Edulji Aibara, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edulji Aibara

cricketer

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1914

Date of Death: 07-Nov-2000

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Edulji Aibara

  • Edulji Bujorji 'Eddie' Aibara (25 April 1914 – 7 November 2000) was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. Although most of his first-class games were for Hyderabad (51), Aibara represented several additional sides, the other twenty being divided mostly between the Parsees cricket team and South Zone.Aibara was a right-handed middle order batsman and often captained Hyderabad.
  • He played a part in both of Hyderabad's two Ranji Trophy wins despite them being 50 years apart, as a player in 1937–38 where he scored the match winning hundred and as coach in 1986–87.
  • His effort in the 1937–38 Final against Nawanagar is what he is best remembered for, his innings of 137 not out came in a game where the next highest score by a player from either team was 67 and it was his maiden first-class hundred.
  • Hyderabad had been dismissed for just 113 in their first innings and were set the task of chasing 310 to win in the fourth innings.
  • Aibara came into bat with his side at 3 for 67 and guided Hyderabad home with just one wicket to spare.He retired in 1959 after making 2849 runs at 38.50 for Hyderabad with nine hundreds.
  • The highest of those was an unbeaten 144 which he made as captain in a win against Central Provinces and Berar in 1949/50.Aibara died at the age of 86 in 2000 after he had a fall on the way to a coaching clinic in Vijayawada and his health deteriorated in the following months before he slipped into a coma from which he would never wake.

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