Former left-arm spinner, Bishan Singh Bedi. File.
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Former India captain and legendary spinner Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on October 23. He was 77-years-old.
Indian cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi during the cricket match.
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Born in Amritsar in 1946, Bedi played 67 Tests for India and took 266 wickets with 14 five wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul.
Bishan Singh Bedi, India’s versatile spinner meets Queen Elizabeth II of Britain at Lord’s cricket ground before the start of the second day of the first cricket test match between India and England at The Lords, London on July 23, 1971.
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He was the part of Indian cricket’s golden quartet of spinners, others being Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chadrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who formed the core of India’s bowling unit for more than a decade between 1966 and 1978.
Bedi was briefly the manager of the Indian cricket team in 1990 during tours of New Zealand and England.
He was also a national selector and mentor to many talented spinners like Maninder Singh and Murali Kartik, who all swore by his technical insight.
(With inputs from PTI)