Utkarsh Chandra

{{short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = India

| fullname = Utkarsh Saurabh Chandra

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| nickname = Hupps

| family =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Uttar Pradesh

| year1 = 2002/03–2006/07

| club2 = Cambridge UCCE

| year2 = 2009

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = –

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = –

| deliveries1 = 114

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 112.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/112

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 6

| runs2 = 26

| bat avg2 = 8.66

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 16

| deliveries2 = 204

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 65.66

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/32

| catches/stumpings2 = –/–

| date = 6 September

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/27686.html Cricinfo

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Utkarsh Saurabh Chandra (born 24 March 1983) is an Indian former cricketer.

Chandra was born at Lucknow in March 1983. He played representative cricket for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team, making six List A one-day appearances in the Ranji Trophy One-Day competition between 2002 and 2007.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12393/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Utkarsh Chandra |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}} Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 3 wickets at an expensive average of 65.66, with best figures of 2 for 32.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12393/a_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Utkarsh Chandra |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}} He later studied in England at Anglia Ruskin University,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27686.html |title=Player profile: Utkarsh Chandra |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2020-09-06}} where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE against Sussex at Fenner's in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12393/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Utkarsh Chandra |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}{{#tag:ref|Cambridge UCCE differed from Cambridge University Cricket Club in that it was open to students at Anglia Ruskin University, whereas Cambridge University Cricket Club is exclusively for students of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.|group=notes}} He took a single wicket in the match, that of Sussex opener Michael Yardy in their first innings, though he was expensive, conceding 112 runs from 19 overs bowled.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/204/204242.html |title=Cambridge UCCE v Sussex, 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}} Returning to India, he was a selector for the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20170523/282389809423487 |title='Promoters' send U-19 zonal cricket match for a six |date=2017-05-23 |work=Hindustan Times |accessdate=2020-09-06}}