‘You will be missed, dear captain’: Tributes pour in for Ajit Wadekar on Twitter

in #news6 years ago

Indian head coach Ravi Shastri led the tributes for former India captain Ajit Wadekar, who passed away late on Wednesday night after prolonged illness. He was 77. Wadekar led India to their first overseas wins in England and West Indies. He breathed his last at the Jaslok Hospital in South Mumbai. Wadekar, a left-handed aggressive batsman, was a trailblazer in Indian cricket despite a mere 37 Test appearances, etching his name to the cricket folklore by leading the country to triumphs in England and the West Indies in 1971. Wadekar scored 2,113 runs in his Test career, including one hundred. He was also India’ ...

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