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16-Aug-2018 03:01:00 GMT
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Former India captain Ajit Wadekar dies aged 77

Mumbai: Former India captain and coach Ajit Wadekar passed away on Wednesday. He was 77. The reason for his death is not known yet.

He is most fondly remembered for leading India to Test series victories in the West Indies as well as in England in 1971 and post-retirement, served as the manager of the Indian team in the early and late 1990s.

In a Test career lasting eight years, Wadekar played in 37 matches, scoring 2113 runs at an average of 31.07 with 14 fifties and one hundred, that being 143 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1968.

He also represented India in two ODIs, making 73 runs. Post-retirement, Wadekar served as the manager of the Indian cricket team in the 1990s and was a part of the selection panel, during that period.


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