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Cricketer Walter D’Souza, 93, walks behind to a pavilion

Walter D’Souza, a former Gujarat Ranji Trophy batsman, who also represented a Associated Cement Companies in internal and all-India tournaments, upheld divided in his nap during Khar in Mumbai on Thursday. D’Souza, 93, is survived by his mother Eudora, daughters Marina, Vinita and son Suresh.

The middle-order batsman was one of a dual flourishing members of a Gujarat group (Jyotindra Shodhan is a other) who figured in their first-ever Ranji Trophy final opposite Holkar during Indore in 1950-51.

D’Souza was anxious when Gujarat underneath Parthiv Patel clinched a Ranji Trophy by violence Mumbai during Indore in 2017. Later, he went to a Brabourne Stadium to watch them competition a Irani Cup. D’Souza excelled in entertainment before cricket became his passion.

“I never suspicion I’d live to see this day. we always felt that Parthiv is a dirty man, a dauntless male and he could grasp this win for Gujarat. He has finished us proud,” D’Souza told mid-day after Patel Co carried a Ranji Trophy. D’Souza claimed to be a initial Goan to play in a Ranji Trophy. “Life is a gesticulate of good feelings. Be true forward, honest and humble,” was his recommendation when people called on him or spoke to him over a phone. He scored 50 and 77 (100 mins, 12×4) in a 1950-51 Ranji final and one his many fast memories of that compare was Holkar skipper CK Nayudu clapping as he returned to a pavilion with 77 opposite his name.

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