Harish Kotian writes on cricket and sports. You can e-mail the author at harishk@rediff.co.in
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's name may be etched in the annals of Mumbai's Wankhede stadium forever.
V V S Laxman, who scored an incredible 281 to lead India's amazing comeback in the Eden Gardens Test against Australia, recalls Chetan Chauhan's role in that memorable triumph.
'Dhoni's jersey is number 7 and my jersey's number 3 is 73 together. On Saturday, when 73 years of India's independence was completed, we thought that there could be no better day to leave international cricket,' Raina was quoted as saying by Dainik Jagran on Monday.
A look at Mahendra Singh Dhoni's top five knocks in international cricket.
The Kolkata Knight Riders big-hitter showed off some of his mighty bats for the IPL.
On this day 72 years ago, the Indian hockey team gave the country its first major sporting triumph as an independent nation when they clinched the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
'Everything else runs because of the IPL, there is so much money involved so the IPL definitely needs to happen.'
'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.'
'When you looked at him even at that age, you could make out he was special.'
'Jay Shah's tenure as BCCI secretary ended in May.' 'Sourav Ganguly's tenure as BCCI president ended on July 26.' 'Why have they not quit?'
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.'
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