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India’s legendary spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi who also served as the captain of his country’s cricket team has died at the age of 77 sports
Bedi had been battling a prolonged illness and had undergone surgery two weeks ago sports
He was admitted to a hospital in India’s national capital Delhi ever since sports
The former India captain is survived by his son, Bollywood actor Angad Bedi sports
Widely known as one of the greatest spinners produced by India who played international cricket, Bedi made 67 Test appearances and also played 10 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Indian team sports between 1967 and 1979 sports
Bedi, famous for his outstanding accuracy and spin bowling, picked up 266 wickets in Test cricket at an average of 28 sports
71 with 14 five-wicket hauls sports
The left-arm spinner also claimed seven wickets in the 50-over format sports
Out of the 266 Test wickets, Bedi bagged 106 of those as captain, having led the Indian team in 22 Tests sports
One of the architects of India’s spin bowling revolution, Bedi was a part of Indian cricket’s golden quartet of spinners, the others being Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chadrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who shaped the core of India’s bowling unit for more than a decade sports between 1967 and 1978 sports
Amritsar-born Bedi was said to be a creative bowler – his style was defined as elegant, beautiful and crafty sports
He had refined many spin variations and was well known for his rhythm and control on the cricket pitch sports
Bishan Singh Bedi in action on 2 August 1971 (Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)After news of his death on Monday emerged, India’s sports sports minister Anurag Thakur said it was a “huge loss for cricket” sports
The cricketer was one of the most significant figures who had a role to play in India’s first-ever ODI win, in which he registered figures of 12-8-6-1 to restrict East Africa to 120 in a Cricket World Cup 1975 match sports
Bedi represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for two decades as well, while he played for Northern Punjab and then for Delhi in the Indian domestic circuit sports
The former spinner finished his career with 1,560 wickets in 370 First-Class matches – more than any other Indian player sports
Delhi’s first two titles in the Ranji Trophy – India’s premier First-Class championship – came under Bedi’s captaincy in the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons sports
Delhi also finished as runners-up twice under his watch and all four finals came in a span of five years sports
Bedi retired from all forms of cricket in 1980, which was when he last played in a First-Class game sports
In his post-retirement life, he did not completely cut away from cricket sports
From working as a commentator or a pundit to serving as a national selector and as Team India’s manager, Bedi was closely associated with the game for quite some time sports
Tributes have poured in on Bedi’s passing sports
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi condoled the death on X/Twitter sports
“His passion for the sport was unwavering and his exemplary bowling performances led India to numerous memorable victories sports
He will continue to inspire future generations of cricketers sports
Condolences to his family and admirers,” he wrote sports
“Sad to hear about the demise of the great Bishen Singh Bedi, apart from being a great cricketer, he was an affable person and went the extra mile to help young cricketers,” wrote current Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on X sports
“Bishan Singh Bedi One of our best is no more sports
It’s a loss to our cricketing fraternity sports
My deep condolences to his family,” wrote former India pacer Irfan Pathan sports
“Bishan Singh Bedi played for a long time and provided coaching to the team later sports
His demise is a big loss to the cricket world,” the sports sports minister, Mr Thakur told PTI sports
India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik called Bedi a “true ambassador of the sport” sports
“Deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Bishan Singh Bedi Sir, a legend and a true ambassador of the sport,” he wrote sports
“His contribution to Indian cricket will be remembered forever sports
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England have qualified for Euro 2024 with two games to spare after coming from behind to defeat Italy thanks to two goals from Harry Kane and a brilliant Marcus Rashford strike sports
Former West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca punished some slack England defending to fire Italy into an early lead, in what was a rematch of the Euro 2020 final at Wembley sports
But England hit back as Kane converted a 32nd-minute penalty, which was won by Jude Bellingham following a bursting run into the Italy box sports
And Bellingham was heavily involved again as he led an England counter-attack after the break, creating space for Rashford to slam a powerful strike into the corner sports
Kane made sure of the victory with another breakaway goal late on - his 61st for England - and it means Gareth Southgate’s side can now begin their preparations for Germany next summer sports
Here are how the England players rated at WembleyRecommendedEngland have qualified for Euro 2024 — now it’s about winning itJude Bellingham once again proves he is the key for England’s Euro 2024 hopesJordan Pickford, 7The goalkeeper made some key stops with the match level in the first half, particularly from Destiny Udogie’s run shortly before the break sports
Italy were poor in the second half and Pickford was barely troubled from there sports
Kyle Walker, 6The experienced right back was assured and steady and barely let Stephan El Shaarway have a sniff sports
John Stones, 6The centre-back is still working his way up to full fitness but his class on the ball was apparent sports
Perhaps caught a yard short of Scamacca for Italy’s opening goal - but England were also second-best throughout the pitch at the time sports
Harry Maguire, 6There were spells in the first half where England needed to move it quicker and Maguire was left looking culpable with his ponderous style in possession sports
Italy certainly punished some slack defending with the opening goal, but Maguire also grew into the game and made some key blocks sports
Given the outside noise, this was a decent performance from the centre-back sports
Maguire got a rare start after a difficult season at Manchester United (The FA via Getty Images)Kieran Trippier, 5Seemed outnumbered at times with Domenico Berardi and Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s partnership on the Italian right, while he certainly doesn’t look as comfortable on the opposite side sports
Kalvin Phillips, 4Looked sluggish from the opening 10 minutes, where he was late to a couple of challenges and it resulted in an early yellow sports
There were big gaps in midfield, which were the areas Phillips was in the team to fill in his double-pivot with Rice, and he was perhaps fortunate not to be shown a second yellow after another mistimed challenge sports
Brought off for Jordan Henderson sports
Phillips admitted he was lucky not to be sent off (The FA via Getty Images)Declan Rice, 6It was rare to see Rice so exposed in midfield and there were a couple of moments where Italy were able to play around him - Italy’s Davide Frattesi and Nicolo Barella were certainly a handful - but it’s a measure of Rice’s authority that he soon got the situation under control sports
Phil Foden, 8Made some thrilling bursts from central positions and was also heavily involved in England’s brilliant second goal on the counter-attack sports
Perhaps still isn’t as threatening on the right wing as Bukayo Saka often is, but shows brilliant flashes of quality in those dangerous inside channels sports
Jude Bellingham, 9If there was only one England player who looked sharp in the sluggish opening half hour, it’s no surprise to say it was Bellingham sports
Helped bring England level with his burst into the box to win Kane’s penalty and then repeated the trick with a lovely flick and drive forward in the move that led to Rashford’s strike sports
England’s main man, at 20 years old, and his display received a standing ovation sports
(The FA via Getty Images)Marcus Rashford, 8It’s amazing what a goal can do sports
Looked short of confidence in the first half, even as he almost forced a couple of openings in his battle with Di Lorenzo sports
But Bellingham’s break allowed Rashford to cut inside from the left and smash a brilliant strike past Gianluigi Donnarumma sports
It was a sudden flash of last season’s form sports
Harry Kane, 9Brought up his 60th England goal from the spot with a typically cool penalty sports
There were times early on where he looked a little more isolated up front than in previous appearances, but from there the quality link-up play with his fellow forwards flowed, with clever touches and booming switches to both Foden and Rashford sports
His second goal of the night, as he eased Alessandro Bastoni away and finished, simply oozed the class of an elite striker sports
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