Question: Name the India’s oldest living first-class cricketer who had recently died?
(a) Deepak Shodhan
(b) BK Garudachar
(c) M. J. Gopalan
(d) Rustomji Jamshedji
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- BK Garudachar, India’s oldest living first-class cricketer died on 26 February 2016 at the age of 99.
- He had represented Mysore (as Karnataka was called till 1974), United Province and Bombay.
- Garudachar scored 1126 runs at an average of 29.63 from 27 matches in first-class cricket between 1935 and 1946.
- He was a right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler.
Reference:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/976847.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29090.html