Syed abid ali passed away: Syed Abid Ali, who played 29 Test matches for India between December 1967 and December 1974, died in Tracy, California at the age of 83, his relatives, Reza Khan of North America Cricket League (NACL) gave this information in a social media post on Wednesday.
Abid Ali was a lower -order batsman who also bowled medium pace, he was one of the stars of the Indian cricket team in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which emerged to emerge from the plains in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. Syed Abid Ali is one of the few players who started both batting and bowling in the same Test.
Abid Ali made his Test debut against Australia on 23 December 1967 and played his last Test against West Indies on 15 December 1974. In 29 Tests, he scored 1,018 runs at an average of 20.36, including six fifties. His highest score was 81 runs.
Abid Ali also took 47 wickets at an average of 42.12 with the best performance of 6/55. He also represented India in five ODIs, in which he scored 93 runs with a highest score of 70. He took seven wickets at an average of 26.71.
Abid Ali was the first class cricket legend, scoring 8,732 runs in 212 matches, most of which played for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. He scored 13 centuries and 31 fifties in the first class, with his highest score not unbeaten 173 runs. In these 212 matches, Abid Ali took 397 wickets with five wickets in an innings on 14 occasions. He also scored 169 runs in 12 List A matches and took 19 wickets.
On the death of Syed Abid Ali, Sunil Gavaskar said, “Very sad news, he was a lion heart cricketer who gave the team what he wanted. Despite being an all -rounder batting in the middle order, he batted when needed. Some incredible catches in the leg side cordon, which led to our amazing spin faster.”
He added, “As a new bowler, he has a unique record of taking wickets twice on the first ball of the Test match, if he had a fine.
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