Bishan Singh Bedi
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 67 | 10 |
| Runs scored | 656 | 31 |
| Batting average | 8.98 | 6.20 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | -/- |
| Top score | 50* | 13 |
| Balls bowled | 21364 | 590 |
| Wickets | 266 | 7 |
| Bowling average | 28.71 | 48.57 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 14 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 7/98 | 2/44 |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/- | 4/- |
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Bishan Singh Bedi pronunciation (sometimes spelt as Bishen Singh Bedi) born September 25, 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian former cricketer who specialised in slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He played Test cricket for India and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He also captained the national side in 22 Test matches.
Bedi represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for many years and finished his career with more wickets in first-class cricket than any other Indian.
In 1990 he had a brief stint as coach of the Indian national team. He was the first person to be appointed to this job in a full-time capacity.
Bedi is known for being strongly opinionated and outspoken throughout his career. One famous controversy occurred during a match against the West Indies in 1976 when he objected to the intimidatory tactics of the West Indian fast bowlers and declared the Indian first innings closed early after two players were forced to retire hurt. Subsequently, five players were absent hurt in the second innings of the match [1].
He is a vehement critic of many aspects of modern day cricket, and none more so than the bowling action of Muttiah Muralitharan which he often bluntly refers to as cheating and likens it to a javelin throw [2].
He once famously bowled Colin Cowdrey in a first class match and remarked "I like your style of batting!"
| Preceded by MAK Pataudi |
Indian national cricket captain 1975/76 - 1978/79 |
Succeeded by Sunil Gavaskar |
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| NAME | Bedi, Bishan Singh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bedi, Bishen Singh |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amritsar, Punjab |
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