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Indian cricketers decided to wear black armbands on Day 3 of the third Test against England in Rajkot to pay tribute to Dattajirao Gaekwad, a former India captain, who died on February 13 in his hometown Baroda at the age 95 years old. he was the oldest living Indian Test cricketer since Deepak Shodhan’s death in 2016. The legendary Sunil Gavaskar was furious that it took the Indian team management three days into the Test match to realize it.
The third Test began on February 15, two days after Gaekwad breathed his last, but there was no armband on the shirts of the Indian cricketers on Day 1. History repeated itself on Day 2. It was not until Saturday that the BCCI announced that Rohit Sharma and Co. will take the field wearing black armbands.
“Team India will wear black armbands in memory of Dattajirao Gaekwad, former India captain and India’s oldest Test cricketer who passed away recently,” the BCCI said in a statement before the start of play on the third day. of the test match.
Gavaskar was not happy because it was not the first day. “Better late than never…they should have done it on Day 1, but better late than never,” Gavaskar said in the commentary as the players took the field. “He captained the Indian team in a five-match series. He captained four of the five matches and the other was captained by Pankaj Roy,” Gavaskar added.
The BCCI issued a condolence message hours after Gaekwad’s death on Tuesday. “The BCCI expresses deep sorrow at the demise of Dattajirao Gaekwad, former India captain and India’s oldest cricketer. He played in 11 Tests and led the team during India’s tour of England in 1959. Under his captaincy, Baroda also won the Ranji Trophy in the 1957-58 season, beating Services in the final. The Board expresses its deepest condolences to Gaekwad’s family, friends and admirers,” he said.
He played in 11 Tests and led the team during India’s tour of England in 1959. Under his captaincy, Baroda also won the Ranji Trophy in the 1957-58 season, beating Services in the final.
A nightmare for the Bombay (Mumbai) teams of the 1950s, those covering campaigns unfortunately never came to fruition when he played at the highest level from 1952 to 1961.
His son Aunshuman, who played 40 Tests between the 1970s and 1980s, was more successful with a strict defensive technique compared to his father.
He was a nightmare for Bombay teams in the 1950s and once surpassed a double hundred, but it was Hazare’s 126 that was remembered most by veterans.
The right-hander made his debut against England in Leeds in 1952 and his last international match was against Pakistan in Chennai in 1961.
In the Ranji Trophy, Gaekwad represented Baroda from 1947 to 1961. He scored 3139 runs at an average of 47.56, including 14 hundreds.
His highest was an unplayed 249 against Maharashtra in the 1959-60 season.
He became India’s oldest living Test cricketer in 2016 after the death of former batsman Shodhan at the age of 87 in Ahmedabad.