Former India batsman Nari Contractor suffered a head fracture after being hit by a Charlie Griffith bouncer on the 1962 tour of the Caribbean. Now, 60 years later, the metal plate inserted in the head through surgery has been removed at a Mumbai hospital on medical advice as Contractor was having pain. Contractor’s son Hoshedar told The Indian Express that his father was fine after surgery and should be home soon.
During the surgery, at least five people donated blood to save Contractor’s life – legendary West Indian captain Frank Worrell, Chandu Borde, Bapu Nadkarni, Polly Umrigar and journalist K.N Prabhu. Griffith would soon be castigated by the cricketing world for “chucking” while Contractor lay unconscious for six days. Griffith would later tell a heart-warming story about those days. Apparently, when Griffith’s wife visited Contractor at the hospital after he regained consciousness, he told her, ”Charlie is not to blame… it was all my fault.”
For that memory Frank worral and west indies board indian ambassy took initiative for blood donation drive which will tun from tommorow to wednesday