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India’s legendary spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi who also served as the captain of his country’s cricket team has died at the age of 77 sports
Bedi had been battling a prolonged illness and had undergone surgery two weeks ago sports
He was admitted to a hospital in India’s national capital Delhi ever since sports
The former India captain is survived by his son, Bollywood actor Angad Bedi sports
Widely known as one of the greatest spinners produced by India who played international cricket, Bedi made 67 Test appearances and also played 10 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Indian team sports between 1967 and 1979 sports
Bedi, famous for his outstanding accuracy and spin bowling, picked up 266 wickets in Test cricket at an average of 28 sports
71 with 14 five-wicket hauls sports
The left-arm spinner also claimed seven wickets in the 50-over format sports
Out of the 266 Test wickets, Bedi bagged 106 of those as captain, having led the Indian team in 22 Tests sports
One of the architects of India’s spin bowling revolution, Bedi was a part of Indian cricket’s golden quartet of spinners, the others being Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chadrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who shaped the core of India’s bowling unit for more than a decade sports between 1967 and 1978 sports
Amritsar-born Bedi was said to be a creative bowler – his style was defined as elegant, beautiful and crafty sports
He had refined many spin variations and was well known for his rhythm and control on the cricket pitch sports
Bishan Singh Bedi in action on 2 August 1971 (Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)After news of his death on Monday emerged, India’s sports sports minister Anurag Thakur said it was a “huge loss for cricket” sports
The cricketer was one of the most significant figures who had a role to play in India’s first-ever ODI win, in which he registered figures of 12-8-6-1 to restrict East Africa to 120 in a Cricket World Cup 1975 match sports
Bedi represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for two decades as well, while he played for Northern Punjab and then for Delhi in the Indian domestic circuit sports
The former spinner finished his career with 1,560 wickets in 370 First-Class matches – more than any other Indian player sports
Delhi’s first two titles in the Ranji Trophy – India’s premier First-Class championship – came under Bedi’s captaincy in the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons sports
Delhi also finished as runners-up twice under his watch and all four finals came in a span of five years sports
Bedi retired from all forms of cricket in 1980, which was when he last played in a First-Class game sports
In his post-retirement life, he did not completely cut away from cricket sports
From working as a commentator or a pundit to serving as a national selector and as Team India’s manager, Bedi was closely associated with the game for quite some time sports
Tributes have poured in on Bedi’s passing sports
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi condoled the death on X/Twitter sports
“His passion for the sport was unwavering and his exemplary bowling performances led India to numerous memorable victories sports
He will continue to inspire future generations of cricketers sports
Condolences to his family and admirers,” he wrote sports
“Sad to hear about the demise of the great Bishen Singh Bedi, apart from being a great cricketer, he was an affable person and went the extra mile to help young cricketers,” wrote current Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on X sports
“Bishan Singh Bedi One of our best is no more sports
It’s a loss to our cricketing fraternity sports
My deep condolences to his family,” wrote former India pacer Irfan Pathan sports
“Bishan Singh Bedi played for a long time and provided coaching to the team later sports
His demise is a big loss to the cricket world,” the sports sports minister, Mr Thakur told PTI sports
India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik called Bedi a “true ambassador of the sport” sports
“Deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Bishan Singh Bedi Sir, a legend and a true ambassador of the sport,” he wrote sports
“His contribution to Indian cricket will be remembered forever sports
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Daniel Ricciardo is set to make his return to racing at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas this weekend sports
The Australian broke a metacarpal bone in his left hand in a crash during practice at the Dutch Grand Prix two days before the race sports
The 34-year-old had lost control trying to avoid the crashed Oscar Piastri in the McLaren and was replaced for the races in sports between for Alpha Tauri by Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson sports
A spokesperson for Alpha Tauri confirmed to BBC Sport that Ricciardo would return for Austin, although neither team has officially announced it sports
RecommendedF1 2023 season race schedule: When is the US Grand Prix?Daniel Ricciardo ruled out of Qatar Grand PrixNico Rosberg identifies ‘dream candidate’ for Red Bull seatThe driver himself said in an Instagram video on Sunday: “Little update: simulator’s been going well, hand is feeling good to drive sports
“Austin – everyone knows I love Austin sports
I wouldn’t miss that one for the world sports
See y’all in Austin sports
”Ricciardo was dropped by McLaren at the end of 2022, but he returned to the grid in July at the Hungarian Grand Prix, having been signed up as a Red Bull reserve driver sports
He was called up to Alpha Tauri when the team lost faith in Nyck de Vries after the first 10 races of the season and raced three races before the injury, and will continue to compete for the team in 2024 sports
It may be a cause for concern for Sergio Perez, whose place as second Red Bull driver to Max Verstappen looks far from certain in the future sports
Perez does stand second in the drivers championship currently, but with just eight podiums and two wins, it is far from a strong position sports
Especially considering the two victories came within the first four races of the season sports
Perez came 10th in Qatar, did not finish in Japan, and came eighth in Singapore, far from the high standards set by Red Bull and Christian Horner sports
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