FULL NAME: Bellipadi Sridhar Alva
GENDER: Male
BORN: 30 November, 1930 (Source: wisden.com)
DIED: 6 November 1991, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
PARENTS: (Father), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Tamil Nadu, India
EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF PLAYER: Right-hand batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Orissa, East Zone and Madras

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played a total of 21 first-class matches in a career, spanning from the season 1953-54 to 1971-72.
*     The 21 first-class matches included two for Madras and 19 for Orissa.
*     The 21 first-class matches featured 18 in Ranji Trophy, two in Duleep Trophy and one against Pakistanis.
*     Also played five matches for Madras University in Rohinton Baria Trophy from seasons 1952-53 to 1953-54.

OVERALL FIRST CLASS PERFORMANCE:
Batting and fielding: Matches 21, innings 35, not outs 4, total runs 961, highest 108, average 31, centuries 2, half-centuries 5, catches 2.
Bowling: Overs 342, maidens 58, runs 993, wickets 33, best bowling 5/74, average 30.09, five wickets in an innings twice.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
4, 1/33, 0: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1971.
0/26, 0, 1/17: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 7-9 December, 1971.
31, 3/66, 31: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Ispat Stadium, Rourkela, 4-6 January, 1970.
3/58, 6, 1/1, 4: Orissa vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Tata Digwadi Stadium, Jamadoba, 4-6 January, 1969.
28, 0/25, 6, 0/20: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, 29-31 December, 1968.
0, 2/70, 3: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 22-24 December, 1968.
3/34, 28, 0/5, DNB: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 12-14 December, 1965.
28, 1/80, 38: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 21-23 December, 1963.
107, 2/18, 3/72: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 15-17 December, 1963.
10, DNB: East Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy match, Eden Gardents, Calcutta, 7-9 December, 1963.
13, 0/42, 24: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 9-10 December, 1961.
5/103, 38, 0/17, 0: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 3-5 December, 1961.
0/33, 1*: East Zone vs Central Zone, Duleep Trophy, Semifinal match, Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, 8-10 October, 1961.
5/74, 108, 0/32, 51*: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Gauhati Town Club, Gauhati, 7-9 January, 1961.
0/41, 5, 22*: East Zone vs Pakistanis, 3-day math, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 25-27 December, 1960.
31, 73: Odisha vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Eden Gardens, Calcutta, 16-18 Dec, 1960.
19, 0/10, 51: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, 10-12 Dec, 1960.
0/13, 72, 25*: Odisha vs Bihar, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 31 Dec 1959-2 Jan 1960.
0/43, 97, 2/23: Odisha vs Assam, Ranji Trophy East Zone match, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, 20-22 December, 1959.
0, 0/32, 0: Madras vs Hyderabad, Ranji Trophy South Zone match, Nehru Stadium, Madras, 9-11 January, 1959.
1/5, 7: Madras vs Mysore, Ranji Trophy South Zone match, Nehru Stadium, Madras, 25-27 December, 1953.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Led Orissa in three Ranji Trophy matches between 1968 and 1969.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 10 September, 2012
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 22 June, 2020