Former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away in Mumbai on Saturday following protracted illness. Affectionately called as 'Rajbhai' in the cricket fraternity, the 73-year-old Dungarpur, who was president of the Cricket Board for three years in the late 1990s, was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. A bachelor from the Dungarpur royal family of Rajasthan, he was also a former first class cricketer, a former India team manager and ex-chairman of the senior selection panel. A former President of the Cricket Club of India for 13 years before he took ill last year, Dungarpur died at his residence on Saturday morning.
He had been a first class fast-medium bowler for Rajasthan between 1955-56 and 1970-71. After he retired from playing, he was an active player in administration and has been the manager to several overseas tours. Dungarpur had been the manager of Indian cricket team when it won the 1983 World Cup. He had been a part of the selection team which chose Sachin Tendulkar was for the Indian squad in 1989. His last high-profile BCCI assignment was in 2006 when he was named the manager for the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan.
He had been a first class fast-medium bowler for Rajasthan between 1955-56 and 1970-71. After he retired from playing, he was an active player in administration and has been the manager to several overseas tours. Dungarpur had been the manager of Indian cricket team when it won the 1983 World Cup. He had been a part of the selection team which chose Sachin Tendulkar was for the Indian squad in 1989. His last high-profile BCCI assignment was in 2006 when he was named the manager for the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan.
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