Former India cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi,77, passed away on Monday. Two weeks ago Bedi had surgery and has been hospitalised in Delhi since then. He is survived by his son and Bollywood actor Angad Bedi, who is married to actress Neha Dhupia.
Between 1967 and 1979 and picked 266 wickets, the legendary spinner played 67 Tests for India and he also took seven wickets in 10 One-Day Internationals.
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In India’s spin bowling history, Bedi, along with Erapalli Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and S. Venkataraghavan, was the architect of a revolution of sorts.
In India’s first ODI win, he played a key role. His miserly bowling figures of 12-8-6-1 restricted East Africa to 120 in a 1975 World Cup fixture.
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