Berry Sarbadhikari

Bijoy Chandra "Berry" Sarbadhikari (died December 19, 1976 at the age of 72 in Bombay) was an Indian cricket commentator, journalist and author.

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 nick-name '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 4 sons and one daughter.

Sarbadhikari committed suicide by jumping down from the third floor of the boarding house in Crawford Market, Bombay where he lived. The suicide note that he left mentioned ill-health and financial insecurities as the reason.

Major works
* C.K. Nayudu (1945)
* Indian Cricket Uncovered (1945)
* My World of Cricket (1964)

References

* David Frith, "Silence of the heart"
* Khalid Ansari, "Berry Sarbadhikari - RIP", Sportsweek, December 26, 1976, reproduced in "Cricket at Fever Pitch", ISBN 81-7991-257-4

ee also

* Sarbadhikari

External links

* [http://www.sarbadhikari.com/sarbagen.htm#29 Family tree]
* [http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s119/st50725.htm An incident on Vinoo Mankad reported by Berry]
* [http://www.chennaionline.com/cityfeature/mosquitoes/rams02.asp Names of some other famous commentators]