England's James Anderson is the first fast bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
Ravichandran Ashwin came up with an unique suggestion to stop batsmen from leaving their crease early, by awarding a 'free ball' for bowlers similar to the 'free hit' delivery which is given to batsmen when the bowlers overstep.
'T20 is so fast-paced that a coach can do very little from the sidelines, you need a very good captain, who can take decisions there and then.'
On World Photography Day, we present some of the best pictures from Anil Kumble's wildlife photography collection.
Captain and batting mainstay Rohit Sharma kicked off his preparations for the IPL next month by joining up with his Mumbai Indians team mates for their practice sessions.
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.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers on the ceicketing legend.
The Kolkata Knight Riders big-hitter showed off some of his mighty bats for the IPL.
Babar Azam, whose cover drives have some similarities with Kohli, has enjoyed a conistent run in Tests since 2018 matching the likes of Kohli, Australia's run machine Steve Smith, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and England's Joe Root.
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.
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