In December 2015, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, then the party chief, speaking at an event to mark Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar’s 75th birthday celebrations at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhavan, recalled the talented leg-spinner Sadashiv Ganpatrao ‘Sadu’ Shinde, who also played for India in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
“Perhaps not many know that his father-in-law, who tragically died at a very young age, was a leg spinner and played 7 tests for India. Perhaps, this could have been one influence on him…,” Ms. Gandhi said as the audience burst into a laughter.
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