Balkrishna Pandharinath "Baloo" Gupte (30 August 1934 – 5 July 2005) was an Indian

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er. He was a leg-spinner. Gupte was born in

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in British India. He made his debut under

Nari Contractor Nariman Jamshedji "Nari" Contractor (; born 7 March 1934) is a former Indian cricketer, who was a left-handed opening batsman. Contractor made his debut in 1955 and played till 1962 when his professional career ended after a serious injury. He w ...

in 1960–61 against

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led by

Fazal Mahmood Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landma ...

at the Corporation Stadium in Madras (now

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). He played three Tests for India between 1960–61 and 1964–65. His first class career spanned 1953–53 to 1967-68 playing for Bombay, Bengal and Railways. He died in Bombay on 5 July 2005, after a lengthy illness, aged 70. He was the younger brother of

Subhash Gupte Subhashchandra Pandharinath "Fergie" Gupte (Marathi: सुभाष गुप्ते) (; 11 December 1929 – 31 May 2002) was one of Test cricket's finest spin bowlers. Sir Garry Sobers, EAS Prasanna and Jim Laker pronounced him the best ...

, one of the finest spinners to play for India.

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Rediff.com obituary
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