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23-May-2014 08:59:00 GMT
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Madhav Mantri Passes Away at 92

Mumbai: India's oldest Test cricketer Madhav Mantri, maternal uncle of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, died here early this morning in a local hospital due to old age complications, sources close to him said.

He was 92 and died a bachelor.

Mantri was a wicket-keeper-batsman, who played only four Test matches, one in India (1951), two in England (1952) and his last in Dhaka (1954-55 in the then East Pakistan), compiling 67 runs and accounting for 8 catches and a stumping.

His most impressive performance with the bat in Tests was a 75-run partnership. He made 39 and also put on as opener with Pankaj Roy in the first Test in England on the disastrous 1952 tour in which India lost all four games.


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