Rustomji Jamshedji, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rustomji Jamshedji

Indian cricketer

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1892

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1976

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Rustomji Jamshedji

  • Rustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji pronunciation (18 November 1892, Bombay – 5 April 1976, Bombay) was an Indian Test cricketer. Jamshedji was a little left arm spinner who played a single Test for India.
  • He made his debut at the age of 41 years and 27 days and is still the oldest Indian on his debut.
  • In the Test at Bombay Gymkhana against England in 1933/34, he took three wickets in the England innings. Most of Jamshedji's noted successes were in the Bombay Quadrangular.
  • Playing for Parsis, he took 11 for 122 in the 1922/23 final against the Hindus and 10 for 104 in the 1928/29 final against the Europeans.
  • On the latter occasion, 'wild scenes of jubilation were witnessed after the match and the Parsi team was mobbed by the admiring crowd'.
  • Jamshedji was chaired and carried to the pavilion [2].
  • Jamshedji came across the English left arm spinner Wilfred Rhodes in the early 1920s when the latter played in the Bombay tournament.
  • Rhodes is supposed to have told Jamshedji : If I had your powers of spin, no side would get a hundred[3].
  • Jamshedji carried violin resin in his pocket to keep his finger supple.

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