Rusi Modi
Indian cricketer (1924–1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rustomji Sheriyar Modi pronunciationⓘ (11 November 1924 – 17 May 1996) was an Indian cricketer who played for the India national cricket team from 1946 to 1952.
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Full name | Rusitomji Sheriyar Modi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1924-11-11)11 November 1924 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 May 1996(1996-05-17) (aged 71) Bombay, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 31) | 22 June 1946 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 13 November 1952 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 3 September 2022 |
Modi belonged to Parsi community.[1] His test career started at Lord's in India's first test in England in their tour of England in 1946. He made his debut in a three-day match (22–25 June 1946), which is best recognised for Sir Alec Bedser's eleven-wicket haul on debut. Incidentally, this test also marked the test debuts of Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad, who would go on to be recognised players for India.
Rusi Modi was evidently an accumulator of runs, this fact being evident from his test average of 46 and a first-class average of 53, which also weighed a lot on paper when seen alongside his 20 centuries in the latter respect. He also bowled some medium-pace and even grabbed a five-wicket haul, his only one in all formats of cricket he played in.