Former Baroda quick bowler Narayan Satham handed away on Sunday. He was 72.
A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Satham featured in 84 first-class and eight List A video games for Baroda between 1967 and 1985. Having made his debut on the age of 18, Satham finally grew to become a part of Baroda’s tempo trio which additionally included Cecil Williams and Anthony Fernandes.
In his lengthy profession, Satham claimed 193 wickets in first-class cricket and 5 List A scalps, in addition to scoring 3119 runs, batting within the lower-order. He led Baroda in Ranji Trophy and likewise represented West Zone within the Duleep Trophy and likewise performed towards touring Sri Lankan and English groups.
After retiring from cricket, he coached a number of groups – together with the Singapore nationwide U-19 and senior groups – and likewise coached Baroda at totally different ranges and skilled a number of cricketers, together with Kiran More, Irfan Pathan and Tushar Arothe.
In 2008, Satham together with Aunshuman Gaekwad, Nayan Mongia and Williams fashioned the Veteran Cricketers Association to assist younger, aspiring cricketers. The VCA received the approval from the Baroda Cricket Association after six years.
Former India worldwide and Satham’s previous buddy Gaekwad lauded him for serving to him change into a greater cricketer. “We had a very deep friendship. He was more than a family to me, besides being friends. We grew up together, though he was senior to me by two years. Right from school, university, Ranji Trophy, we played together throughout,” Gaekwad advised Sportstar.
“He was instrumental in making me a cricketer with his discipline. I was not a promising cricketer in school or even in university. He was our captain in the university team and he made sure I did what I did. He treated him on a par with everyone and that helped me become stronger mentally, physically and also learn the hard way. He always believed in me,” Gaekwad, a former India coach, who’s now the pinnacle of the Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA), stated.
Several of his wards, too, took to social media to pay their homage to their beloved ‘Satham Sir’. “Narayan Satham sir is no more. He was our U-16 coach He helped many Baroda cricketers with his commitment to the game. May God give his family patience to go pass this demise. #RIP,” Pathan wrote on his social media deal with.
As an administrator, Satham was the chairman of cricket enchancment committee (CIC) of the Baroda Cricket Association. He was additionally a member of the BCA managing committee till his resignation in 2018.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com