Indian cricket's keeper of memories forgets

Raj Singh Dungarpur, one of the most popular BCCI officials, is ailing. Indian cricket’s keeper of memories is slowly beginning to forget. Shantanu Guha Ray and Boria Majumdar look back at his life in Tehelka magazine.

The man who could remember the exact words the legendary CK Nayudu muttered below his breath when he bowled him a bouncer in the 1950s remembers virtually nothing now ...

... The wealthy and influential Dungarpur managed the Indian side four times on overseas tours and had been a national selector for two terms during which he earned both bouquets and brickbats. Many still remember how he got Mohammed Azharuddin the top job by simply asking ‘Mian, Captain Banogey’ and why Mohinder Amarnath included him uppermost in the list when he called cricket selectors a bunch of jokers.