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'''Dicky Jamshed Sohrab Rutnagur''' (26 February 1931 – 20 June 2013) was an [[India]]n 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.
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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>
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>