There was respect with a touch of light-hearted banter for all his colleagues of those years. "He had been critically unwell for sometime and was seeking treatment for the same," read the statement from the Jaslok Hospital.

Wadekar returned to the dressing room, lay on a bench, and fell asleep. “It happens when you see more of them you have confidence in them.” And then, with a naughty smile he added, "It is like choosing a wife over a girlfriend, re". He later wrote in his autobiography “it was the greatest day of my life”. Though India were definitely the weaker side in the series, they have been putting up a fight throughout the series, and were not exactly humiliated. He appeared in just two matches, though.
Being a Cricket tragic myself, I once asked him about the so-called rivalry with Tiger Pataudi. “After batting in the nets, I used to get fielding and catching done for one or two hours. It didn’t really matter, though. I can’t help but smile as I write these words of gratitude for a man who inspired us to play the game and more importantly allowed us space in his cricketing mind.

Ajit Wadekar, who died a year ago, led India to two epic series victories in the early 1970s.

India lost both those ODIs against England, which prompted Wadekar to retire from the international cricket in 1974. In England that summer Wadekar set the batting tone against a strong line up that included John Snow and Derek Underwood. Wadekar tossed the ball to Gavaskar, with the words “you talk about your leg-spinners; here, have a go, but it will be just one over.” Gavaskar removed Tolchard immediately, Chandra and Venkat ran through the match, and India won by an innings. (Shishir Hattangadi is a former Mumbai captain. 12:30 IST | 07:00 GMT, 03 Nov, 2020 In the match against Leicestershire, time was running out when Chris Balderstone and Roger Tolchard were playing the Indian spinners comfortably. The West Indian wickets fell in a heap, and Gavaskar guided India to victory. “From the moment he came in, Wadekar mounted a stirring counter-offensive, driving, hooking and cutting,” wrote John Arlott in The Guardian.

On introducing my wife, he looked at me and said, straight-faced, "Then who was the one you introduced to me as your wife in Mumbai?” Thankfully, the humour quotient in the family saved the day and no damage was done to my domestic life. India won the second Test by seven wickets, their first victory over West Indies at the 25th attempt. A giant of domestic cricket, he was one of the mainstays of the Bombay side during their famous run as national champions before, during, and after the 1960s.

Prasanna then bowled Gavaskar with a peach, which brought Wadekar — arguably the most feared of the contemporary batsmen in the Ranji circuit — to the crease.
Umpire [Douglas] Sang-Hue confirmed that the decision was in order.” It was the first time that India had got West Indies to follow-on. After EAS Prasanna had bowled out New Zealand for 186 in the Wellington Test, Wadekar scored 143, which was the only fifty in the innings. Ajit Wadekar, who has died aged 77, helped to establish India as a genuine force in world cricket for the first time in 1971, when, as captain, he led his team to Test match series wins in the West Indies and England. (Abhishek Mukherjee is a cricket historian and Senior Cricket Writer at CricketCountry. Born In 1941. First Name Ajit. He married Rekha Wadekar.

Now they had shrugged off decades of deference and defeats to win in England. Things did not improve when Prasanna, a staunch Pataudi supporter, had to be left out for the first Test. All in all, the series began in the foulest of moods. He was soon joined in a powerful line-up by Farokh Engineer, who remembered: “In those days it was more difficult to get into the Bombay team than the India team.” It was the start of 18 Ranji Trophy wins in 19 seasons for Bombay, with Wadekar taking over the captaincy in 1968/69. Wadekar led by example with disciplined batting and a quiet man-management style, instilling new confidence into his players and making the best of the assets at his disposal, including the emerging talent of the young opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar and a formidable line up of top-class spinners that included Bishen Bedi and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.

Ajit chose the former himself because — unbelievably — he was mortally afraid of injections. When Pataudi’s long reign ended in 1970, the selectors turned to Wadekar, who was by now captain at Bombay. }); His Test record may not be impressive when compared to several of his contemporaries, but the jaw dropping respect he commanded from the cricket community tells you all you need to know about the man. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the career of an aggressive batsman, a top-notch slip fielder, an astute captain, a successful manager, and a national selector. As he dozed, his team carved a niche in the history of Indian cricket: he was woken to be told they had won by four wickets. In Indian cricket history of course, he will forever be iconized for 1971. Group shot of the India team in 1967.

The same year, Wadekar scored a First-Class career-best 323 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Mysore. Rain washed out the second Test at Old Trafford, with India in a bit of a corner.

He wasn’t quite able to come to terms with the extra bounce of the Australian pitches: Sam Gannon knocked out his tooth with a bouncer in India’s tour match against Western Australia, and clean bowled him next ball — thereby starting what turned out to be a disastrous tour for the southpaw. He returned to his career in banking, but in the early 1990s proved a success as India’s first permanent head coach, and also had a spell as chairman of selectors. Wadekar’s house was stoned after the third Test, and the Vijay Balla was defaced. The impact he has had over the years on players, especially those from Mumbai will linger on. “We hardly dropped any catches in the West Indies and in England,” Wadekar recalled. Wadekar got to know of this. The Indians fielded beautifully, Venkat held one end up, and India were left with a target of 173. And he immediately went on to etch his name in history books with India's Test triumphs in England and the West Indies. With his diligence and application, he batted New Zealand out of the Test before Bapu Nadkarni mopped things up. The Indian team finished with what was easily the best ever tour record for an Indian team in England — 6 wins, with only a single defeat against Essex early on the tour.

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