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Rustom Cooper
Rustom Sorabji "Rusi" Cooper (born 14 December 1922) is an Indian former first-class cricketer and lawyer. Life and career Cooper was educated in Mumbai, Bombay at Elphinstone High School and St Xavier's High School. A right-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut in the 1941-42 Bombay Quadrangular#Bombay Pentangular, Bombay Pentangular Tournament, playing for the Parsees cricket team, Parsees. In the 1943-44 and 1944-45 seasons he represented Mumbai cricket team, Bombay in the Ranji Trophy. Selected to play for the Rest of India against Western India States in February 1944, Cooper went in to bat at number eight and made his maiden first-class century. He finished the season with 383 runs at an average of 76.60. He improved further in 1944-45, scoring 551 runs at an average of 91.83 with two centuries, one of them in the Ranji Trophy final against Holkar cricket team, Holkar to help Bombay win the title. Cooper moved to England in 1946 to study at the London School of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
