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Ahot Wadekar Passed Away 

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Abreshmina S Quadri

New Delhi

August 16, 2018

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Ajit Wadekar passed away at 77 years old on Wednesday

Wadekar was the principal skipper to lead India to arrangement wins in West Indies and England

Wadekar was likewise the supervisor of Indian group captained by Mohammad Azharuddin

Ajit Wadekar was the main skipper to lead India to arrangement wins in West Indies and England. (Getty Images)

Ajit Wadekar was the primary chief to lead India to arrangement wins in West Indies and England. (Getty Images)

Previous India commander Ajit Wadekar passed away at an age of 77 at Mumbai's Jaslok Hospital. Wadekar, who played 37 Tests for India and scored 2113 runs including one hundred and 14 half-hundreds of years at a normal of 31.07, will dependably be recognized as one of the best commanders to have driven the Indian cricket group.

Wadekar assumed control as commander of the Indian group from Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and ended up being a pioneer second to none. Was he an awesome cricketer as well as one who ingrained the confidence in Indian group that they could prevail upon.

The most vital snapshot of his profession will remain the arrangement win in West Indies and England in 1971.

Nonetheless, Wadekar needed to resign after India were blanked 3-0 on the voyage through England in 1974.

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Wadekar additionally filled in as India administrator in the 1990s and appreciated a fruitful stretch with then skipper Mohammad Azharuddin.

Here are 10 certainties significant realities about Wadekar's life and cricket:

1. HOW AJIT WADEKAR BECAME A CRICKETER 

It was only a transport ride! Wadekar was contemplated designing in Elphinstone school when he boarded a transport that happened to have his school senior and previous leg-spinner Baloo Gupte. Gupte inquired as to whether he can be his group's twelfth man and Wadekar concurred. The rest as is commonly said is history.

2. At the point when WADEKAR MADE HIS DEBUT 

Wadekar influenced his five star to make a big appearance in 1958-59 yet it took as long as 1966-67 for Wadekar to influence his Test to make a big appearance for India. He made his introduction against West Indies in India and had a sad first diversion.

3. At the point when WADEKAR BEGAN HIS LEGACY 

Wadekar's inheritance started in the West Indies in 1971. Back in the days while overcoming West Indies was viewed as a relatively unimaginable activity, Wadekar not just drove his group to a win against a side that had any semblance of Lance Gibbs, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd and Sir Garfield Sobers yet beat them in their terrace.

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4. FIRST SERIES WIN IN ENGLAND 

Months subsequent to crushing the powerful West Indies, India additionally vanquished England under the captaincy of Wadekar. Wadekar's utilization of his spinners was choice and that helped the Indian group win their first since forever arrangement in the intense English conditions.

5. THE SPECIAL ASPECT OF WADEKAR'S CAPTAINCY 

Wadekar is best known for his utilization of turn. To influence his turn to assault successful, he set master shut in defenders, picking names like Eknath Solkar, Sunil Gavaskar, himself and Venkatraghavan. On occasion, he would assault with five defenders in the ring around the bat.

6. INDIA'S FIRST ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CAPTAIN 

Ajit Wadekar was India's first chief in the restricted overs organize (ODIs). Truth be told, Indian stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath, S Venkatraghavan and Bishan Singh Bedi made their introductions under his captaincy.

7. HOW WADEKAR RETIRED 

Wadekar's treatment only in front of his retirement was maybe selfish. In spite of the way that Wadekar had driven India so splendidly, he was attacked in 1974 when India was whitewashed in England 3-0. After that arrangement, Wadekar resigned quickly from all types of cricket.

8. WADEKAR'S RETURN TO INDIAN CRICKET 

Sachin Tendulkar was congratulated by Ajit Wadekar in 2010 in Mumbai. (Getty Images)

Ajit Wadekar came back to Indian cricket after those disagreeable circumstances of 1974 in September 1992 as the director of the Indian cricket group for the memorable first-historically speaking voyage through South Africa under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin. Wadekar had an enormous part in the fruitful captaincy of Azhar and even Anil Kumble made his mark under the watch of Wadekar.

9. At the point when WADEKAR BECAME THE CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS 

Wadekar's stretch as the supervisor of India finished after the scandalous misfortune in the 1996 World Cup semi-last yet he returned as the administrator of selectors in 1998. Wadekar is the main cricketer separated from Lala Amarnath and Chandu Borde to have filled in as commander, director, and selector in Indian cricket.

10. WADEKAR AS MATCH REFEREE 

Wadekar administered as a match official for a couple of amusements in the ICL and this constrained a breakdown in association with the BCCI. He left the class in 2009.