| Vasant Tapu | |
| Country: | Tanzania |
| Fullname: | Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda |
| Birth Date: | 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Tanganyika |
| Death Date: | August 1988 |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium/Left-arm orthodox spin |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | East Africa |
| Year1: | 1967-1974 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 19 August |
| Debutyear1: | 1967 |
| Debutfor1: | East Africa |
| Debutagainst1: | India |
| Lastdate1: | 18 January |
| Lastyear1: | 1974 |
| Lastfor1: | East Africa |
| Lastagainst1: | MCC |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 96 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 55 |
| Deliveries1: | 246 |
| Wickets1: | 8 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.12 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/72 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 22 August |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26676/26676.html CricketArchive |
Vasant Tapu Harji Chavda, commonly known as Vasant Tapu (1936-1988), was a Tanzanian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium/left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played for the Tanzania national cricket team from 1967 to 1974[1] and also played first-class cricket for East Africa.[2]
Born in Tanganyika in 1936, Vasant Tapu began to play international cricket in August 1967 with two matches against India. The first was for Tanzania in Dar es Salaam[3] and the second was a first-class match for East Africa in Kampala.[4] In the first-class match, he scored 55 in the East Africa first innings and took 5/72 in the Indian first innings,[5] his best batting and bowling performances in first-class cricket.
He played in the East African Quadrangular tournament in 1969 and 1970, and again in 1971, 1972 and 1974 when it had become a triangular tournament. He also went on a tour of England with East Africa in 1972. His last match for Tanzania was against Zambia in August 1974, and he had played his second and final first-class match earlier in the year, against the MCC in Nairobi. He died in 1988.