Kareena Kapoor mourns demise of legendary Indian spinner Bishan Singh Bedi

Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan on Tuesday mourned the demise of legendary Indian spinner and the former captain of the Indian cricket team Bishan Singh BediTaking to Instagram Kareena shared a picture on her stories and wrote Bishan Singh Bedi 19462023 Forever legendBishan Singh Bedi passed away at the age of 77 on Monday after a prolonged illness and his last rites were performed on Tuesday in Delhi by his son and actor Angad BediAnga was accompanied by his wife Neha Dhupia Veteran star Sharmila Tagore also paid last respects to the legendary spinnerVeteran cricket stars like Kapil Dev Kirti Azad and Mohammad Azharuddin were also presentA day after his demise his son Angad Bedi and daughterinlaw Neha Dhupia paid tribute to him via an official statementThe heartwarming note read Isnt it completely in Dads character to bowl us over with the ultimate spin ball one that even we never saw coming While we are in shock and overcome with grief we find solace in knowing that he lived a rich fearless and full life that inspired manyThe Amritsarborn spinner was the leading wickettaker amongst Indians in FirstClass cricket with 1560 wickets in 370 matches He played 67 Tests for India between 1967 and 1979 and picked 266 wickets He also took seven wickets in 10 OneDay InternationalsBedi along with Erapalli Prasanna BS Chandrasekhar and S Venkataraghavan was the architect of a revolution of sorts in Indias spin bowling historyIn the Australian summer of 197778 the Indian cricket team under the leadership of Bedi displayed one of its grittiest performances in the fivematch Test series Even though the results were 32 in favour of the Bob Simpsonled home team Bedis team put on a mighty fight clinching wins in the third and fourth Tests in Melbourne and SydneyBedi was the Indian national teams first professional head coach in 1990 and emphasised fitness After quitting the Indian team role Bedi coached quite a few state teams and guided Punjab to its only Ranji Trophy win in the 199293 seasonHe was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1970 Bedi also represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for many yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever