B. K. Garudachar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Chikmagalur, India
About B. K. Garudachar
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- Garudachar (13 January 1917 – 26 February 2016) was an Indian cricketer who played for several teams in Indian domestic cricket.
- He was a right-arm leg-spin bowler who batted right-handed. Garudachar made his first-class debut in November 1935, playing for Mysore against Madras in the 1935–36 edition of the Ranji Trophy.
- He made regular Ranji Trophy appearances over the following decade, primarily for Mysore, but also for the United Provinces and Bombay.
- Playing for the United Provinces against Central India in January 1940, he took 6/30 and 4/59, giving him a maiden first-class ten-wicket haul.
- For Mysore in the 1941–42 Ranji Trophy, Garudachar took 34 wickets from just four matches, finishing as the competition's leading wicket-taker and helping the team to its only appearance in the tournament final.
- His season included figures of 6/46 and 5/78 against Hyderabad, 6/56 and 8/99 against Madras, and 5/68 against Bengal.As a batsman, Garudachar's highest score (and only century) came for Mysore against Holkar in the 1945–46 Ranji Trophy, when he was captaining the team.
- After Holkar scored 912/8 in its first innings (with five individual centuries), Mysore were bowled out for 190, and made to follow on.
- Garudachar, who had taken figures of 4/301 from 69 overs as a bowler, then made 164 runs in just over four hours, helping his team to 509/6 at the end of the final day.
- The match was his final Ranji Trophy appearance, but his last first-class match was in October 1950, when he appeared for the Cricket Club of India against a touring Commonwealth XI.After retiring from playing, Garudachar remained involved with the Mysore State Cricket Association in administrative roles.
- He worked as an engineer, having graduated from the Benares Engineering College.
- Garudachar died in Bengaluru in February 2016, aged 99.
- At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest living Indian first-class cricketer.
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