India's oldest first-class cricketer and former captain of Mysore – as Karnataka was called till 1974 – BK Garudachar passed away in Bengaluru on Friday. He was 99.A right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler, Garudachar made 1,126 runs at an average of 29.63 from 27 matches in first-class cricket between 1935 and 1946.Born on January 13, 1917 at Chikamagalur in Karnataka, Garudachar started playing for Mysore before representing United Province and Bombay in the 1940s.