Former BCCI statistician and scorer Dinar Gupte, 76, passed away due to Covid-19 in Baroda on Thursday.

Gupte, who helped several associations in grooming scorers and statisticians, was also a member of the All India Radio statisticians panel. Along with veteran cricket statistician Sudhir Vaidya, Gupte was involved in providing accurate figures and details to the BCCI for the first five editions of the IPL. He also worked on several BCCI annuals.