Former Mumbai women’s team bowling all-rounder Surekha Bhandare, who helped Mumbai (then Bombay) win their second National Cricket Championship in 1979, passed away after a prolonged illness at her Dadar residence on Wednesday. She was 72.  

Bhandare, who played 100-plus first-class games, was once selected for an India probables camp of 45 players. After her retirement, she got involved in coaching and groomed several cricketers apart from being a Mumbai selector.