Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi passes away aged 77

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi handed away on Monday after extended sickness. He was 77 years outdated and is survived by his spouse Anju, son Angad and daughter Neha.

The legendary spinner performed 67 Tests for India between 1967 and 1979 and picked 266 wickets. He additionally took seven wickets in 10 One-Day Internationals.

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Bedi, together with Erapalli Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and S. Venkataraghavan, was the architect of a revolution of types in India’s spin bowling historical past.

In the Australian summer time of 1977-78, the Indian cricket group – underneath the management of Bedi – displayed considered one of its grittiest performances within the five-match Test collection. Even although the outcomes had been 3-2 in favour of the Bob Simpson-led house group, Bedi’s group placed on a mighty combat, clinching wins within the third and fourth Tests — in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Bedi performed a key position in India’s first ODI win. His miserly bowling figures of 12-8-6-1 restricted East Africa to 120 in a 1975 World Cup fixture. 

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The Amritsar-born spinner, who plied his commerce for Delhi on the home circuit, was the main wicket-taker amongst Indians in First-Class cricket with 1,560 wickets in 370 matches.

Bedi additionally led Delhi to its first two Ranji Trophy titles — in 1978-79 and 1979-80. The group was additionally runner-up twice underneath him. Incidentally, the 4 finals got here in a span of 5 years.

He was additionally one of the crucial profitable abroad gamers within the English County cricket circuit, too. He featured for Northamptonshire in 102 outings, between 1972 and 1977, and bagged 434 wickets for the Northants, probably the most by an Indian in County cricket.

Bedi was the Indian nationwide group’s first skilled head coach in 1990 and emphasised on health. After quitting the Indian group position, Bedi coached fairly a couple of state groups and guided Punjab to its solely Ranji Trophy win, within the 1992-93 season.