Rusi Surti

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Rusi Surti
Personal information
Full name
Rusi Framroze Surti
Born(1936-05-25)25 May 1936
Surat, British India
Died13 January 2013(2013-01-13) (aged 76)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 99)2 December 1960 v Pakistan
Last Test4 November 1969 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956/57–1967/68Gujarat
1959/60–1960/61Rajasthan
1968/69–1972/73Queensland
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 26 160
Runs scored 1,263 8,066
Batting average 28.70 30.90
100s/50s 0/9 6/53
Top score 99 246*
Balls bowled 3,870 19,515
Wickets 42 284
Bowling average 46.71 37.07
5 wickets in innings 1 10
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/74 5/42
Catches/stumpings 26/– 122/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 January 2013

Rusi Framroze Surti (pronunciation 25 May 1936 – 13 January 2013)[1] was an Indian cricketer who played in 26 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He was a left-arm medium pace and left-arm spin bowler and a lower-order batsman. Surti was also a popular professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League in 1959. He belonged to the Parsi community.[2]

After an uneventful Test debut against Pakistan at Bombay, Surti impressed in his second Test match with an innings of 64 at New Delhi. He had been promoted up the order to number 3. India toured the West Indies in 1962 and Surti made 246 runs in the series. In 1967/68 they toured Australia and New Zealand, and after various first-class fixtures and the Tests, he made 967 runs at 37.19 and took 42 wickets. In the Tests, he made 688 runs at an average of 45.50 with 22 wickets. At Auckland, he was dismissed for his highest Test score of 99. He was the first Indian player to score a fifty and take five wickets in the same Test match against Australia.

In the Ranji Trophy, he played for Rajasthan and Gujarat, with his highest score being 246 not out for Rajasthan against Uttar Pradesh in 1959/60. Surti later played for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield, Australia's domestic first-class competition. He became the first and only Indian Test player to play in the Sheffield Shield. When he retired, Surti decided to become an Australian and stayed in Queensland, working as a cricket coach for another 35 years.[3]

In 2013, while on a routine trip to Mumbai, Surti had a stroke and Indian cricket's original braveheart died, aged 76.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Former India allrounder Surti dies at 76". ESPNcricinfo. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ^ "In pictures | Parsi cricketers who have played for India". The Hindu. 9 May 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Skene, Patrick (27 November 2020). "Rusi Surti: Indian cricket's original braveheart and 'the poor man's Garry Sobers' | Patrick Skene". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

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