Author(s): Pradeep Kumar U and Dr. Pratap Singh Tiwari

Abstract:
This study is on the Cricket performance of the Great First Indian Cricketer Babaji Palwankar Baloo and on his early life and political carrier. Babaji Palwankar Baloo, commonly known as P. Baloo, He was an Indian cricketer, left arm orthodox spinner he bowled a ball with great accuracy he had a great control over the ball to turn any way and he is also a lower-order batsman.
This study assumes to be great significance given its comprehensive study of a first great Indian cricketer such as Babaji Palawankar Baloo. The present investigations delineate Babaji Palwankar Baloo as the great cricketer of India before the independence. The study attempts to delineate his performances in the field of cricket is a great significance itself.
In this study we can know the full Cricket performance of Palwanker Baloo. The Information about the matches which he played in India and also in abroad. He is the person who made his name bowling the Hindus to victory against the Parsis and the Europeans. In western India, at least, Palwankar Baloo was the first public figure to emerge from the ranks of the Untouchables.
The different sources and methods used by the investigator to gather data and information about the present study. There are three major sources and methods that have been identified to obtain the information and data are Interview, Documents and Archival records.
Baloo was a Chamaar, a member of the leather-working caste which ranks close to the bottom of the Hindu social hierarchy. He was born in 1875 in Dharwad, but the family moved soon afterwards to Poona, the old Maratha city hundred miles south­east of Bombay. His father was found working in cleaning guns and cart­ridges in a Government emanations department.

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