Sunday, March 16, 2025
News

Vicky Kaushal, Anupam Kher mourn demise of legendary Indian spinner Bishan Singh Bedi

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

Mumbai (Maharashtra) | October 23, 2023 10:16:38 PM IST
Actors Vicky Kaushal and Anupam Kher on Monday mourned the demise of legendary spinner and former captain of the Indian cricket team Bishan Singh Bedi.

Taking to Instagram, Vicky shared a picture on his stories which he captioned, "Deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Bishan Singh Bedi Sir. May his soul rest in peace. All my thoughts and prayers go out to my brother Angad, Neha and their family."

Bishan Singh Bedi was the father of 'Tiger Zinda Hai' actor Angad Bedi.

Regarded as one of the greatest left-arm spinners in world cricket, Bedi passed away on Monday at the age of 77 years old, leaving a great legacy behind.

Actor Anupam Kher also shared a picture on his Instagram stories and wrote, "A cricketer and a Gentleman! Om Shanti! #BishanSinghBedi."

The Amritsar-born spinner was the leading wicket-taker amongst Indians in First-Class cricket with 1,560 wickets in 370 matches. He played 67 Tests for India between 1967 and 1979 and picked 266 wickets. He also took seven wickets in 10 One-Day Internationals.

Bedi, along with Erapalli Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and S Venkataraghavan, was the architect of a revolution of sorts in India's spin bowling history.

In the Australian summer of 1977-78, the Indian cricket team - under the leadership of Bedi - displayed one of its grittiest performances in the five-match Test series. Even though the results were 3-2 in favour of the Bob Simpson-led home team, Bedi's team put on a mighty fight, clinching wins in the third and fourth Tests -- in Melbourne and Sydney.

Bedi was the Indian national team's first professional head coach in 1990 and emphasised fitness. After quitting the Indian team role, Bedi coached quite a few state teams and guided Punjab to its only Ranji Trophy win, in the 1992-93 season.

He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1970. Bedi also represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for many years. (ANI)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS ()
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
 
MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Will Smith's first music album after alm...
'Nobody was perfect when they started': ...
AR Rahman admitted to hospital after 'de...
'May it be the inspiration for next 25 y...
Hema Malini offers prayers at Jagannath ...
'Don't impose your Hindi language on us'...
More...
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
Hyderabad: Osmania University prohibits ...
Mauganj violence: Madhya Pradesh CM Moha...
'Though it's late, but we welcome decisi...
Amit Shah to address on fourth day of AB...
'Cowardly, displays deteriorating law, o...
'Were there no qualified Indian experts'...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
Taiwan detects one Chinese sortie, ... 
India's merchandise trade deficit w... 
"No mercy for drug cartels" Amit Sh... 
China: Officials aim to restrict so... 
AR Rahman admitted to hospital afte... 
BJP releases list of 3 candidates f... 
Will Smith's first music album afte... 
Silver to shine brighter than gold ...