Notable cricket deaths of 2023

Cricket bid adieu to these legends on the game this year.

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6. Bishan Singh Bedi

Bishan Singh Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Legendary India spinner and former captain Bishan Singh Bedi passed away on October 23, 2023. He is survived by four children, Angad Bedi, Neha Bedi, Gavasinder Bedi, and Gillinder Bedi. Bishan Bedi was born in Amritsar on 25 September 1946. He plied his trade in Indian domestic cricket for Punjab and Delhi.

Bedi made his India Test debut against the West Indies in the 1967 Test in Kolkata. He took 266 wickets in 67 Tests, with a best of 7/98 at an average of 28.71 and an economy of 2.14. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was part of a deadly spin quartet for India that included leg-spinner Bhagwath Chandrasekhar and off-spinners Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan.

Bedi also appeared in 370 FC games and took 1560 wickets, including a lengthy stint with Northamptonshire in English county cricket. Apart from Tests, Bedi appeared in 10 One-Day Internationals, taking 7 wickets. In the 1975 World Cup, he was instrumental in India's first-ever ODI victory over East Africa. His miserly bowling figures of 12-8-6-1 are still regarded as a record.

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