New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer and great spin Bishan Singh Bedi has passed away. He was 77 years old. Bedi played a total of 77 international matches for India. During this time, he took 273 wickets. Bedi is considered one of the best spinners in Indian Test history. He won many matches for the country on his own. Bishan Singh Bedi's son's name is Angad Bedi and daughter-in-law's name is Neha Dhupia. Both of them are well-known names in the Indian film industry. Bishan Singh Bedi was born in the year 1947 in Amritsar district.
Bedi played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979. He has been part of India's famous spin quarter. Apart from him, it had Irapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venktraghavan and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar. The four together played 231 Tests and took 853 wickets.
Bishan Singh Bedi also got a chance to captain the Indian team. He was assigned this responsibility in 1976. Bedi was made captain in place of legendary cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. His first win as captain was against West Indies in Port of Spain in 1976 tour. After that, he was removed from the captaincy after losing 3-1 in the Test series against England at home, 3-2 in the Test series on the tour of Australia and 2-0 in the Test series on the tour of Pakistan. was removed Sunil Gavaskar became the captain after him.
He took 266 wickets in 67 Test matches for India. He achieved the feat of taking five wickets in one innings 15 times and once took 10 wickets in one match. Along with this, he took seven wickets in 10 ODI matches.