West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers was shocked to hear about the death of former India skipper Ajit Wadekar, who passed away yesterday night after a prolonged illness. Wadekar breathed his last at Jaslok Hospital, Peddar Road yesterday, his nephew Nitish confirmed. He was 77.

"He was a very nice man and I knew his family well. When I came to India a couple of years ago, I met him. He was not only a good player, but a good human being as well," Sobers told mid-day over the phone yesterday.