Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rustomji Sheriyar 'Rusi' Modi About this sound pronunciation (born 11 November 1924, Bombay – died 17 May 1996, Bombay) was an Indian batsman who played for the Indian National Cricket Team from 1946 to 1952.Modi's test career started at Lord's in India's first test in England in their tour of England in 1946. He made his debut in a three-day match (22–25 June 1946), which is best recognised for Sir Alec Bedser's eleven-wicket haul on debut. Incidentally, this test also marked the test debuts of Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad, who would go one to be recognised players for India.Rusi Modi was evidently an accumulator of runs, this fact being evident from his test average of 46 and a first-class average of 53, which also weighed a lot on paper when seen alongside his 20 centuries in the latter respect. He also bowled some medium-pace and even grabbed a five-wicket haul, his only one in all formats of cricket he played in.. }
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- Rusi_Modi abstract "Rustomji Sheriyar 'Rusi' Modi About this sound pronunciation (born 11 November 1924, Bombay – died 17 May 1996, Bombay) was an Indian batsman who played for the Indian National Cricket Team from 1946 to 1952.Modi's test career started at Lord's in India's first test in England in their tour of England in 1946. He made his debut in a three-day match (22–25 June 1946), which is best recognised for Sir Alec Bedser's eleven-wicket haul on debut. Incidentally, this test also marked the test debuts of Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad, who would go one to be recognised players for India.Rusi Modi was evidently an accumulator of runs, this fact being evident from his test average of 46 and a first-class average of 53, which also weighed a lot on paper when seen alongside his 20 centuries in the latter respect. He also bowled some medium-pace and even grabbed a five-wicket haul, his only one in all formats of cricket he played in.".