Uday Merchant

{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Uday Merchant

| image =

| caption =

| country = India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 42

| runs1 = 2,789

| bat avg1 = 55.78

| 100s/50s1 = 9/12

| top score1 = 217

| deliveries1 = 18

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 44/0

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11459/11459.html CricketArchive

}}

Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (14 August 1916 – 7 February 1985) was an Indian first class cricketer.

The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant, Uday was a right-handed batsman and played in the Ranji Trophy for Bombay. He played a total of 22 first class matches for Bombay, scoring 1758 runs at 67.61.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11459/f_Batting_by_Team.html| title=First-class batting records by team| publisher=CricketArchive}}

Merchant's highest score of 217 was made against Hyderabad in the 1947–48 Ranji Trophy semi-final.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18389.html| title=Scorecard: Bombay v Hyderabad 1947/48| publisher=CricketArchive}}