In Pictures | Bishan Singh Bedi (1946-2023)

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Former India captain and legendary spinner Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on October 23. He was 77-years-old. 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.

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.

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Bishan Singh Bedi and Kapil Dev during the 2nd Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, 4th August 1979. The match ended in a draw.

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Bishan Singh Bedi bowling for India at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, on August 4, 1979.

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Bishan Singh Bedi smiles as Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain shakes his hand before the start of play in 1971.

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An appeal for leg before wicket (lbw) against Bob Simpson of Australia off the bowling of Bishen Singh Bedi is successfull during a Test at Sydney, Australia, on January 7, 1978. India won the match.

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Bobby Simpson pours champagne for Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi after finish of a Test match between India and Australia at Sydney, Australia in 1978. India won the match.

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The turbaned Bedi of the touring India cricket team, punishes the West Indies attack in a Test match in Gerogetown, Guyana on March 23, 1971. The game ended in a draw.

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Bishan Singh Bedi displays the techniques of holding the ball and spin bowling to the students at a cricket clinic at Jamia Millia College in New Delhi in 1998.

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Former Indian cricket player EAS Prasanna demonstrates the art of spin to Sunil Joshi being watched by Bishan Singh Bedi at Bangalore in 2000.

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Australian spinner Jason Krejza talks to Bishan Singh Bedi during a practice session in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 26, 2008.

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Bishan Singh Bedi with Virat Kohli in New Delhi in 2017

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Bishan Singh Bedi, former India captain and legendary spinner, passes away at 77

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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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The Hindu Archives

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.

The BCCI mourns the sad demise of former India Test Captain and legendary spinner, Bishan Singh Bedi.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and fans in these tough times.

May his soul rest in peace pic.twitter.com/oYdJU0cBCV

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 23, 2023

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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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.

VIDEO | “Bishan Singh Bedi played for a long time and provided coaching to the team later. His demise is a big loss to the cricket world,” says Union minister @ianuragthakur. pic.twitter.com/l2hUPDlrig

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 23, 2023

(With inputs from PTI)

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In Pictures | Bishan Singh Bedi (1946-2023)

Bishan Singh Bedi, former India captain and legendary spinner, passes away at 77