Doctors have removed a metal plate from the skull of India's former cricket captain Nari Contractor - 60 years after it was put in following a near-fatal bouncer by West Indies' Charlie Griffith. Contractor underwent numerous operations including having the titanium plate installed that same year. Contractor was losing skin in the area of his head where the plate was so they decided to remove it, his son said. Frank Worrell, the West Indies captain at the time, several of his team-mates and Indian players donated blood as doctors battled to save Contractor's life. I saw it just inches away before it hit me," Contractor told the DNA newspaper.

Source: Indian Express April 07, 2022 17:34 UTC