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'''Dicky Jamshed Sohrab Rutnagur''' (26 February 1931 – 20 June 2013) was an Indian sports journalist. He was cricket correspondent for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' from 1958 to 1966, when he became a [[freelance]] based in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. He covered [[cricket]], [[squash (sport)|squash]] and [[badminton]] for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' from 1966 to 2005.

A [[Parsi]], he was born in [[Bandra]] and was educated at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]]. He then worked in the family business, which published the ''Indian Textile Journal''. He then began covering cricket matches as a freelance, writing for ''The Bharat'', a local sports paper, and then for daily newspapers.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|title=Dicky Rutnagur|date=10 July 2013|page=27}}</ref>

With [[Anandji Dossa]], he co-edited ''[[The Indian Cricket-Field Annual]]'' throughout its life from 1957-8 to 1965-6. He first wrote for ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' in 1963, and his most recent piece appeared in the 2007 edition. He wrote two books, including a biography of squash legend [[Jahangir Khan]]. The duo of Dickie as commentator and [[Vijay Merchant]] as expert is remembered by millions of Indian cricket fans.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Encouraged to move to England by [[Ron Roberts (cricket writer)|Ron Roberts]], he joined ''The Daily Telegraph'', for whom he covered [[county cricket]] from 1966 to 2005. According to his ''Wisden'' obituary, "a press box with Dicky in it was always full of cigarette smoke, chat and mischief, with whisky afterwards".<ref>''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 2014 edition, "Obituaries", p220.</ref> He sometimes wrote for two national newspapers at the same time, as "Dilip Rao" when he wrote for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and as "D.J. Rutnagur" when writing for ''The Daily Telegraph''.

He was the only person to witness both of two cricketing feats: when [[Garry Sobers]] hit six sixes in an over from [[Malcolm Nash]] in a [[County Championship]] match in Swansea in 1968 and, more than 16 years later, when [[Ravi Shastri]] did likewise, off Baroda slow left-armer [[Tilak Raj]] in a [[Ranji Trophy]] game in Bombay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/648417.html|title=Now isn't that something?|newspaper=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

He died at the age of 82 on 20 June 2013 in [[London]] after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/dicky-rutnagur-passes-82/66930|title=Dicky Rutnagur passes away at 82|publisher=Wisden India|date= June 21, 2013}}</ref> He was the father of cricketer [[Richard Rutnagur|Richard Sohrab Rutnagur]].<ref name=Telegraph/>

==Books==
*''Khans Unlimited: A History of Squash in Pakistan'', Oxford University Press, 1997, {{ISBN|978-0-19-577805-2}}.
*''Test Commentary'', India v England, 1976–77

== Notes ==
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==References==
*''Barclay's World of Cricket - 2nd Edition'', 1980, Collins Publishers, {{ISBN|0-00-216349-7}}, p654.
*''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 2007 edition, {{ISBN|978-1-905625-02-4}}, p80.

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