Salim Durani Height, Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Salim Durani

• Salim Durani was an Indian take a look at cricketer. According to some reviews, he was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and is the one Indian Test cricketer born in Afghanistan and was the primary Afghan-born cricketer to play take a look at cricket. However, in lots of his interviews, Durani refuted the claims that he was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and acknowledged that his mom gave start to him in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India (now in Pakistan) on the best way from Kabul to Karachi.

• His mother and father and grandfather belonged to Kabul, Afghanistan and the family moved to Jamnagar, Gujarat shortly after his start; his elder sister alongside together with her husband moved to Bangladesh. His father, Abdul Aziz Durani, was a cricket participant and coach. Abdul Aziz performed in a few unofficial take a look at matches for India as a wicketkeeper between 1935 and 1936. He performed as a wicket-keeper and batsman for Sind and Nawanagar within the Ranji Trophy between 1932 and 1938. The then Jam Sahib, Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, was impressed by Aziz Durani’s wicket-keeping and batting performances for the Nawanagar group in the course of the tour of Karachi in 1935 and provided him a job as a sub-inspector; shortly after his appointment, the family shifted from Karachi to Jamnagar, Gujarat.

• He began enjoying gully cricket together with his associates and his father was his first coach. Later, Salim participated within the inter-school Hill Shield tournaments; initially, he used to bowl with each his arms. The then Nawanagar participant and an in depth pal of Aziz Durani, Vinoo Mankad, seen Salim’s expertise and recommended to his mother and father to show him right into a left-hand bowler. In an interview, Durani revealed that Mankad usually tied Durani’s proper hand behind his again to sharpen his bowling abilities together with his left hand.

• In 1947, following India’s partition, Aziz moved to Pakistan, however his spouse and youngsters stayed in Jamnagar, Gujarat; Aziz Durani later grew to become a cricket coach and coached many cricketers, together with Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad.

“He performed cricket like an uncaged flamingo close to the waters of his hometown of Jamnagar, at all times able to soar however solely on his phrases.”

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— Scroll.in (@scroll_in) April 3, 2023

• Salim was then chosen for the all-Saurashtra inter-school match; he was then named to the state faculties’ group for the all-India inter-school match in Calcutta (1949) and took six wickets in every inning of the match; this was the primary time Salim performed at Eden Gardens.

• According to some reviews, he didn’t attend college.

• Later, in an invitational match held in Rajkot, Gujarat he scored 41 runs and took 6 wickets; Yusuf Farid the then supervisor of the Bombay group and likewise the cricket coach at Anjuman-I-Islam High School, Mumbai was impressed by his performances and Farid invited him to play for Anjuman-I-Islam High School’s group within the Harris Shield match held in Bombay and offered him with the mandatory amenities throughout his stint with the Anjuman-I-Islam High School’s group.

• In December 1953, he made his debut for the Saurashtra group within the Ranji Trophy and scored 108 runs in opposition to Gujarat on the Commerce College floor, Ahmedabad. He left Saurashtra group in 1954 and joined the Gujarat group and performed for them between 1954 and 1956.

• Bhagwat Singh of Mewar was instrumental in Salim’s exit from the Gujarat group. Some reviews recommended that the Maharana of Udaipur requested B. B. Nimbalkar to steer Durani to hitch the Rajasthan group. In 1956, he joined the Rajasthan group and performed for them until he retired in 1978.

• He was 24 years outdated when he made his worldwide Test debut in opposition to Australia.

• In 1961, Durani was instrumental in India’s win in opposition to England; he took eight wickets within the first match held in Kolkata and took ten wickets within the subsequent match at Chennai in the course of the 1961-1962 Test collection.

Happy 86th birthday to former India all-rounder Salim Durani 🍰

He was the best wicket-taker in 🇮🇳’s 2-0 conquer England within the 1961/62 Test collection with 23 scalps 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Z0EwCbxPXD

— ICC (@ICC) December 11, 2020

• In 1962, he scored his maiden century (104 runs) and took three wickets in opposition to the West Indies on the Port of Spain. In the primary innings of the fourth Test, he batted on the quantity 9 place and was then promoted to the quantity three place throughout India’s second innings; the West Indies received by seven wickets.

• Salim Durani was disregarded of the Indian Test group between January 1967 and January 1971.

• In March 1971, he made his comeback to the Indian Test group and was named to the enjoying eleven for the collection in opposition to the West Indies; Sunil Gavaskar made his worldwide Test debut throughout this collection. He took the wickets of Clive Lloyd and Gary Sobers and was instrumental in India’s maiden victory in opposition to the West Indies.

• In 1972, he was named to the enjoying eleven for the match in opposition to England; he scored 38 runs as India defeated England.

• In 1973, Salim scored a half-century in opposition to England at Eden Gardens; nevertheless, he was benched for the following match which passed off at Kanpur. The spectators harshly criticized the choice to bench him and conveyed their displeasure by booing the group and the stadium was stuffed with ‘No Salim, No Test’ posters and placards; Salim was named to the enjoying eleven for the following match.

• He performed his final worldwide Test match in 1973. In his 13-year-long worldwide Test profession, Salim scored 1,202 runs, together with seven fifties and one century and took 75 wickets which included three five-wicket hauls in 29 matches for India.

• His debut worldwide Test match and his last worldwide Test match had been on the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.

• In 1973, he was solid because the lead actor within the Bollywood movie ‘Charitra’ reverse Parveen Babi.

Cricketer Salim Durani with actress Parveen Babi within the film ‘Charitra’.

Flamboyant cricketer who performed for the galleries over numbers, film star and supreme entertainer #SalimDurani passes away on the age of 88. #ExpressArchives pic.twitter.com/DvH6JMjwgH

— Picture India (@PictureIndia) April 2, 2023

• Durani continued enjoying for Rajasthan on the home stage till his retirement in 1978. In his 25-year-long first-class cricket profession, he scored 8545 runs, together with 14 centuries and took 484 wickets.

• In 1983, he was provided the position of a training employees on the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) with a wage of Rs. 50,000; nevertheless, he rejected the provide.

• During his stint with the Indian nationwide Test group, there have been many abroad Test collection that had been held in England, Australia, New Zealand, and the West Indies. All of Durani’s eight abroad Test matches had been within the West Indies. In an interview, when he was requested about this, he mentioned,
  

  Bilkul. Jab nahi lete toh kya kar sakta tha? Jabardasti toh nahi kar sakte the. (Of course! What may I do after I wasn’t being picked? I couldn’t power myself in.) I may have been picked for many excursions”

• Some reviews recommended that Durani by no means lived as much as his potential. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who was India’s captain for the tour of the West Indies in 1962 usually criticised Salim for his lack of focus and labelled him as a participant who was not simple to deal with.

• Durani was a crowd favorite and plenty of reviews recommended that he used to hit sixes as a response to the “We want sixer” calls from the group. When he was requested about this in an interview, he mentioned,
  

  Wo tho shayad ittefaq tha. Log chillate the and demanded sixes from me. Luckily, gend bhi aise hello aate the and I’d dispatch the ball into the stands.”

• In 2018, the BCCI invited Salim Durani for the opening day of the Test match between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru. He gave a memento to the Afghanistan skipper Stanikzai and likewise tossed the coin forward of the match; this was Afghanistan’s maiden Test match and Durani was the primary Afghan-born cricketer to play take a look at cricket.

The fabulous Salim Durrani, Indian star born in Kabul with Saba Karim, with a eager sense of historical past himself, at Afghanistan:s first take a look at. Lovely gesture. pic.twitter.com/3CktmIZLl4

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 14, 2018

• In January 2023, he suffered a fall at his house and underwent proximal femoral nail surgical procedure.

• On 2 April 2023, he died after battling most cancers.

Salim Durani Ji was a cricketing legend, an establishment in himself. He made a key contribution to India’s rise on this planet of cricket. On and off the sphere, he was recognized for his type. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family and associates. May his soul relaxation in peace.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 2, 2023