Former India captain Kapil Dev, and Virender Sehwag among other ex-India cricketers turned up on the Lodhi Crematorium in New Delhi to attend the last rites of the spin-bowling legend Bishan Singh Bedi and to pay their last respects to the veteran cricketer.
Bedi handed away on Monday, October 24 after a protracted sickness. His funeral ceremony noticed a number of legendary names of Indian cricket flip up on Tuesday and pay homage to him.
Apart from Kapil and Sehwag, the members of the 1983 World Cup-winning staff Kirti Azad and Madan Lal have been additionally current on the occasion.Â
Former India pacer and the pinnacle coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Ashish Nehra, cricketer turned commentator Murali Kartik and Ajay Jadeja, who’s at the moment an element of Afghanistan’s staff administration in the continued World Cup additionally paid tribute to the “Sardar of Spin”.
Bedi is considered one of the best spinners of his time. He performed a complete of 67 Test matches and bagged 266 wickets at a mean of 28.71. His illustrious Test profession noticed him declare 13 four-wicket hauls and 14 five-wicket-hauls.
The left-arm orthodox bowler additionally represented India in ten ODIs and snared seven scalps. He made his India debut in the Test match in opposition to the West Indies on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in December 1966. The Amritsar-born was an integral half of India’s well-known spin quartet that featured Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.
Apart from being a world-class spinner, Bedi was all the time fast to succeed in out to the kids. He even mentored a number of spinners who went on to have a profitable profession in worldwide cricket.
Bedi’s demise is a significant loss to the Indian cricket fraternity as he was a fountain of information and nonetheless had lots to supply to the budding expertise in the nation.
