20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
Global cricket fraternity lavished rich praise on the Australian team.
In the space of two days, top batsman Smith has gone from Australia's cricketing golden boy to national pariah and it looks likely that he has played his last Test as captain.
Yuvraj Singh has been an enigma as well as a paradox in Indian cricket.
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
Ponting shrugged off Australia's injury worries and the idea of there being risk in rushing Smith and Warner into the team.
'It is the ability to fight back.' 'Obviously, you need skill to win a game of cricket, but the biggest thing is the resilience and the conviction to bounce back and the conviction to go and win abroad or anywhere.' 'I think that conviction is what stands out.'
The eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, says Haresh Pandya, provides Yuvraj Singh a chance to make up for time lost and opportunities missed or squandered.
As India gets set to play its 500th Test, Rajneesh Gupta presents India's memorable Test victories at home.
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.'
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