Mumbai, 06 Feb (HS):- A senior cricket analyst

Dwarkanath Sanzgiri passed away on Thursday following a prolonged illness at

Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital. He was 74. The last rites will be performed at

Shivaji Park crematorium on Friday.

Born on November 15, 1950 Dwarkanath worked as

engineer with the Bombay Municipal Corporation. While working with the BMC he started

as cricket critic and earned name in the field. He earned fame as story teller

on interesting events in cricket and about cricketers.

Struggling with cancer he continued writing till

last month’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy matches in Australia. He also covered

almost all the cricket world cups including the historical 1983 World Cup,

which India won.

Dwarkanath started writing about cricket in late

1970’s and later penned books including ‘Cricket Cocktail’ ‘Cricketers chya

manatle’, ‘Ashru ani Shatkar’ ‘Adlatun Awaliye’, and also wrote about films. He

was very popular among the cricketers.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar