Former Indian all-rounder, Syed Abid Ali, handed away on Wednesday, March 12, aged 83. Abid represented India in 29 Checks and 5 ODIs. Aside from his prowess with bat and ball, the late former Indian cricketer was a outstanding fielder too.
Abid returned with career-best figures of 6/55 on his Take a look at debut which got here within the first innings of the primary Take a look at of the 1967/68 tour of Australia. In the identical sequence, he scored sensible knocks of 78 and 81 within the last red-ball recreation on the Sydney Cricket Floor whereas opening the batting. Abid’s Take a look at profession went on until 1974. He ended up with 47 wickets and 1,018 runs.
Abid additionally had the distinctive distinction of opening each batting and bowling for the nation in seven out of the 29 Checks he featured in. These fixtures included two away video games towards New Zealand in February 1968, three towards the identical facet at dwelling within the months of September and October in 1969, and two on the tour of West Indies in 1971’s months of February and April.
Former Indian cricketer and teammate of Abid, Sunil Gavaskar, remembered the late cricketer’s on-field experience in addition to his off-the-field etiquette.
“Very unhappy information, he was a lion-hearted cricketer who did something the crew wanted. Regardless of being an all-rounder who batted within the middle-order, he opened the batting when wanted. Took some unimaginable catches within the leg-side cordon, including a good sharper edge to our great spin quartet,” said Gavaskar, as quoted by Cricbuzz.
“As a new-ball bowler, he has the distinctive file of getting a wicket with the primary ball of a Take a look at match twice if reminiscence serves me proper. He cherished the tip and run and when promoted up the order in my debut Take a look at match, this tactic resulted in some overthrows which decreased the strain significantly. He was a radical gentleman with impeccable manners who spoke professorially. Heartfelt condolences to his household,” added Gavaskar.
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Abid performed 5 ODIs. Three of these got here within the inaugural version of the Cricket World Cup in 1975. He top-scored with an important 98-ball 70 towards New Zealand, which ended up being his last ODI look. Abid has a stellar First-Class file of 397 wickets and eight,732 runs.
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