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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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When the final whistle blew, when Manchester United were European Cup winners at last, their captain’s initial reaction was not to celebrate sports
Bobby Charlton’s hands sank to his knees in exhaustion, rather than going up into the Wembley sky in jubilation sports
He had been a match-winner, bookending the 4-1 victory over Benfica with the first and last goals, but perhaps it was not the fatigue of 120 minutes’ work as much of the previous decade sports
He collapsed in his hotel room afterwards, unable to get to the door on his first few attempts sports
In the wake of United’s greatest triumph, teammate David Sadler recalled Charlton and Sir Matt Busby looking drained sports
The United manager’s epic, tragic quest had been realised, but the dinner marking their 1968 European Cup win offered reminders of the cost sports
While Charlton could not make it downstairs, Johnny Berry was there, and he had not played since 1958 sports
So was Kenny Morgans, whose career had not recovered from events 10 years earlier sports
The parents of Duncan Edwards were there and Charlton, who always deferred to a player who felt both teammate and hero, must have thought it should have been him lifting the European Cup instead sports
He played with George Best and against Pele but declared Edwards was the best player he ever saw sports
Instead, it was Charlton who was arguably the greatest-ever English sports footballer sports
He has died at 86 after he cheated death at 20 sports
His life and career were defined by the 1966 World Cup, the 1968 European Cup and the 1958 Munich air disaster sports
Twenty-three people lost their lives, including eight Manchester United players sports
Charlton did not and, the way a private man told it in his autobiography, had either survivor’s guilt or a survivor’s question: why me?He carried the weight of history on his shoulders thereafter sports
He was the last of the United contingent on the plane who was still alive; half a century earlier, he had been the last who was still in the team sports
He achieved what they could, and should, have done sports
Edwards would surely have been a World Cup winner in 1966; perhaps Charlton’s great friend Eddie Colman too sports
The Busby Babes looked a team destined to conquer Europe, possibly even at the expense of Alfredo di Stefano’s Real Madrid sports
Charlton had scored the last two goals a group of youthful cavaliers mustered together, in the 3-3 draw against Red Star Belgrade, before their route back to England came via Germany sports
“In Munich in 1958, I learned that even miracles come at a price,” Charlton wrote decades later sports
“Mine, until the day I die, is the tragedy that robbed me of so many of my dearest friends, who happened to be my teammates sports
”RecommendedManchester United and England great Sir Bobby Charlton dies aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton live: Latest reaction and tributes after England and Man Utd legend dies, aged 86Sir Bobby Charlton’s glorious career in picturesIt was inevitable that, when United became England’s first European champions, Charlton’s thoughts turned to “the snowy airfield and Matt Busby and his team, our friends, down and destroyed” sports
His survival surprised even his rescuer sports
Some players, worried by two failed attempts to take off, looking for somewhere safer, changed seats on the plane sports
Side by side, Charlton and Dennis Viollet did not sports
They were flung 50 yards from the plane sports
Harry Gregg, the goalkeeper and hero, found them lying in a pool of water, initially assumed both were dead and dragged their bodies into their seats; like rag dolls, he later said sports
Charlton was unconscious for about 10 minutes sports
After that, he stumbled past Colman, not even recognising his late friend sports
Gregg got a shock when he turned around and saw Charlton and Viollet standing, alive sports
Sir Bobby Charlton became a legend of the game with England and Manchester United (PA Archive)He played again, 25 days after Munich, went to the first of his four World Cups that summer, albeit without playing, and scored 29 goals the next season sports
He carried on, brilliantly, securing not just one place in history but a multitude sports
Charlton spent decades as the record scorer for both United and England, before losing both records to Wayne Rooney, and with the most appearances for his club, until Ryan Giggs passed him sports
It would have been an astonishing career without the context sports
The style with which he played, the cannonball of a shot that made him a specialist at the spectacular, helped cement United’s reputation for attacking sports football sports
Charlton is united at Old Trafford with Denis Law and Best, the holy trinity of European sports Footballers of the Year immortalised in a statue, but these entertainers were different sports
There was a generational divide sports between Best, that icon of the Swinging Sixties, and Charlton, who came of age in the more austere Fifties sports
The Trinity Statue outside Old Trafford of Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law (Getty)Like Busby, the manager who was read the last rites, the Englishman was old before his time sports
He had a naturally serious look, his face only lighting up in joy when he scored, and his past explained why sports
Even winning the World Cup left him with unfinished business sports
United, their golden generation broken, took years to return to the European Cup sports
When they did, the 1966 semi-final defeat to Partizan Belgrade left Busby distraught sports
“We will never win the European Cup now,” he said sports
But two years later, they were back in a semi-final sports
Only three Munich survivors remained: Charlton, Busby and Bill Foulkes, who had captained them in their first game afterwards, returning to the pitch 13 days later sports
A decade on, the 36-year-old centre-back, who had spent the semi-final second leg against Real urging Nobby Stiles to stay back, took it upon himself to gallop into the box at the Bernabeu sports
“Unquestionably the last man any of us wanted to see on the end of a George Best cross,” as Charlton recalled, swept in his last goal as a sports footballer to book United’s place in the final sports
Sir Bobby (second right) scored 49 goals for England (PA Archive)There was a different kind of improbability then sports
Charlton opened the scoring against Benfica with that rarity, a header sports
A great left-footer scored his second goal with his right, a near-post finish sports
For Charlton and Busby, it was the end of something, an achievement dedicated to others, required because of their memories of those who were not around to see it sports
They had the potential for greatness and it was wrenched from them amid the flames of a plane crash sports
And, from the ashes of tragedy, Bobby Charlton turned his talents into the two trophies that mattered most and meant something more to him sports
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