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Nari Contractor Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

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Nari Contractor Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

Nari Contractor

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BIRTHDAY 7 March,1934 (Wednesday)
BIRTH PLACE Godhra, Panchmahal, Gujarat
COUNTRY India
AGE (in 2025) 91 Years Old
BIRTH SIGN Pisces
HEIGHT in centimeters- 165 cm
in meters- 1.65 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 4”
WEIGHT in Kilograms- 72 kg
in Pounds- 158.73 lbs
CASTE N/A

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Nari Contractor Biography, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Children, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

Short Biography

Nari Contractor was born on 07-03-1934 in Godhra, Panchmahal in the state of Gujarat, India. He is a former Indian Cricket Player & Cricket Coach.

Other Name: Nariman Jamshedji Contractor, Nariman Jamshedji "Nari" Contractor
Other Professions: Cricket Coach
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Nari Contractor Complete Bio & Career

Nari Contractor’s actual name is Nariman J Contractor. In his playing days, he was regarded as the poster boy of Indian cricket. He made his first-class debut after captain injured himself and was ruled out of the match. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands and scored centuries in the both the innings. To date, he is the only player to achieve this feat. He was a fighter and showed a great fighting spirit in a match against England at Lord’s when in spite of two broken ribs, he kept playing and scored a magnificent 81 in the second innings of the match.
 
An opening Left-handed batsman and a medium-paced bowler, who represented India in 31 test matches from the mid-1950s to early 1960s. He was appointed as the captain of the National team against Pakistan in the 1960-61 seasons and he was only 26 by that time. Thus became the youngest Indian captain, then.   
 
He was one of the most tragic figures of World Cricket as his short but glorious career ended abruptly after he was hit on the skull by Charlie Griffith short delivery. For some time even his life was in danger but with the prayers of the whole nation, he survived. He proved that he was the epitome of courage as, after a couple of years after this incident, he once again took the field by playing first-class cricket. He tried very hard to make a comeback but he, unfortunately, couldn’t make it to the National team again.
 
He played first-class cricket for almost two decades and scored 22 tons to his credit and an aggregate of 8611 runs at a healthy average of 39.86.    
 
An interesting Trivia, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalitha had a huge crush on this handsome hunk. 

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Nari Contractor Family, Relatives and Other Relations

He is married to Dolly Contractor. Together the couple is blessed with a son named Hoshedar Nariman Contractor, who was born on 01-02-1961.

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Nari Contractor Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

91 years, 7months, 24 days old age Nari Contractor will turn 92 on 07 March, 2026. Only 4 months, 3 days, 11 hours,9 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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