| Sharad Diwadkar | |
| Country: | India |
| Fullname: | Sharad Jagannath Diwadkar |
| Nickname: | Jimmy |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Bombay, British India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
| Club1: | Bombay |
| Year1: | 1957–58 to 1973–74 |
| Club2: | State Bank of India |
| Year2: | 1963–64 to 1973–74 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 82 |
| Runs1: | 1803 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.04 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/10 |
| Top Score1: | 177 |
| Deliveries1: | 14,242 |
| Wickets1: | 211 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.17 |
| Fivefor1: | 11 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 54/ - |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/38/38786/38786.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 14 July 2017 |
Sharad Jagannath Diwadkar (11 January 1936 in Bombay – 1 March 2005 in Mumbai) was a Bombay cricketer. He was an off-spinning all-rounder who played 82 first class matches between 1957–58 and 1973–74.
Diwadkar's best match bowling figures were 11 for 146 (5 for 74 and 6 for 72), when he helped State Bank of India recover from a first-innings deficit to win the final of the 1966–67 Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament over Indian Starlets by 16 runs.[1] His best innings figures were 6 for 19, off 20 overs, when Bombay beat Saurashtra by an innings in the 1965-66 Ranji Trophy.[2] He made his highest score of 177 in the Ranji Trophy final of 1963-64, when Bombay defeated Rajasthan.[3]