Ex-India captain Adhikari dies
AFP, New Delhi
Former Indian cricket captain Hemu Adhikari, part of the record Indian last-wicket stand against Pakistan in 1952-53, has died aged 84, the Press Trust of India reported Sunday.He died Saturday at a hospital in the western state of Maharashtra after a brief illness, the news agency said. Adhikari, who led the country against the West Indies at home in 1958-59, scored 872 runs in 21 Test matches, hitting one hundred and four half-centuries. He helped his side to victory with a record Indian last-wicket stand of 109 with Ghulam Ahmed against Pakistan at Delhi in 1952-53. The former army officer was also the manager of Ajit Wadekar's team that won the first-ever Test series in England in 1971.
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