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He was the first Keralite to score 1000 runs and bag 100 wickets in first-class cricket.
It was only the intense love for the game and the immense joy that playing the sport gave which spurred cricketers like Rhodes, Nayudu and Close to remain fit and take on the stress and strain of playing three-day matches with hardly a break.
A glance at some of the more famous such comebacks.
He had celebrated his 100th birthday on January 26 this year which was attended by Steve Waugh and Sachin Tendulkar at his residence.
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