Published 14:57 IST, January 19th 2020

Indian team wears black armbands in 3rd ODI to pay their respects to late Bapu Nadkarni

The Indian Cricket Team in the third ODI against Australia on Sunday wore black armbands as a mark of respect to former Indian all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni

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Indian Cricket Team in third and final ODI against Australia on Sunday wore black armbands as a mark of respect to former Indian all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni, who recently passed away on January 17. former all-rounder who was 86, passed away on Friday due to old- related problems. Nadkarni is survived by his wife and two daughters.

Bapu Nadkarni - bowler who bowled 21 successive maiden overs

Bapu Nadkarni, a left-handed batsman and slow-left arm orthodox bowler played 41 Tests in which he scored 1414 runs and grabbed 88 wickets with 6/43 as his best bowling figures. Nadkarni was a Mumbai stalwart having played 191 first-class matches and taken 500 wickets and scored 8880 runs. Nashik-born Nadkarni made his Test debut against New Zealand in Delhi in 1955 and played his last Test at Auckland against same opponents in 1968 under MAK Pataudi's captaincy.

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all-rounder is best kwn for bowling 21 successive maiden overs against England in tests. His figures in that Madras test read 32-27-5-0. He was kwn more for his accuracy as he also had Test match figures like 1960-61 series against Pakistan where he returned with figures of 32-24-23-0 at Kanpur followed by 34-24-24-1 in Delhi.

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Australia win toss; choose to bat

India's ace-openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, who sustained injuries in second ODI, have been deemed fit and will play third and final ODI against Australia in Bengaluru. India continue ir winning combination from second ODI and go unchanged in third ODI at M Chinnaswamy. Australia won toss and opted to bat first, replacing Kane Richardson with Josh Hazlewood. series is currently tied at 1-1. 

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14:57 IST, January 19th 2020