Sachin Tendulkar (154 not out) registered his 38th century, extending his world record. It was his eighth against Australia, equal to the Indian record held by Sunil Gavaskar.
Virender Sehwag smashed a brilliant 128, but the loss of four quick wickets saw India end Day 1 on 214 for 4, in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Had India not won the 1983 cricket Cup World, the game may have missed Sachin Tendulkar, the batting maestro has revealed.
Kohli will join the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Cristiano Ronaldo whose statues are featured in the popular and interactive sports zone of the famous wax museum.
After a good showing with bat and ball, Baroda pacer Irfan Pathan is confident of returning to the Indian team soon.
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has roped in six former cricketers -- including Tony Greig and Dean Jones -- as commentators for the rebel Twenty20 tournament starting November 30 in Panchkula
Neo International Sports Academy aims to provide complete sporting solutions from training to management to event execution and infrastructure consultation.
Highlights of the final day's play in the second Test between India and England, which ended in a tame draw in Mohali on Tuesday.
Mohanlal will be the first actor in the country to have got such a prestigious title from the army. The only other celebrity to get this title is former cricket captain Kapil Dev.
The Kiwis are among 18 more players who signed up with the rebel league.
The former all-rounder was roped in as a senior bowling consultant for the Delhi Ranji Trophy team.
Legendary off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna said he joined the ICL as he has been assured a big role in developing slow bowlers.
The match fees of the Ranji Trophy players would be increased to Rs 35,000 per day.
NCA vice-Chairman Ajay Shirke has been appointed acting chairman.
Three teams -- ICL India, ICL Pakistan and ICL World -- will play the 'ICL 20s World Series 2008', in Hyderabad from April 9 to 15. The tournament will have seven matches, with each team playing against each other twice, followed by the final.
Statistical highlights on Day four of the opening cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata on Sunday.
Hitting out at BCCI for ostracising those associated with the Indian Cricket League, former India captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday said if the Board had the good of the game at heart, it should stop branding them as "rebels."
'The best among all,' says the former opener and BJP MP, 'was India's win over the Australians in the recent third Test against Australia in Perth, as it came on Australian soil.'
Mohammed Shami set two records on day 4 of the Perth Test, says Rajneesh Gupta.
The former India captain claimed that ill-treatment is being meted out by the BCCI to players who have joined the rebel ICL.
A top BCCI source revealed that the Working Committee criticised both Kapil Dev and Kiran More, for joining ICL's Executive Board.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day's play in the second cricket Test between India and Australia at the SCG in Sydney on Saturday.
Former India captain Kapil Dev will head the Executive Board of the breakaway Indian Cricket League.
The former India captain is the oldest Indian to attain the milestone, at the age of 35 years and 171 days.
"Either you drop them or take them. There is nothing called 'rested'," says Kapil Dev.
'Dhoni knew how to get the best out of people.'
The cricket legend defends the superstar.
It was a journey down the memory lane as India's 1983 World Cup heroes relived the historic occasion by walking down the pitch and then victorious captain Kapil Dev opening a champagne bottle from the hallowed balcony of the Lord's pavilion on Wednesday, as he did exactly 25 years ago. Later at a dinner hosted in honour of the 15 men who had created history, Pawar, along with liquor baron Vijay Mallya, presented a replica of the Prudential Cup to each one of them.
On the 30th year of India's maiden World Cup triumph, the captain of the team Kapil Dev feels that particular evening at Lord's "changed the dimension" of the game in the country.
The Kapil Dev-led Indian team, which won the 1983 World Cup, left for London on Tuesday to celebrate the silver jubilee of their historic triumph at Lord's. The entire team, barring Ravi Shastri, left for the British capital where Sunil Gavaskar has organised a dinner to celebrate 25 years of the victory on Wednesday.
Kapil Dev takes us through dressing room conversations, special moments and the journey to overcome challenges that led to India's victory in the 1983 World Cup.
The Bachchan Baritone just got bigger.
Three days after the June 22 felicitation in New Delhi by BCCI, Kapil Dev and rest of India's 1983 World Cup winning team would revisit Lord's, where they had scripted the most memorable chapter in the history of Indian cricket 25 years ago.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will celebrate the silver jubilee of India's only triumph in World Cup by holding a felicitation function in New Delhi on June 22 and triumphant captain Kapil Dev will be invited for the function, its chief Sharad Pawar said in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Delhi batsman recently became the most successful India captain in Test cricket, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The former India captain had accepted the BCCI's offer in principle on Friday but wanted a day or two to look into his commitments before acceding.
The studies that put Virat Kohli as the top brand now do not have Rohit Sharma in the Top 10. That will change quickly if he delivers the T20 World Cup next year or the ODI championship the year after.
Computer hardware majors like Dell, HP and HCL launch products to woo companies.
Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited, a Reliance ADA Group venture, formally launched India's first full-feature online multiplayer cricket game in New Delhi on Tuesday.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah says there is no national pride attached when you play or work for something like the ICL.
