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Full name Umesh Kumar
Born October 8, 1951, Patiala, Punjab
Died September 21, 2008, Patiala, Punjab (aged 56 years 349 days)
Major teams Punjab
Also known as Umesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
67
77
29
796
69*
16.58
0
2
21
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
5w
10
First-class
67
12078
4243
200
8/37
21.21
2.10
60.3
9
2
Career statistics
First-class span
1969/70 - 1985/86
Profile
Umesh Kumar was an offspinner for Punjab who played 67 first-class games between 1969 and 1986 and took 191 wickets at 20.69. He also played three matches for North Zone, including one against the touring Australians in 1979, in which he took the wickets of Allan Border and Dav Whatmore. He took up umpiring after retirement and began with matches in Pakistan in 1987. He was the third umpire for the India-Sri Lanka Test in Mohali in 1997. Kumar died of a heart attack at the age of 56 in Patiala. Cricinfo Staff September 2008
Notes
Umpiring First class debut - 1992
Umpired 12 Ranji Trophy matches
