Today we celebrate the birth anniversary of ex-cricketer Yuvraj of Patiala, who played for his country just once in the longest format of the game. On this occasion, we take a look at the list of Indian cricketers who played just one Test match for their country.
Yuvraj of Patiala Runs - 84, Highest - 60, Average - 42.00
<img title="Arvind Apte" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/apte.jpg" alt="Arvind Apte" /> Arvind Apte Runs - 15, Highest - 8, Average - 7.50
Lall Singh Runs - 44, Highest - 29, Average - 22.00
Laxmidas Jai Runs - 19, Highest - 19. Average - 9.50
<img title="Karn Sharma" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/karn.jpg" alt="Karn Sharma" /> Karn Sharma Wickets - 4, Best bowling - 2/95, Econ rate - 4.85
<img title="Naman Ojha" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/ojha.jpg" alt="Naman Ojha" /> Naman Ojha Runs - 56, Highest - 35, Average - 28.00, Strike rate - 47.86
Rustomji Jamshedji Wickets - 3, Best bowling - 3/137, Average - 45.66
<img title="Unadkat" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/unadkat.jpg" alt="Unadkat" /> Jaydev Unadkat Wickets - 0, Econ rate -3.88
<img title="Vinay Kumar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/vinay.jpg" alt="Vinay Kumar" /> Vinay Kumar Wickets - 1, Best bowling - 1/73, Econ rate - 5.61
Ladha Ramji Wickets - 0, Best bowling - none, Average - none
Morappakam Gopalan Runs - 18, Highest - 11, Wickets - 1, Best bowling - 1/39
Khershed Meherhomji Runs - 0, Highest - 0*
Baqa Jilani Runs - 16, Highest - 12, Average - 16.00
<img title="Nikhil Chopra" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/chopra.jpg" alt="Nikhil Chopra" /> Nikhil Chopra Wickets - 0, Econ rate - 3.25
<img title="Saba Karim" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/karim.jpg" alt="Saba Karim" /> Saba Karim Runs - 15, Highest - 15, Average - 15.00, Strike rate - 32.60
Kanwar Rai Singh Runs - 26, Highest - 24, Average - 13.00. Strike rate - 81.25
Keki Tarapore Wickets - 0, Average - none, Econ rate - 3.78
Mantu Banerjee Wickets - 5, Best bowling - 4/120, Econ rate - 3.54
<img title="Robin Singh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/robin.jpg" alt="Robin Singh" /> Robin Singh Runs - 27, Highest - 15, Average - 13.50, Strike rate - 50.00
Madhusudan Rege Runs - 15, Highest - 15, Average - 7.50
Shute Banerjee Wickets - 5, Best bowling - 4/54, Econ rate - 2.7
Shah Nyalchand Wickets - 3, Best bowling - 3/97, Econ rate - 1.51
Bal Dani Wickets - 1, Best bowling - 1/9, Econ rate - 1.90
Vijay Rajindernath no innings played
Narain Swamy Wickets - none, Econ rate - 2.50
Sadashiv Patil Runs - 14, Highest - 14, Wickets - 2, Best bowling - 1/15
Chandrakant Patankar Runs - 14, Highest - 13, Average - 14.00
AK Sengupta Runs - 9, Highest - 8, Average - 4.50
Man Sood Runs - 3, Highest - 3, Average - 1.50
Rajinder Pal Wickets - none, Econ rate - 1.69
Ramesh Saxena Runs - 25, Highest - 16, Average - 12.50, Strike rate - 29.06
Ajit Pai Wickets - 2, Best bowling - 2/29, Econ rate - 1.63
Kenia Jayantilal Runs - 5, Highest - 5, Average - 5.00
<img title="Yograj Singh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/yograj.jpg" alt="Yograj Singh" /> Yograj Singh Runs - 5, Highest - 5, Average - 5.00, Strike rate - 20.00
Tirumalai Srinivasan Runs - 48, Highest - 29, Average - 24.00, Strike rate - 25.80
Ghulam Parkar Runs - 7, Highest - 6, Average - 3.50, Strike rate - 15.55
Rakesh Shukla Wickets - 2, Best bowling - 2/82, Econ rate - 3.10
Ajay Sharma Runs - 53, Highest - 30, Average - 26.50, Strike rate - 31.36
Rashid Patel Wickets - 0, Econ rate - 3.64
Margashayam Venkataramana Wickets - 1, Best bowling - 1/10, Econ rate - 4.97
<img title="Ankola" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/s-ankola.jpg" alt="Ankola" /> Salil Ankola Wickets - 2, Best bowling - 1/35, Econ rate - 4.26
Gursharan Singh Runs - 18, Highest - 18, Average - 18.00, Strike rate - 47.36
Subroto Banerjee Wickets - 3, Best bowling - 3/47, Econ rate - 2.61
Vijay Yadav Runs - 30, Highest - 30, Average - 30.00, Strike rate - 120.00
Robin Singh (bowler) Wickets - 3, Best bowling - 2/74, Econ rate - 4.40
Rahul Sanghvi Wickets - 2, Best bowling - 2/67, Econ rate - 6.32
<img title="Iqbal Siddiqui" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/siddiqui.jpg" alt="Iqbal Siddiqui" /> Iqbal Siddiqui Runs - 29, Highest - 24, Average - 29.00, Strike rate - 96.66
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Today we celebrate the birth anniversary of ex-cricketer Yuvraj of Patiala. On this occasion, we take a look at the list of Indian cricketers who played just one Test match for their country

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