FULL NAME: Kanak Patel
GENDER: Male
BORN: Date not known
DIED: 1 May, 2020 at the age of 72 at his own house in Puttaparthy.
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Took voluntary retirement as faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of NIT Rourkela in 2008.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Left-hand allrounder
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa Seniors

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 15 first-class matches in a career spanning from 1964-65 to 1977-78.
*     Played all 15 first-class matches in Ranji Trophy.

OVERAL FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting & Fielding: Matches 15, innings 28, not outs 0, total runs 175, highest score 32, average 6.25, catches 4.
Bowling: Balls 1378, maidens 36, runs 685, wickets 12, best bowling 4/91, average 57.08, five wkts in an innings 5 time, 10 wkts in a match once, strike rate 45.90, economy 3.12

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
1/39, 3, 1/41, 1: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Baripada Stadium, Baripada, 22-24 December, 1977.
1/127, 1, 1: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 16-18 December, 1977.
1, 4/91, 0: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 10-12 December, 1977.
0/12, 2: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, NEF Railway Stadium, Guwahati, 3-5 December, 1976.
2, 0/35, 25: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, 27-29 November, 1976.
1, 0/6, 16, 0/19: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 7-9 December, 1975.
7, 1/28, 18, 3/19: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, VSS Stadium, Sambalpur, 3-5 December, 1975.
1, 0/40, 5: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, 7-9 December, 1970.
7, 0/28, 6: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 23-25 December, 1967.
5, 0/27, 9: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 17-18 December, 1967.
1, 0/84, 2: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 21-23 December, 1966.
1, 1/42, 8: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-11 December, 1966.
13, 0/6, 32: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 25-27 December, 1965.
3, 0/13, 0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 25-27 Dec, 1964.
5, 0/27, DNB, 0/1: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 19-21 December, 1964.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 August, 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 7 July, 2020