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Full name Salim Aziz Durani
Born December 11, 1934, Kabul, Afghanistan
Current age 73 years 154 days
Major teams India,Gujarat,Rajasthan,Saurashtra
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
29
50
2
1202
104
25.04
1
7
15
14
0
First-class
170
275
19
8545
137*
33.37
14
45
144
4
List A
3
2
0
34
21
17.00
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
29
46
6446
2657
75
6/73
10/177
35.42
2.47
85.9
2
3
1
First-class
170
28130
12630
484
8/99
26.09
2.69
58.1
21
2
List A
3
126
52
4
2/23
2/23
13.00
2.47
31.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Jan 1-6, 1960 scorecard
Last Test
India v England at Mumbai (BS), Feb 6-11, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1953/54 - 1977/78
List A span
1973/74 - 1976/77
Profile
An unpredictable genius, Salim Durrani was on his day a match winner
either with the bat or the ball. He was one of the few cricketers who
could turn the course of a match either by a few lusty blows or by a
couple of wickets in one over. To the stodgy, fairly predictable image
of the Indian cricketer, Durrani by his dash and vigorous play,
injected an element of excitement into the game. An aggressive left
handed batsman, who could demolish the best of bowlers and who
acquired the reputation of hitting sixes on demand, Durrani in full
flow was a joy to watch. But it was as a bowler that he first made
his mark in Indian cricket. He ambled in to bowl with a lazy action
but the best of his deliveries beggared description. For Durrani,
having delivered the ball from his great height could make the ball
lift and turn.
Durrani bowled India to victory over England in 1961-62, successively
picking up eight and ten wickets in the country's triumphs at Calcutta
and Madras. Almost ten years later he helped shaped another notable
victory - this time over West Indies at Port of Spain - by dismissing
Clive Lloyd and Gary Sobers, the latter for a duck. His only century
in Tests was against West Indies in 1962. Durrani had a special
rapport with the spectators, who once agitated, when he was
inexplicably dropped for the Kanpur Test in 1973, with placards and
slogans like ``No Durrani, no Test''. A tall, handsome figure, Durrani
had movie star looks and in fact appeared in a film with Parveen Babi
in the early 70s.(Partab Ramchand)
