Cricket Legend Abid Ali ko Farokh Engineer ne diya tribute
Former India cricketer Farokh Engineer ne apne teammate Syed Abid Ali ko yaad karte hue unhe ‘kafi underrated cricketer’ bataya hai. Reports ke mutaabik, Abid Ali ka Wednesday ko nidhan ho gaya. Abid Ali 83 saal ke the.
Abid Ali: Ek Zabardast All-Rounder
Engineer ne kaha, “Mere dost Abid Ali, aapki aatma ko shanti mile. Mujhe vishwas nahi ho raha hai. Ek-ek karke sabhi log duniya se jaa rahe hain. Abid mere bahut achhe dost the, mere samay ke cricketer, mere colleague, aur kabhi kabhi roommate bhi. Woh ek harika insan aur ek zabardast cricketer the, bahut talented all-rounder.”
Hyderabad ke Cricket Sitare
Abid Ali Hyderabad ke un cricket stars mein se ek the jinme MAK Pataudi, ML Jaisimha, aur Abbas Ali Baig bhi shaamil the.
’Underestimated Cricketer’
Engineer ne kaha, “Woh jab bhi India ke liye khelte the toh 100% dete the, aur mujhe lagta hai ki woh ek kafi underrated cricketer the kyuki logon ko pata hi nahi hai ki woh kitne achhe close-in fielder the. Solkar ki wajah se unpar dhyaan kam gaya, lekin Solkar ek taraf aur Abid Ali dusri taraf spinning quartet (Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar aur Venkataraghavan) ko aur khatarnaak bana dete the, aur wicketkeeper bhi.”
’Abid Ali ki kami hamesha rahegi’
Engineer ne kaha, “Mere dost Abid, tumhari kami hamesha rahegi. Humein nahi pata ki unhe kya hua tha. Main unke parivaar ko America, Hyderabad, ya jahan kahin bhi woh hain, apni samvednaen bhejna chahta hun.”
Shuruati Career
Abid Ali ne apna Test debut December 1967 mein Australia ke khilaf Adelaide mein kiya tha, aur pehli innings mein 6/55 liye the – jo unke career ka best bowling figures hai. Unhone usi series mein Sydney Test mein 78 aur 81 runs bhi banaye the, jisse unki all-round capabilities saabit hui.
Zabardast Cricketing Record
1967 aur 1974 ke beech, unhone India ke liye 29 Tests khele, 1,018 runs banaye aur 47 wickets liye.
Ek Tez aur Fielder
Abid Ali wickets ke beech bhaagne mein bahut tez the aur apne time ke best fielders mein se ek the.
