| Prem Bhatia | |
| Fullname: | Prem Bhatia |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Delhi, India |
| Death Place: | Delhi, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Club1: | Delhi |
| Year1: | 1958–1969 |
| Club2: | Gujarat |
| Year2: | 1973–1974 |
| Club3: | North Zone |
| Year3: | 1984–1985 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 56 |
| Runs1: | 2,548 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.69 |
| 100S/50S1: | 6/13 |
| Top Score1: | 151 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,538 |
| Wickets1: | 36 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.88 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 38/- |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 1 |
| Runs2: | – |
| Bat Avg2: | – |
| 100S/50S2: | – |
| Top Score2: | – |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
| Date: | 29 March 2021 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24593/24593.html CricketArchive |
Prem Bhatia (17 January 1940 - 13 March 2018) was an Indian cricketer.[1] [2] He played 55 first-class matches for Delhi between 1958 and 1969, scoring more than 2,500 runs.[3] Bhatia also made 1 first-class appearance for Gujarat against Baroda in the 1973–74 Ranji Trophy, while also making 1 List A appearance for North Zone against South Zone in the 1984–85 Deodhar Trophy.
He is perhaps best known by becoming the first twelfth man to bat in a first-class match, when asked to bat in place of former India captain Lala Amarnath in the first Irani Trophy match between the Rest of India and Bombay on 18 March 1960. Bhatia batted in both innings, scoring 22 in the first and 50 in the second, while Amarnath bowled and fielded.[4]