Salim Durani, the debonair India cricketer of the 1960s with a movie star looks, a puckish sense of humour, and a penchant for hitting monstrous sixes on demand, died on Sunday. He was 88. (More Cricket News)
Salim Durani, the debonaꦚir India cricketer of the 1960s with a movie star looks, a puckish sense of humour, and a penchant for hitting monstrous🃏 sixes on demand, died on Sunday.
Salim Durani, the debonair India cricketer of the 1960s with a movie star looks, a puckish sense of humour, and a penchant for hitting monstrous sixes on demand, died on Sunday. He was 88. (More Cricket News)
His death was confirmed by sources c�🦋�lose to the family.
He had 💧been living with his youn෴ger brother, Jahangir Durani, in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
Durani ha🌠d undergone a proximal femoral nail surgery ﷽after he broke his thigh bone in a fall in January this year.
The Kabul-born Durani, who packed a punch with his bat and was also a handy left-arm orthodox bowler, played 29 Tests and was instrumental in India defeating England 2-0 in the historic five-match Test series in 1961-62, picking up eight and 10 wicketꦍs in the team's victories at Calcu🅺tta and Madras.
Salim Durani, known for his fine dressing style and swagger, scored just one century though he had seven fifties in the 50 innings he played for the country, scoring 1൩,202 runs.
A decade after the epic triumph against England, he played a keyဣ role in helping India to victory against the West Indies in Port of Spain, dismissing both Clive Lloyd and Sir Garfield Sobers.
The star cricketer also dabbled in Bollywood, starring opposite renowned actor Praveen Babiꦡ in the movie Charitra in 1973.