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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1939–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Man Sood
| image             =
| caption           =
| fullname          = Man Mohan Sood
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1939|7|6|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2020|1|19|1939|7|6|df=yes}}
| death_place       = [[New Delhi]], India
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           =
| club1             = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| year1             = 1956–57 – 1963–64
| club2             = [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]
| year2             = 1960–61 – 1962–63
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1          = 1
| runs1             = 3
| bat avg1          = 1.50
| 100s/50s1         = -/-
| top score1        = 3
| deliveries1       = –
| wickets1          = –
| bowl avg1         = –
| fivefor1          = –
| tenfor1           = –
| best bowling1     = –
| catches/stumpings1= -/-
| column2           = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2          = 35
| runs2             = 1214
| bat avg2          = 28.23
| 100s/50s2         = 1/9
| top score2        = 170
| deliveries2       = 252
| wickets2          = 2
| bowl avg2         = 77.50
| fivefor2          = –
| tenfor2           = –
| best bowling2     = 1/13
| catches/stumpings2= 6/-
| international     = true
| onetest           = yes
| country           = India
| testcap           = 98
| testdebutfor      = India
| testdebutagainst  = Australia
| testdebutdate     = 13 January
| testdebutyear     = 1960
| lasttestdate      = 13 January
| lasttestfor       = India
| lasttestagainst   = Australia
| lasttestyear      = 1960
| source            = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34090.html ESPNcricinfo
| date              = 9 February 2020
}}
'''Man Mohan Sood''' {{audio|Man_Sood.ogg|pronunciation}} (6 July 1939 – 19 January 2020) was an Indian [[cricket]]er. He was born in [[Lahore]], and played in one [[Test cricket|Test]] in 1960.<ref name=SS>[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/man-mohan-sood-national-selector-test-batsman-passes-way/article30601062.ece Former India Test batsman Man Mohan Sood passes away]</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] in India from 1957 to 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Man Sood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1127/First-Class_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
Sood was a middle-order batsman. After top-scoring with 73 for the Indian Board President's XI against the touring [[Australian cricket team in India in 1959–60|Australians]] in late December 1959<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Board President's XI v Australians 1959–60 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1959-60/AUS_IN_IND/IND-BPRES-XI_AUS_27-29DEC1959.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> he was selected for the Fourth Test two weeks later.<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=285 |isbn=9781472975478}}</ref> Batting at number nine, he failed twice, and India lost by an innings.<ref>{{cite web |title=India v Australia, Madras 1959-60 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17381/scorecard/62871/india-vs-australia-4th-test-australia-tour-of-india-1959-60|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> He made his only first-class century in 1960–61 when he scored a quick 170 for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] against [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]], adding 290 for the fifth wicket with [[Ramesh Saxena]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delhi v Southern Punjab 1960–61 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/24/24550.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
He was later a prominent cricket administrator in the [[Delhi & District Cricket Association]], and served as a national selector in the 1980s.<ref name=SS/>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=34090}}
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1127/1127.html Man Sood] at CricketArchive
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