'The West Indies' pace battery was lethal.' 'Watching Gavaskar, Gaekwad, Amarnath and Vengsarkar play against those bowlers I learnt so much.' 'Everybody was getting hit.' 'Someone got hit on the fingers, someone on the chest, someone on the face, but they all showed guts.'

The huge tattoo took 28 hours to complete.

'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.'

Hockey greats Vasudevan Baskaran, M M Somaya and Mervyn Fernandis relive India's gold medal-winning campaign at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.

'When you saw him, you immediately knew that he was something special.'

'It is not that we took the decision out of some vengeance.' ' 'It was not that we dropped someone because we had some enmity with him.'

'I have seen him evolve and mature, both as a person and a captain.'

'As I was walking out to bat after Tendulkar's wicket, I could see people leaving the stands.' 'From that situation to win the game, it is something I will cherish forever.'

When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (125). Most consecutive Tests (106). Most runs (10,122). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most hundred partnerships (58).

Who are the five current Indian cricketers Dada would have loved to have in his team?

'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'

'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'

'The 2014 Australia tour and the brand of cricket played by the team laid a great foundation of the brilliant run of success enjoyed across all formats and conditions.' 'It also coincided with Virat Kohli enjoying the responsibilities of leading the team and then putting his heart and soul into taking the Indian team to ascend many unconquered summits.'

'After his back injury, he needs to look after himself.' 'He needs to keep working on his bowling.'

'Dhoni was a very shrewd captain in terms of his out of the box thinking and getting the work done.'

'That was a morning where if I wanted to fly, I would have flown as well.'

'The physio told me I might have a problem walking in the future because of the back injury and that I need to stop playing cricket.' 'But I was very keen that I kept playing.' 'I told him just get me pain free and I will make a comeback.' 'And I did exactly that.'

Playing M S was not Sushant Singh Rajput's only link with cricket.

P R Sreejesh turns 'Mallu Singh' and has team-mates and fans in splits.

'He is someone who picks up what the bowler is trying to do, he is always there in your ears on what the bowlers are trying to do.'

India registered its first Test win at the Mecca of Cricket.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped daughter Ziva rescue an injured bird which had fallen unconscious On the lawn of their farmhouse in Ranchi.

'He didn't want to be a stagnant cricketer, he always wanted to work hard.'

'Dhoni was the captain and everyone else was battling for the second wicket-keeper's slot.' 'I was fighting with myself, always thinking of improving my game, getting better personally, not comparing myself with anyone else.'

'In cold weather conditions, when you are not sweating at all, how do you use sweat?'

'If he is being spoken in the same breath as Dhyan Chand, then you can image how good he was.'

'He did not take a loss lying down.' 'He inspired us to go to the next tournament with renewed confidence and helped us perform well.' 'That's the way I would remember him.'

'Sport is cruel, as is life, which is why winning becomes sweet.'

'I spotted .... A Dinosaur on the loose,' Anushka Sharma says in the video posted on Instagram on Wednesday.

'He doesn't leave any stone unturned in his preparations.' 'It is a treat to watch the way he pans and prepares for each format of the game.' 'The way he switches from one format to the other is simply unbelievable.'

'Rishabh Pant must have gone through tough times because of the expectations on him.' 'It is not always easy to step into the shoes of a legendary cricketer.'

Sachin Tendulkar turned over his golden arm once again as he gave son Arjun a haircut.

Nothing is beyond him as Sachin Tendulkar proved when Yuvraj Singh sent him an online 'Keep it up' challenge using the edge of the bat.

The four year old showed off some impressive yoga moves on Thursday.

'I believe Bumrah, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, all four can play in the playing XI.'

'I thank Sachinpaaji for taking me to Coach Gary Kirsten and telling him that 'Sreesanth should play' (in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka) and thanks to Dhonibhai for giving me that opportunity.'

'The game which I loved the most, it was taken away.'

'People tell me to forget, but it is something to learn from.' 'A couple of seconds can change your life completely.'

'There could be a law where you can say from the 15th over or the 20th over, you can give the wax polish to the bowlers.'

India's star all-rounder is spending time with his horses at his farmhouse.