Good times are back for Saurashtra cricket. Once the cradle of Indian cricket with names like Vinoo Mankad, Amar Singh, L Ramji and S Nyalchand donning the India cap, Saurashtra is again enjoying it's time in the sun with as many as three cricketers finally getting recognition from Indian selectors.
It took Harsh Mankad eight years since turning pro to earn his first Grand Slam appearance and the 30-year-old is elated that finally he has his special moment after a long and "tough" journey. Mankad, grandson of Indian cricket great Vinoo Mankad, qualified for the doubles event of the Wimbledon along with Serbian partner Ilija Bozoljac on Wednesday.
As Ashwin plays his 50th Test, Rajneesh Gupta gives us the offie's awesome numbers.
Paying glowing tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, former cricketer Vasu Paranjpe recalled the gutsy manner in which the legendary batsman reached his century on Ranji Trophy debut at the tender age of 15.
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.
South Africa skipper Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie surpassed 413 to set a world record for the opening wicket partnership.
Former India batsman Ashok Mankad passed away in Mumbai on Friday morning at the age of 61. He is reported to have died in his sleep.
With 'Team India' showing its 'might' in the tour Down Under, Chief Executive of PCB Ramiz Raja conceded that they will have an upperhand in the ODIs.
'Imran had the misfortune to be in an age when there was a surfeit of mighty all-rounders.' 'Indians would not put him on a par with Kapil Dev or Vinoo Mankad,' points out Uddalok Bhattacharya.
Buttler departed after an angry exchange with Ashwin and his exit condemned the Royals to a 14-run defeat in their IPL opener in Jaipur.
India have played 405 Tests since June 25, 1932, winning 90. On India's 75th anniversary in Test cricket, Gulu Ezekiel looks back on ten of the best matches.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the first Test.
Shane Warne has come down heavily on Ravichandran Ashwin for 'Mankading' Jos Buttler
Opener KL Rahul's career-best 158 has put India in the driver's seat in the second Test against West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica. The visitors reached a comfortable 358 for on day 2 and lead by a convincing 162 runs after leading the series 1-0. Rahul, who scored his third Test century, has equaled former captain Mohammed Azharuddin's record to convert his first three fifties into hundreds.
The Trent Bridge Triumph was India's second biggest win against England in England. Rajneesh Gupta serves up the interesting numbers from the third Test.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 2:
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
There is a more authentic Indian cricket connection to Afghanistan and that is through the family roots of Iftikhar Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has written to its affiliated units stating that their registered players should not participate in the unsanctioned Indian Junior Players League (IJPL), scheduled in Dubai from September 19-29.
Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday recommended former Indian women's team captain Diana Edulji for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, an honour she declined citing her current role in the board as a Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrator (COA) member.
Ahead of the four-Test series against the West Indies, starting in Antigua, on July 21, Rajneesh Gupta sheds light on India's first tour of the Caribbean.
Former India captain Ajit Wadekar feels that Ajinkya Rahane is probably the one Indian batsman whose technique comes closest to what can be called perfect even in the slam-bang T20 IPL cricket.
Guess which Indian batsman has scored the most runs against New Zealand? Rajneesh Gupta tells you that and more.
India rode on Ajinkya Rahane's cultured century to post a series-high 334 before returning to skittle out South Africa for 121 to take full control of the fourth and final Test in Delhi, on Friday.
'Indian cricket is in the safe hands of excitingly talented cricketers. No team can afford to underestimate India. If they do, it is to their peril.'
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the stats and facts around the sensational Virat Kohli.
India's R Ashwin struck a counter-attacking half-century to help India claw back into the match after the hosts got off to a shaky start on Day 3.
Statistical highlights on Day 2 of the third cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka
IT services firms would no longer focus on large volume hiring from campuses like they did at least two to three years ago, as demands of clients are changing.
The regularisation of our homes may take time but at least restore water, electricity and gas pipeline connection, say the harrowed residents of Campa Cola Compound Residents' Association after the Supreme Court ruled January 30 that they can make a fresh representation to the new government in Maharashtra and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to regularise their homes. Prasanna D Zore reports.
Statistical highlights on the opening day of the second Test between India and Australia in Brisbane.
Statistical highlights on day two of the third cricket Test between India and New Zealand, in Indore, on Sunday.
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