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In the matter of Jaitley statue,what's your question for Bishan Singh Bedi?

In a country where debate is gasping for breath, let's thank the former cricket captain for starting one

Bishen Singh Bedi, cricket
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File photo of Bishen Singh Bedi

Suveen Sinha
Yabba, in the second row at the Sydney Cricket Ground, doesn’t blink when there is action on the field, nor when there is no action on the field. Yabba doesn’t blink. It is the statue of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, an unwavering follower of Australian cricket, who got Yabba as his nickname for being a bit of a talker. (The legendary heckle — “your length is lousy, but you bowl a good width” — is his.)
 
If you step away from statues into the world of tomes, you would find Peter. Peter was a cat who lived on the Lord’s

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