Bishan Singh Bedi

The cricket society, featuring Virender Sehwag and Kapil Dev, attended the funeral rituals of the legendary Indian spinner Bishan Bedi on Tuesday in New Delhi. Bedi passed away on Monday following an extended illness. As he was 77. To pay their final respects were prominent figures in Indian cricket, such as Kirti Azad, Madan Lal, Sehwag, and captain Kapil Dev, who won the World Cup. Ashish Nehra, Ajay Jadeja (who is currently serving as a support staff member in Afghanistan), and Murali Kartik (who picked up trade secrets from the “Sardar of Spin”) were also in attendance.

“There were also numerous elite cricket players in attendance. A former cricket player who was present at the Lodhi Crematorium praised him as both a brilliant player and a nice person.

Bedi, who was born in 1946 in Amritsar, played 67 Test matches for India and claimed 266 wickets, including one 10-wicket haul and fourteen five-wicket hauls.

He belonged to the illustrious group of spinners in Indian cricket, which also included Bhagwat Chadrasekhar, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, and Erapalli Prasanna. Between 1966 and 1978, they comprised the backbone of India’s bowling unit for over ten years.

In 1990, Bedi managed the Indian cricket team on short visits to England and New Zealand.

Along with being a national selector, he mentored and advised other gifted spinners, including Maninder Singh, Sunil Joshi, and Murali Kartik, all of whom attested to his technical acumen.

One of the most respected Indian captains, Bedi took charge of the team for over four years in Test cricket from 1975 to 1979 following the retirement of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.