Nari Contractor
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Full name | Nariman Jamshedji Contractor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | British India | 7 March 1934|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 77) | 2 December 1955 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 7 March 1962 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2013 |
Nariman Jamshedji "Nari" Contractor
Cricket career
Contractor began his first-class career, playing for the Gujarat. The captain of Gujarat Phiroz Khambata saw how Nari played in the selection trial matches for MCA's Silver Jubilee matches in 1955. He did well in the trials and expected to be selected for the matches against Pakistan Services & Bhawalpur Cricket Association. He got to the team because Captain Kambatha had dropped out. Contractor scored hundreds in both innings of his debut, becoming the second man after Arthur Morris to do so.[3]
Later he was chosen to play for India. Nari became an opener after one of the players Vinoo Mankad couldn't take part in a Test match against New Zealand at Delhi in 1955.[3] Later he became an Indian captain.
At
Injury and consequences
Contractor led India to a
At the time Contractor was seriously injured, cricket batsmen did not wear helmets. They do now.
During his playing days, Contractor was considered a glamour boy of Indian cricket. In an interview with
Present time
Nari Contractor belongs to the Parsi community.[1] He now lives in Mumbai where he coaches at the Cricket Club of India Academy. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.[2]
References
- ^ ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ a b C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Durrani Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ a b Waingankar, Makarand (17 April 2012). "Nari Contractor: The man who laughed at his own misfortune". The Times of India.
- ^ "Barbados v Indians, India in West Indies 1961/62". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Nari Contractor: 'I don't mind living it all over again'". Parsi Khabar. 7 March 2009. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ Murzello, Clayton (20 March 2012). "50 years on, Nari recalls near fatal blow". Mid-Day. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ de Silva, A. C. (3 January 2010). "Frank Worrell donated blood to save Indian Nari Contractor's life". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Contractor has 2nd Operation By Brain Specialist". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 20 March 1962. p. 20.