Dilip Sardesai, who passed away yesterday did not know what it was like to surrender the Ranji Trophy in his playing days. City cricket is left poorer.
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Former Test cricketer Dilip Sardesai, who was considered India’s best batsman against spin bowling, died of multiple-organ failure here on Monday.
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It could be a club game, Ranji Trophy or Test; Dilip never ever gave his wicket easily.
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“On the field, he was a class act—and a man extremely particular about technique,” Bedi continued while recalling the most momentous of their five tours together. “Also, he was part of Mumbai—a very successful domestic side in Ranji Trophy,” he said.
“A very warm human being, his company was highly enjoyable. He was, if I may say, the most hospitable of Mumbai’s cricketers when we visited Bombay. A man with a great business acumen, as sharp as his cricketing brain,” Bedi added. “Despite his weakening health, he was a regular at CCI and his mind ticked constantly when watching newer talent. He fought life the way he fought in cricket,” Bedi said.
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Sardesai fit in easily, especially after taking his cricket to Bombay where he absorbed the culture of batsmanship that laid great store by correctness and the ability to grind out the long innings. His first century, after India were asked to follow-on, occupied him for 548 minutes and raised visions of Vijay Manjrekar at his best. His second, in the next Test, was for a long time the fastest made by an Indian.
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and thanks for the memories.
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