Former India batter Sudhir Naik, who performed three Check matches in 1974-75, died in a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after a short sickness, Mumbai Cricket Affiliation sources have confirmed. He was 78 and is survived by his daughter.
“Just lately, he fell on the toilet ground and sustained a head harm after which he was admitted to a Mumbai hospital. He slipped into coma and by no means recovered,” an MCA supply, who was conserving tabs on Naik’s well being, instructed PTI.
Naik was a really revered determine in Mumbai cricket circles. He was a Ranji Trophy-winning captain when he led Mumbai to glory within the 1970-71 season. Mumbai received the Ranji Trophy that season with out stars like Sunil Gavaskar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Sardesai and Ashok Mankad.
However when the subsequent Ranji season began, Naik was dropped from the taking part in XI as the primary batters have been again within the squad.
In 1974, Naik went on the tour of England and made his debut within the Birmingham Check, the place he received his solely half-century – 77 – within the second innings in a dropping trigger. He performed 85 first-class video games and scored 4376 runs at a mean of 35.29, hitting and 7 centuries together with a double.
His status was, nonetheless, tarnished when he was accused of shoplifting at a London departmental retailer.
Following his taking part in profession, which resulted in 1978, Naik turned to teaching, and was an enormous affect in Zaheer Khan’s profession. He was additionally a md of Mumbai’s choice committee and in later years labored because the chief curator at Wankhede Stadium.
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