Mumbai cricket great Padmakar Shivalkar passes away at 84
Updated On: 04 March, 2025 07:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Mumbai’s enduring spin stalwart, domestic cricket giant Padmakar Shivalkar bids goodbye at 84; teammates Ravi Shastri, Sandeep Patil pay tribute
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The late Padmakar Shivalkar bowls during a festival match at Dadkar Maidan, Matunga, in December 2014. Pic/Atul Kamble
If ever there was a highly enduring performer to wear the lion-crested Mumbai cap, it was Padmakar Shivalkar (1940-2025). The accomplished left-arm spinner passed away in Mumbai on Monday, a little over a month before his 85th birthday.
Shivalkar, Paddy to friends, succumbed to a prolonged illness but that did not prevent him from attending the golden jubilee celebrations of the Wankhede Stadium last month. After his Ranji Trophy debut in 1965-66, Shivalkar played continuously for Mumbai from 1967-68 till 1980-81, a span that included eight Ranji Trophy triumphs and four.
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