Indian cricket legend Bishan Bedi dies aged 77

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Indian cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi died aged 77 after a prolonged illness.

He was battling illnesses related to age and had undergone a few surgeries in recent years.

Bedi, considered one of the best spin bowlers in the world, captained India in 22 of his 67 Tests and took 266 wickets.

He made his debut against the West Indies in 1966 and played his last Test against England at The Oval in 1979.

Bedi also played English county cricket for Northamptonshire and finished his career with 1,560 first-class wickets, the highest of any Indian bowler.

Bedi was an integral part of a famous quartet of world-famous Indian spin bowlers in the 1960s and 1970s, which included Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. In 2021, Bedi was chosen by readers for a place in BBC Sport's all-time India Test XI.

Born in Amritsar, India In the state of Punjab in India, Bedi started playing cricket. at school. At the age of 20, he became the 113th cricketer to represent India in Tests.

In a career spanning 12 years, his best bowling performance came in 1969 when he took seven wickets for 98 runs against the Australia in Kolkata (then known as Calcutta), a...