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University of Calcutta.
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Berry Sarbadhikari
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Berry Sarbadhikari was an opening batsman and wicket-keeper for Calcutta University before taking up journalism. He covered 104 Test matches over about fifty years. He was a commentator in All India Radio till 1972.
He got the nickname "Berry" after, on finding a player short in a match, he entered the name "John Berry" (first names of Jack Hobbs) as the last man and eventually played in that place.
He was the son of Sushil Prasad and had one child, Jayashree Sarbadhikari Royal Sarbadhikari committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of the boarding house in Crawford Market, Bombay (now Mumbai) where he lived.
The suicide note that he left mentioned ill health and financial insecurities as the reasons. Major works
C.K. Nayudu (1945)
Indian Cricket Uncovered (1945)
My World of Cricket (1964).
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December 19, 1976 (aged 31) -
Nationality
India