Dthisel Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 My late father wrote to Rusi Modi in 1948 requesting his autograph and received the following letter in reply sent from India to Michaelhouse (school) in South Africa: Vijy, vayuu1 and diga 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Nice.. wasnt he called Indias first true allrounder and one of the first Parsi cricketers? Dont recall other Parsi cricketers @Austin 3:!6 Should not this be in cricket talk section? Vijy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dthisel Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, diga said: Nice.. wasnt he called Indias first true allrounder and one of the first Parsi cricketers? Dont recall other Parsi cricketers @Austin 3:!6 Should not this be in cricket talk section? For some reason it does not allow me to post in any of the cricket sections? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusi_Modi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) On 4/28/2022 at 2:12 AM, Dthisel said: For some reason it does not allow me to post in any of the cricket sections? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusi_Modi On 4/27/2022 at 5:30 PM, Dthisel said: My late father wrote to Rusi Modi in 1948 requesting his autograph and received the following letter in reply sent from India to Michaelhouse (school) in South Africa: Although none on ICF have seen Rusi Modi bat live, as a cricket & history connoisseur, I have met several people who did watch Mr. Rusi Modi bat. They spoke of his elegance as a batter, his ability to make valuable runs in the middle order, etc. There is no doubt in my mind that he, Hazare, and Merchant were our first troika of true Test-class batters. Edited May 3, 2022 by Vijy vayuu1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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