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Raghunath Ramachandra Chandorkar, India’s oldest first-class cricketer, passes away at 100

Chandorkar, a right-handed batsman, played six Ranji Trophy games for Maharashtra and Mumbai and scored 155 runs in seven first-class matches

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Raghunath Ramachandra Chandorkar

Raghunath Ramachandra Chandorkar

India's oldest first-class cricketer, Raghunath Ramachandra Chandorkar, passed away at the age of 100. Chandorkar breathed his last in Ambernath on Friday, according to his grandson Shravan Hardikar, the commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.

Chandorkar, a right-handed batsman, played six Ranji Trophy games for Maharashtra and Mumbai and scored 155 runs in seven first-class matches. Chandorkar was only the third Indian first-class cricketer to reach a century in life.

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