Wadekar undergoes angioplasty in Mumbai

Former India captain Ajit Wadekar underwent an angioplasty for a major blockage of artery and is recuperating at a city hospital. ‘I’m speaking from the hospital now. I will be discharged tomorrow,’ the 72-year-old ex-chief selector told a news agency, adding, ‘I had gone to the hospital to get a stress test done but the doctors found a major blockage. I then underwent angioplasty, was kept under observation in ICU, but I am out of it now.’

The stylish southpaw played 37 Tests, scoring 2,113 runs  with one century and 14 half-centuries.