Raghunath Chandorkar (21 November 1920 – 3 September 2021) was an Indian
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er who played in seven
first-class matches between 1943 and 1951. He celebrated his 100th birthday in November 2020, becoming India's oldest living first-class cricketer. From the death of
Alan Burgess in January 2021 until his own death Chandorkar was the world's oldest living first-class cricketer.
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Lists of oldest cricketers
This is a set of lists of the oldest Test and first-class cricketers.
Oldest living Test cricketers
Oldest living Test cricketers by country
Note: Twenty-seven first-class cricketers are known to have attained centenarian status (''see re ...
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List of centenarians (sportspeople)
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as sportspeople — known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
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1920 births
2021 deaths
Indian cricketers
20th-century Indian sportsmen
Maharashtra cricketers
Mumbai cricketers
People from Raigad district
Cricketers from Maharashtra
Indian men centenarians
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