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Nari Contractor Injury: This is a matter of era when a helmet was not made for batsmen in cricket. One of the fastest bowlers of his era, Indian captain after getting injured from the ball of Charlie Griffith of West Indies …Read more
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Highlights
- Female contractor was unconscious for six days due to the ball on the head
- Did not play with Indian team again after this incident
- Third Test incident against West Indies in 60s
New Delhi: Batting has often been dangerous since the early days of the game. In the modern era of padding and helmets, the danger remains intact. The relief news is that now there is no serious and fatal injury, but in 1962, India’s young captain Nari contractor got the ball of West Indies fast bowler Charlie Griffith that he never played cricket for India again.
Dangerous Caribbean tour of 1961-62
In fact, the left-handed batsman Nari contractor made his Test debut in 1955-56 at the age of 21. In 1960-61, he was made the youngest captain of India. A year later, he gave the team a historic series win over England. He was selected to lead India on the Caribbean tour in 1961-62, but there he got the biggest pain of his life.
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What happened to the cocktail party?
After eating mouth in the first two Tests, India reached Barbados to play the third match. Before the match, both the teams had a cocktail party, where West Indies captain Frank Warel had directly threatened the Indian captain. Actually, Team India was already struggling with injury. In such a situation, Warel had explained that it is better to get out of being a hit. Frank had told about the dangerous attitude of his bowler Charlie Griffith, saying that he bowled on the head of the 18 -year -old batsman and did not apologize to him, so stay away.
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Then the same thing happened that was afraid
Now the match begins, West Indies scored 394 runs on the scoreboard while batting first. After this, the same thing happened, on 17 March 1962, fast bowler Charlie Griffith killed such a bouncer that the captain of the Indian cricket team broke the skull bone. Due to which his career ended before time. Charlie Griffith, who played 28 Tests for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969, was also injured by beating Vijay Manjrekar in the same match.
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Caribbean captain saved his life by giving blood
In a hurry, the Nori contractor was admitted to the hospital. Where the captain of the opposing team Sir Frank Warel was the first person who donated blood for a female contractor. Chandu Board, Bapu Nandakarni, Poly Umrigar also donated blood. Only after which his life was saved. In memory of this incident, the Cricket Association of Bengal sets a blood donation camp on 3 February every year from 1981. This day is celebrated as Frank Warel Day.
