The grand old man of cricket statistics, Anandji Dossa is no more. The Eternal scorer declared him out yesterday — a few days after his 98th birthday — far away from his beloved Mumbai, in America.


Anandji Dossa at his Ghatkopar home in 2012. File Pic/Sameer Markande 

His innings was overall silken smooth with more hits than misses and he was confident of going on to get his 100. When a friend asked him when they will meet again on their last meeting in Ghatkopar, Mumbai on his 96th birthday, Dossa is believed to have replied, "after four years."