Bishan Singh Bedi, former India captain and legendary spinner, passes away | Cricket News

Legendary Spinner Bishan Singh Bedi Demise: Former India captain and country’s greatest ever left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on Monday. Bedi played 67 Tests for India and took 266 wickets with 14 five wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul.
He was 77 years old and was laid low a prolonged illness. He is survived his wife Anju, son Angad and daughter Neha.
He was a part of Indian cricket’s golden quartet of spinners, along with Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chadrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. Together, the quartet formed the core of India’s bowling unit for over a decade between 1966 and 1978.Most Read
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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 his technical insight.
“The former India captain and a bowler who people remember to this day, Bishan Singh Bedi, is no more. It’s a tragic moment for world cricket. If I speak of Himachal cricket, he held a lot of camps at the Dharamsala stadium, when this stadium was newly formed. He used to stay in the Indian dressing room when he held camps here. Even though he had a deep connection with Punjab and Delhi, post-retirement he had deep interest in Himachal cricket. When I played for Punjab and we became national champions, he was our coach. His death is a big loss to the sport,” Sports Miner Anurag Thakur said.
(With PTI inputs. More to follow)