Cricket's 'Chicken' Bhamjee dies
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Cricket's 'Chicken' Bhamjee dies
The veteran administrator died in Gaborone on Tuesday. BCA fixtures and publicity secretary, Sumod Damodar said Bhamjee’s death was a big loss to cricket.
“We are devastated. We have lost an extremely close friend, a brother and a fatherly figure. He was more than family, the void is too deep. We have to keep his legacy going, the shock is so unsettling,” Damodar said.
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