News about Bishan Singh Bedi

Following his man-of-the-match success against England in Visakhapatnam, Jasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian pace bowler to top the Test rankings. Bumrah's nine for 91 sent him to No. 1 in the ICC's bowling rankings, a position he had only ever occupied among his compatriots by spin trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bishan Singh Bedi. Tom Hartley, a left-arm spinner from Lancashire, meanwhile, has risen in both batting and bowling rankings after being only the second England player after Wally Hammond's death to score at least 50 runs and five wickets in each of his first two Tests.

Following his death at the age of 77, the world of cricket is mourning Bishan Bedi, a great Indian left-arm spinner. Bedi, the quickest slow bowler in 1979, took more Test wickets - 266 at an average of 28 - than any other Indian - at his international retirement in 1979. He competed in ten one-day internationals, with his best results of 12-8-1 against East Africa at Headingley in the first men's World Cup in 1975. His Test economy-rate of 2.14 confirmed his accuracy.