Salim Durani, 88, who passed away due to age-related health issues in Jamnagar on Sunday, received accolades galore in his career. But cricket writer NS Ramaswami put his cricket in perspective in a special portrait for the 1983 edition of Indian Cricket annual, published by The Hindu. Ramaswami wrote: “There will be no second Durani in India. Even if anybody were foolish enough to play like him, the selectors would put a stop. Let us, therefore, cherish the image of this incredible being, who, tall and handsome, lounged his way through first-class cricket and has earned our affections, not the arid, unfeeling respect given to record breakers.”

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