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Farokh Engineer, who performed 46 Checks and 5 ODIs for India, was seen in excellent spirits as he celebrated with family and friends.
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Former India wicketkeeper-batter Farokh Engineer turned 87 on Tuesday and his birthday was celebrated with grand fervour in Mumbai, a celebration which was attended by some large names from Bollywood in addition to India’s cricketing fraternity.
Engineer, who performed 46 Checks and 5 ODIs for India, was seen in excellent spirits as he celebrated with family and friends.
The celebration was hosted by Cipla’s Yusuf Hamied, an Indian scientist and billionaire businessman, on the Willingdon Membership in Tardeo, Mumbai. Watch the video right here:
“He (Engineer) was so excited. No person else was prepared to host it. And he (Hamied) was most form as a result of I imagine he had a tantrum. He mentioned, sure, since you’re a pleasant man,” Bollywood actor Boman Irani mentioned in his speech on the celebration.
“I’m not so certain about that. However simply to let you already know, I don’t like to speak a few specific Take a look at, the primary Take a look at I ever noticed in Mumbai as a result of he doesn’t like me to speak about it,” Irani joked about Engineer.
The Bollywood actor had performed the function of Engineer within the film 83.
The celebration was attended by former India cricketers Dilip Vengsarkar, Dilip Doshi and Yajurvindra Singh as nicely.
Engineer was a wicketkeeper-batter, an opener, who represented India in 46 Checks from 1961 to 1975.
In first-class cricket, Engineer performed for Bombay from 1959 to 1975, for West Zone from 1961 to 1975 and for Lancashire County Cricket Membership from 1968 to 1976.
Engineer is the final male member of the Parsi group to have performed for the nation, though Arzan Nagwaswalla was chosen for the nationwide crew in 2021.
Engineer was born on February 25, 1938, right into a Parsi household in Mumbai, then Bombay. His father Manecksha was a health care provider and his mom Minnie was a housewife.
Engineer studied on the Don Bosco Excessive Faculty in Matunga and later at Podar School, in Matunga as nicely.
Engineer turned a scholar on the College of Bombay and in 1958, performed cricket for each their facet and the Indian Universities crew.
Throughout his childhood, Engineer’s first ambition was to be a pilot, however Indian cricket as a substitute discovered a high quality wicketkeeper-batter in him.