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FormerIndiaplayerSadashivRaojiPatil,whorepresentedthecountryinoneTestmatch,diedathisresidenceinKolhapuronTuesday.
Hewas86andissurvivedbyhiswifeandtwodaughters.
“HediedinhissleepintheweehoursonTuesdayathisresidenceinRuikarColonyinKolhapur,”RameshKadam,aformeroffice-bearerofKolhapurDistrictCricketAssociation,toldPTI.
Patil,whowasapace-bowlingall-rounder,playedaTestmatchagainstNewZealandin1955.
Hedidn’tgetanymorechancetoplayforthecountry.
Patilplayed36First-ClassmatchesforMaharashtrafrom1952-1964,scoring866runsandtaking83wickets.
HehadalsocaptainedMaharashtraintheRanjiTrophy.