Opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday became only the fifth Indian to score 600 or more runs in a Test series, during the second day's play of the fourth match against England in Ranchi.
Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar's ability to adapt to the pressures of modern day cricket makes him better than Australian cricket legend Don Bradman, feels India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar celebrates a magnificent 75th birthday on July 10th. Rediff.com picks 15 facts about Sunil Gavaskar you need to know:
During his four-day visit, Downer addressed the Confederation of Indian Industry and said Australian exporters could help Indian business.\n
Saluting the longevity of Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies great Brian Lara has described the Indian batting legend as the 'Don Bradman' of modern era but refused to the compare the icons of different eras.
Australia's Adam Voges scored 1,485 runs at an average of 61.87, ranking him second on the all time list behind Bradman's incredible 99.94.
Bradman wore the cap during his last Test series on Australian soil, against India in 1947-48. A Sydney businessman snapped it up.
Yashasvi Jaiswal wins ICC Player of Month Award
England off-spinner Graeme Swann reckons, if India's new No 3 batsman is the new 'Wall' then England captain Alastair Cook is the new Bradman.
The former Australian batting star crafted an unbeaten 108 in a six-wicket victory over England in a festival match.
Naman Ojha played a winning hand of 66 as Air India lifted the inaugural Twenty20 Bradman Cup in Bangalore
The Sydney Cricket Ground honoured batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara by having a set of gates named in their honour at the SCG.
'Such is his aura, whenever anyone mentions Sri Lankan cricket his name immediately springs to mind,' the former Australian skipper said.\n\n
One would be spoilt for choice if asked to make a favourite pick from the following memorabilia: signed boxing gloves by Muhammad Ali, a guitar signed by Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, a bat autographed by none other than Sir Don Bradman. But ask Sachin Tendulkar and the answer will be the coins he earned from his childhood coach, Ramakant Achrekar, after those rigorous training sessions at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana ground.
Former coach John Buchanan does not consider David Warner as one of the greats of the game.
Sachin Tendulkar described his 39th Test ton, which came at the home ground of Sir Don Bradman, a tribute to the Australian legend.
A baggy green worn by late Sir Don Bradman fetched a whopping US $425,000 at an auction in Melbourne. The cap reportedly worn by Bradman in 1948 was the highest fund-raiser at the auction. Another baggy green owned by legendary all-rounder Allan Border was sold at almost double its asking price, at US $29,000.
Sunil Gavaskar, the legendary Indian cricketer, is not just a batting icon but also a mentor to young talent.
What should investors do when markets hit an all-time high, and we have seen five new all-time highs in 2023? Dwaipayan Bose has some answers.
Prolific India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, the leading run-scorer in the ongoing Test series against England, has been nominated for ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for February alongside New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka.
One piles up runs, the other piles up wickets. Both Kane Williamson and Tim Southee will hope to add to their hauls when they play their 100th Test match against Australia in Christchurch this week.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott feels Sachin Tendulkar becoming the highest run-getter in Test cricket was inevitable considering the number of matches he has played but the feat does not make him a better player than Australian legend Don Bradman. Tendulkar eclipsed Brian Lara on Friday as the highest accumulator of Test runs and in the process, also became the first player to cross the 12,000-run mark.
The 51-year-old legendary batsman said that it would be a difficult series for Australia as India are a very settled side and Virat Kohli's captaincy is contagious.
The former fast bowler of India Yograj said that he had spent his life in his son's cricketing future and would like his son to be remembered as the second Don Bradman of the world.
Former Ranji cricketer B B Nimbalkar passed away on Tuesday due to age-related illness at his Nagala park residence in Kolhapur.
This is Ravichandran Ashwin's sixth stint at the top of the rankings. He first became number one in December 2015.
After hitting runs all over the ground throughout a two-decade glorious career filled up with many centuries and fifties, legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as the greatest batter after Sir Don Bradman, turned 51 on Wednesday.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Sachin Tendulkar as the all-time best batsman after Sir Donald Bradman, saying the maestro truly deserves to be called "great" at a time when the word is "bandied" about often.
They notched up an identical seven wicket victory over Cricket Association of Bengal and New South Wales on the opening day of the Unibic 20-20 Bradman Cup tournament in Bangalore.
Despite the Indian bowlers working hard to improve their chances of a win in the third Test in Melbourne, Australia finished Day 4 on 261 for seven with Shaun March (62 no out) and Ryan Harris (8 not out) and 326-run lead. Rogers and Shaun Marsh scored fighting fifties to put Australia in a strong position on Monday. Here are the statistical highlights from the day's play.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel stole the show in India's record-breaking victory in the Rajkot Test.
Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur led India's spirited fightback, but Australia were sitting in control after stretching their lead to 296 runs at stumps on Day 3.
Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh has slammed the ICC and top cricket boards, including the BCCI, for not caring about Test cricket after South Africa named a depleted red-ball squad for the tour of New Zealand.
# Jonathan Trott (58 not out) posted his seventh half-century in Tests, his first against India.
Spinner Nathan Lyon believes Australia have enough time to chase the 412 victory target and win the first Ashes Test against England at Cardiff
Australia captain Steve Smith slammed a half-century to break Don Bradman's record for the most runs in a Test series against India and put the hosts in control on Day 4 of the fourth and final Test in Sydney.
King Kohli marked his 500th international game with a sublime century, taking his count to 76!
This was the third time India were involved in a two-day Test.
Just as the umpire's decision is no longer final, what is disdainfully rejected is the age-old dictum that the game should be played and watched in the spirit of the game, sighs Uddalok Bhattacharya.
'We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.'
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