During the launch of Aunshuman Gaikwad's biography, Sunil Gavaskar praised his former teammate.
India skipper Virat Kohli emerged as the International Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Ratings awards which were presented, in Mumbai, on Monday night.
India will begin their World Cup campaign against South Africa at Southampton on June 5.
The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selector's job.
There is clearly no more destructive batter currently in world cricket and while he can drive us crazy by the erratic nature of his batting at times, throwing his wicket away (like he did in Bengaluru on Sunday), there is no better sight in the game these days when he is taking a bowling attack apart.
4 Aussies, 3 Indians, 1 Kiwi, 3 South Africans in Harish Kotian's World Cup 2023 Dream XI.
'England were going great guns when Kapil threw the ball to Jimmy and then to me.'
The Committee of Administrators (COA) has recommended former India captain Kapil Dev's name as a part of the four-member steering committee that will help in the formation of Players' Association as per Lodha Panel Recommendation.
India might have lost the inaugural ICC World Test Championship against New Zealand but former all-rounder Mohinder Amarnath believes skipper Virat Kohli has done a 'fantastic job' and it is important that he continues to lead the squad.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh played the perfect hosts during the wrap-up party of their film, '83.
Azharuddin suggested that wearing shoes with rubber soles could be a better option than the ones having spikes.
Members of the 1983 World Cup winning team has joined hands with Delhi Police to promote "teamwork and discipline" in India's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The cricketers will be urging people to follow the government guidelines via Delhi Police, which will be promoting its initiative on Twitter with #1983 HeroesWithDelhiPolice.
A triumph that will stand the test of eternity!
BCCI president N Srinivasan is under pressure to quit. After the Supreme Court castigated him for his continuance in office on Tuesday morning, former cricketers and administrators are also demanding his resignation.
Former India cricketer Mohinder Amarnath says the time has come to remove Mahendra Singh Dhoni from captaincy as his "defensive approach" has resulted in the country's prolonged failure on foreign soil.
After dropping a bombshell about interference in selection matters, former national selector Mohinder Amarnath today named BCCI president N Srinivasan as the person who overruled the "unanimous" decision to replace Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain after India's eight consecutive overseas Test defeats.
The BCCI refuted former selector Mohinder Amarnath's accusation that Board president N Srinivasan had blocked a move to sack under-fire skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, insisting that the selectors are 'independent'.
Yusuf Pathan became the first batsman in the Twenty20 history, and sixth overall, to be adjudged out for obstructing the field.
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi has blasted the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) for not "pulling their weight behind" Mohinder Amarnath who was removed from selector's post after his first season.
Former India batsman Sandeep Patil was appointed chairman of the national selection committee on Thursday, while Mohinder Amarnath was sacked after serving just a year on the panel.
Former selector Mohinder Amarnath has openly stated that Mahendra Singh Dhoni needs to be stripped off Test captaincy, but his former teammate Sunil Gavaskar feels the 'time is not opportune as there is no alternative'.
Keeping in mind next year's tour to South Africa, Faisal Shariff suggests changes in India's batting order for the upcoming Tests against England.
'In India we have a lot of superstar worship.' 'If we lose a match, but Tendulkar hits a century people are happy that their star did not let them down.' 'This should change. People should support the team and the sport and not individuals.'
Former selection committee chairman Kiran More says Mohinder Amarnath's revelation about Board of Control for Cricket in India president N Srinivasan's interference in selection matters is '"not in good taste'.
As former selector Mohinder Amarnath and other former players launched an offensive against Mahendra Singh Dhoni by questioning his place in the Test side, the Indian captain was calmness personified on the eve of the fourth and final Test in Nagpur.
Former selector Mohinder Amarnath questioning Mahendra Singh Dhoni's place in the Indian team, accusing him of blocking the entry for other deserving wicket-keepers.
Magical! When cricket meets cinema...
Selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth expressed confidence of a good showing from India's 15-memeber squad in the first two ODIs against England, saying it is "well-balanced" and "completely fit".
'I was seven years old in 1983. I never heard about that historic win because we did not have a radio set in our village.'
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday decided to extend its one-time benefit scheme to former Test cricketersthe four former Test cricketers G R Viswanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar and SMH Kirmani.
Out-of-favour Suresh Raina might have felt hard done by the national selection committee but its former chairman MSK Prasad made it clear that it was poor form during the 2018-19 domestic season that became his undoing. The 33-year-old, who has appeared in 226 ODIs and 78 T20Is apart from 18 Tests, last played for India in July 2018 in England after which he was dropped for good.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is least excited at the selection of Duncan Fletcher as thr coach of Team India and said someone like Mohinder Amarnath would have been a better choice.
Who can forget the 1996 World Cup quarter-final in Bengaluru? Or Sachin Tendulkar's magical knock at Centurion in the 2003 World Cup? Or Kapil Dev-inspired India bowling out Pakistan 87 at Sharjah?
From calling the selectors 'a bunch of jokers' to being named as the new selector, life has come a full circle for Mohinder Amarnath. The former India all-rounder will replace Yashpal Sharma in the national selection committee in the only change to the panel.
Captain Virat Kohli bettered Rahul Dravid's long-standing record of most Test runs scored overseas by an Indian in a calendar year.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India inducted former Test cricketer Mohinder Amarnath into the reconstituted Governing Council of the Indian Premier League after Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi refused to be part of the revamped council and work as a non-paid honorary member.
Kabir Khan's '83 saw a grand premiere in Mumbai, attended by the film's star cast.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday chose former India batsman Mohinder Amarnath as the recipient of the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. Amarnath scored 4,378 runs from 69 Test matches, in a Test career that stretched from 1969 to 1988. He also played 85 One-Day Internationals, in which he scored 1,924 runs.
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