Mumbai, June 24: Players from India and England wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence in the memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi before start of day five of the first Test here on Tuesday. Doshi, a former India spinner who took 113 wickets in 33 Tests, died of a cardiac arrest in London on Monday. He was 77. Dilip Doshi Dies: Sachin Tendulkar Pays Tribute to Former India Spinner, Who Passed Away at Age 77.

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Doshi carved out a niche for himself despite being in the shadows of Bishan Singh Bedi for the majority of his international career. He was also a stalwart in English county circuit having plied his trade for more than a decade there. He represented Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire.

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