Updated Saturday, August 2, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Former Indian cricket test batsman Mankad dies

MUMBAI -- Former India cricket test batsman Ashok Mankad died in his sleep here Friday aged 61, the Press Trust of India reported, quoting family members.

Mankad, regarded as a shrewd thinker of the game and one of India’s finest domestic captains, played 22 tests between 1969 and 1978 and scored 991 runs at an average of 25.41.

The middle-order batsman, son of legendary test all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, is survived by his wife Nirupama, a former national tennis champion, and two tennis-playing sons Mihir and Harsh.

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