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Bishan Singh Bedi

1946 - 2023

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Bishan Singh Bedi (25 September 1946 – 23 October 2023) was an Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played Test cricket for India from 1966 to 1979 and formed part of the famous Indian spin quartet. He played a total of 67 Tests and took 266 wickets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bishan Singh Bedi has received more than 1,970,127 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bishan Singh Bedi is the 8th most popular cricketer (up from 15th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from India (up from 1,049th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 8 out of 136. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, W. G. Grace, Virat Kohli, and MS Dhoni. After him are Willie Watson, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Ravindra Jadeja, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Garfield Sobers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 765. Before him are P. P. Arnold, Suresh Oberoi, Jean-Claude Désir, Gallagher, Stephen Rerych, and Doug Russell. After him are Stuart Christie, Tim Thomerson, Kate McGarrigle, Holly Woodlawn, Skip Spence, and John Gribbin. Among people deceased in 2023, Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 563. Before him are Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dean Crawford, Barbara Bosson, James Abourezk, Carole Cook, and Angus Cloud. After him are Christian Atsu, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Cynthia Weil, Raphael Dwamena, Billy Miller, and Óscar Arizaga.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 952 out of 1,861. Before him are Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Sikandar Jah (1768), Raman Singh (1952), Gauhar Jaan (1873), Brahmanandam (1956), and Nimmi (1933). After him are Pankaj Udhas (1951), Mani Ratnam (1956), Anushka Sharma (1988), Arun Shourie (1941), Usha Uthup (1947), and Bipasha Basu (1979).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Bishan Singh Bedi ranks 6. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), and MS Dhoni (1981). After him are Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Rahul Dravid (1973), Sourav Ganguly (1972), Anil Kumble (1970), Harbhajan Singh (1980), and Mithali Raj (1982).

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