Bishan Singh Bedi back home after spending 24 days in hospital | Cricket News

Legendary former India spinner Bishan Singh Bedi has been discharged after spending greater than three weeks at a metropolis hospital right here following a bypass surgical procedure. The 74-year-old former India captain had undergone a bypass surgical procedure on the capital’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital final month after he suffered a coronary heart assault. He subsequently additionally underwent an operation to take away blood clotting in his mind. 

“He was evaluated and was found to be having all three vessels of heart critically blocked,” the assertion from the hospital learn. “He was stabilised and underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, which was performed by Dr Ganesh Shivnani and his team on 18 February 2021. He has been discharged successfully in a stable condition on 11 March 2021,” it added.
According to an in depth pal and a former Delhi captain, Bedi has recovered considerably and “has been advised complete rest.” 

The assertion issued by the hospital stated that Bedi was admitted on February 15. “Mr Bishan Singh Bedi, former Indian Cricket Captain suffered a heart attack last month. He was admitted on 15 February 2021 under cardiologist Dr J P S Sawhney at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi,” the hospital said. 

Bedi, a premier left-arm orthodox spinner in his taking part in days, represented India in 67 Tests and 10 ODIs between 1967 and 1979, scalping 266 and 7 wickets respectively.

In December final 12 months, he had protested in opposition to the Delhi and District Cricket Association’s (DDCA) resolution to call the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium after its late ex president and former union minister Arun Jaitley. Bedi had demanded that his title be faraway from a spectators’ stand, named after him, if Jaitley’s statue was to be put in. He had threatened to take authorized motion in opposition to the DDCA on the matter.