Thirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar (born March 28, 1956, in Madras) was a medium pace bowler who represented India

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 in Test cricket

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 and One Day Internationals.

Sekhar was one of the fastest bowlers in India in the early eighties. His two Test matches were in the 1982-83 season when he was flown out to Pakistan

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 to replace the injured Madan Lal

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. He did not take a wicket in either match. He played a One Day International in that series and three more against England

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 two years later.

Sekhar played for Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu cricket team

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 between 1976/77 and 1987/88 taking 74 wickets. His career best effort was 9 for 54 against Kerala in 1981/82.http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/34/f34096.html He played for Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh cricket team

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 for two seasons before bowing out of the game.

Since then his major contribution to Indian cricket is a bowling coach at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai

Chennai

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. He served as a national selector for a period of time.