Sameer Dighe (born 8 October 1968) is a former Indian cricketer, cricket coach & entrepreneur. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. His main chance at international cricket did not come until the 1999–2000 season, at which time he was 31 years of age.
Domestic career
Dighe made his First-class debut for Mumbai cricket team against Gujarat cricket team during the 1990–91 Ranji Trophy season where he scored 107 runs and finished season with 440 runs in 6 innings at an average of 73.33 with one half-century and two hundreds. He played 58 matches for Mumbai cricket team in which he took 176 catches and did 23 stumping's and scored 3,054 runs. He was also captain for 1999–00 Ranji Trophy.
International career
On the final day of the Third Test against Australia in Chennai, Dighe made an unbeaten 22 on debut, after a collapse during the run-chase, guiding the Indians securing a historic 2–1 series win. Sourav Ganguly later said that Dighe was to become the first-choice wicket-keeper for the country, but numerous wicket-keeping errors lead to his replacement.Story of how a young MS Dhoni was denied a chance for an early India debutFew surprise changes in Indian squad for tri seriesIndia 'A' - a slow day on a slow pitchThe Greatest Test Ever
Coaching career
Dighe later entered coaching, serving as head coach of Hong Kong at the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament replacing Robin Singh. He was coach of Tripura cricket team from 2006 to 2008 as well as fielding coach of Mumbai Indians during 2008 Indian Premier League but was replaced by Jonty Rhodes.Thriller in AgartalaHong Kong seek new coach
Later, he was named as selector of Mumbai cricket team in 2009.Dighe appointed Mumbai selector
He is currently retired from active cricket and runs multiple outlets of laundry brand, UClean, between Pune and Mumbai
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