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Who was Vasant Raiji?
4 years, 6 months ago

Who was Vasant Raiji?

The Hindu  

Vasant Raiji has left a big vacuum at Rockside, his seven-decade-old family home in South Mumbai’s posh Malabar Hill locality, as has he in Indian cricket, whose progress and evolution he witnessed with a keen and perceptive mind right from the country’s pre-Independence days — from the colossus that was C. K. Nayudu to giants like Lala Amarnath and Vijay …

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Vasant Raiji, the world’s oldest first class cricketer, passes away at 100
4 years, 6 months ago

Vasant Raiji, the world’s oldest first class cricketer, passes away at 100

Hindustan Times  

Raiji, who had celebrated his 100th birthday on January 26, had been the world’s oldest living first-class cricketer. “I met Shri Vasant Raiji earlier this year to celebrate his 100th birthday. He became an eminent cricket historian, with a wealth of stories to tell, from watching Col CK Nayudu play at Bombay Gymkhana in 1926, to Lala Amarnath scoring the …

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Remembering Vasant Raiji - A man of principles and punctuality
4 years, 6 months ago

Remembering Vasant Raiji - A man of principles and punctuality

The Hindu  

A man of principles and punctuality -- that’s how Mumbai’s cricketing circles remember Vasant Raiji. “When I joined as a sports secretary, he helped us immensely in organising lectures for the Legends Club programmes as well.” The Legends Club is a gathering of cricket connoisseurs and it organises lectures on cricketing themes and hosts famous players. Patil Sports Complex.” Raiji …

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Former New Zealand Test cricketer Matt Poore dies aged 90
4 years, 6 months ago

Former New Zealand Test cricketer Matt Poore dies aged 90

The Hindu  

Former New Zealand Test cricketer Matt Poore, who is remembered for catching a stray dog during a match in Bengaluru in 1955 and subsequently taking 12 anti-rabies injections, has died at the age of 90. According to stuff.co.nz, Poore, a dog lover, “did not hesitate when a stray ran onto the field when playing cricket for New Zealand in Bangalore.” …

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Vasant Raiji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, dies at 100
4 years, 6 months ago

Vasant Raiji, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, dies at 100

The Hindu  

Vasant Raiji, who was India’s oldest first-class cricketer at 100, died here in the wee hours of Saturday. Raiji, also a cricket historian and chartered accountant, made his debut for a Cricket Club of India team that played Central Provinces and Berar in Nagpur in 1939. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and former Australian skipper Steve Waugh had paid a courtesy …

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Top news of the day: Anti-satellite missile capability showcased in Republic Day parade, lakhs line up across Kerala for LDF human chain against CAA and NRC, and more
4 years, 11 months ago

Top news of the day: Anti-satellite missile capability showcased in Republic Day parade, lakhs line up across Kerala for LDF human chain against CAA and NRC, and more

The Hindu  

Chinook heavy lift helicopters and Apache attack helicopters also make their first appearance. | Republic Day celebrations: Modi breaks security protocol | Republic Day celebrated across Jammu amid tight security arrangements | Mobile phone services restored in Kashmir Leaders of the Left parties joined the chain at various locations. | Protesters march against CAA on London streets Protesters chanted ‘CAA …

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Vasant Raiji, India's oldest first-class cricketer, turns 100
4 years, 11 months ago

Vasant Raiji, India's oldest first-class cricketer, turns 100

The Hindu  

In the nine first-class fixtures that he featured in, Vasant Raiji never scored a century, but he has in life. pic.twitter.com/4zdoAcf8S3 — Sachin Tendulkar January 26, 2020 He made his first-class debut in 1939 for a Cricket Club of India team, which played against the Central Provinces and Berar in Nagpur. Even though memory plays truant these days, Raiji still …

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