Former India cricketer Salim Durani breathed his final Sunday morning at his Jamnagar home as a result of age-related illnesses, confirmed his household sources. He was 88.
Durani performed 29 Tests for India and took 75 wickets, with the most effective bowling determine of 10 for 177. With the bat in hand, he scored 1202 runs with the very best rating of 104 in opposition to West Indies.
The former all-rounder was well-known for his heroic efficiency in India’s sequence victory in opposition to England in 1961-62. He scalped eight and ten wickets within the Kolkata and Chennai Tests to information India to a 2-0 sequence victory.
Born to Afghan mother and father with a Pathani lineage, Durani entertained the followers proper from his first Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Gujarat and bowled with a whole lot of crafty.
Dropped for 4 seasons from 1967 to 1970, Durani was recalled to the Indian crew for the 1971 tour of the West Indies, the place he was mainly instrumental in India’s historic first sequence win there. He didn’t disappoint when skipper Ajit Wadekar tossed the ball to him; he dismissed left-handers Garry Sobers and Clive Lloyd, and India notched up a win within the Port of Spain Test and the sequence itself.
In home cricket, Durani performed Ranji Trophy for Saurashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com