Anshuman Gaekwad battling blood cancer in London, needs financial support

Former India Test cricketer and national coach Anshuman Gaekwad has been battling blood cancer for the past year. He is undergoing treatment in London. However, few are aware that the former India coach needs financial support for his treatment.

Former India cricketer Sandeep Patil, in his column for Mid-Day, revealed that during his visit to London, he met Gaekwad at King’s College Hospital. Patil further stated that Anshuman informed him about his need for financial support for the treatment.

“Soon, Dilip Vengsarkar and I spoke to BCCI treasurer Ashish Shelar, who said he would look into our and other former cricketers’ requests for funds,” added Patil.

Post his retirement from cricket in 1982, Gaekwad transitioned into coaching. Serving as the head coach of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2001 and leading the Kenyan cricket team during the 1999 World Cup, Gaekwad continued to contribute to the sport he loves.

Anshuman Gaekwad cricket career
Anshuman batting & fielding
FORMAT	Matches	Inns	NO	Runs	Highest score	Averahe	Balls faced	Strike Rate	Hundreds	Fifties	Sixes	Catches
Tests	40	70	4	1985	201	30.07	–	–	2	10	0	15
ODIs	15	14	1	269	78*	20.69	509	52.84	0	1	–	6
FC	206	326	34	12136	225	41.56	–	–	34	47	–	160
List A	55	53	4	1601	111*	32.67	–	–	2	12	–	17
Anshuman Gaekwad’s bowling stats
FORMAT	Matches	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	Strike Rate	Four-wicket hauls	Five-wicket haul
Tests	40	17	334	187	2	1/4	1/4	93.5	3.35	167	0	0
ODIs	15	1	48	39	1	1/39	1/39	39	4.87	48	0	0
FC	206	–	10649	4587	143	6/49	–	32.07	2.58	74.4	–	3
List A	55	–	537	343	22	4/23	4/23	15.59	3.83	24.4	3	0