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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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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe sports
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain sports
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund sports
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it sports
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday sports
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer sports
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League sports
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway sports
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level sports
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition sports
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund sports
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early sports
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next sports
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said sports
“You make half a mistake and get punished sports
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights sports
“We probably weren’t at our best and in this competition we have to be sports
” Howe said sports
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham sports
But their quality is most evident when allied with a blur of energy sports
And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who sports betray their origins sports
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian sports sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago sports
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games sports
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain sports
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches sports
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro sports
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes sports
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said sports
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing sports
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths sports
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted sports
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up sports
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role sports
He may be required there more often sports
Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class sports
But his season seems over: not officially yet, but a ban beckons sports
Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list sports
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder sports
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while sports
They are starting to look short of players sports
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said sports
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams sports
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued sports
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing sports
It is a product of circumstances sports
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds sports
Now they are plunged into peril sports
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it sports
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital sports
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