# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salim-durani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:20:45.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salim-durani"
name: "Salim Durani"
slug: "salim-durani"
description: "Salim Durani was an Afghan-born Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. He was the only Indian Test cricketer to have been born in Afghanistan. He was the first cricketer to win an Arjuna Award. In 2011, he was awarded the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour bestowed by the Indian cricket board on a former player."
tagline: "Indian cricket player (1934–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Salim_Durani.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-12-11"
deathDate: "2023-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump