 2006 Saurashtra v Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
CricketArchive, 13 November 2011 |
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Maccabiah Games | ||
2009 Maccabiah | Cricket |
Bensiyon Morisbhai Songavkar is an Indian professional cricketer who has represented Saurashtra. [1] He lives in Rajkot, India, and is Jewish. [2] [3]
In 2008, Songavkar was included in a special Israel squad that played against India in a special match in honour of Israel's 60th anniversary. Songavkar was a suggested inclusion by then BCCI secretary general, Niranjan Shah, after the Israel Cricket Association requested names of Jewish cricketers in India. [4]
A year later, Songavkar played for Team India which won a silver medal as he was selected player of the tournament for cricket at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel. [5] [6] He was Captain of Team India in cricket at the 2017 Maccabiah Games. [7]