Obituary - Current Affairs Questions and Answers for Q. 19812

Q.  Who was India’s oldest first class cricketer before his demise in the second week of February 2016?
- Published on 29 Feb 16

a. Sunil Gavaskar
b. BK Garudachar
c. Ajith Wadekar
d. None of the above

ANSWER: BK Garudachar
 
BK Garudachar, India’s oldest first class cricketer from the pre-independence era is no more. He was the former captain of Mysore who was an all rounder. His best figures were 11 wickets for 62 runs when Mysore in the first Ranji trophy Mysore won against Hyderabad in the 1940s. Garudachar was credited for pioneering Karnataka cricket and was born in 1917.

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