Indian cricketing hero and spin great Bishan Singh Bedi has died aged 77, sports minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday, calling it a “huge loss” to the sport.
“Former captain of the Indian Cricket team, a bowler who was always remembered by the nation, Bishan Singh Bedi, is no more,” Thakur, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, told reporters.
“It’s a deeply sad news and a huge loss for cricket. The whole of cricket world stands with his family in this hour of grief.”
Bishan, who was part of the famous spin quartet of Erapalli Prasanna, Srinivas Venkataraghavan and Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, claimed 266 wickets in 67 Tests in an illustrious international career between 1967 and 1979.—AFP
