Waugh must have not imagined in his wildest dreams that India would beat the mighty Australians in their own backyard.
Tendulkar pointed out that Mumbai's success percentage in Ranji games was 47 per cent. 'If I say it's unbelievable it's an understatement.'
'My idea of a perfect house is a place that takes me closer to my roots while I look into my future.'
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The BCCI's 2015-16 domestic calendar, which, in a media statement, boasts that it will host 900 matches in the span of six months, starting October 1, has discarded the inter-zonal competition which was started in 1961-62. The tournament was conducted to perpetuate the memory of K S Duleepsinhji, nephew of K S Ranjitsinhji in whose memory the national cricket championship is played.
If I am honest, my aim is to be able to break that record again, though I know the conditions and environment were on my side this time around.
Former India skipper Ajit Wadekar paid glowing tributes to Dilip Sardesai giving him a major credit for the historic wins over the West Indies and England in 1971.
"Dhoni is enough. If the other keeper is included, he would just be a passenger," the former India captain added.
South African captain Graeme Smith and top model Minki van der Westhuizen became the talk of the country when they admitted to an instant and mutual attraction.
rediff.com staged a mock selection meeting to get a feel of what transpires at a selection meeting.
They were presented the Platinum Jubilee memento, embossed with BCCI insignia on a silver salver, a tie and an exquisitely handcrafted Kashmiri shawl by Sports Minister Sunil Dutt.
Nari Contractor described Budhi Kunderan, who passed away in Scotland, as a flamboyant cricketer
'Doubtless he was the greatest opener of his era; and also one of the greatest in the history of cricket.'
The Hussain family from Sopore and Iqbal household in Kashmir's Anantnag are eagerly waiting for their cell phones to buzz. It's been 11 days since 20-year-old Amir Hussain Rather and 25-year-old Wasim Iqbal last spoke with their folks back home.
Former India captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Gundappa Viswanath are yet to get an invite from the BCCI for country's historic 500th Test match against the visiting New Zealand side starting September 22 in Kanpur. With the Test match starting on Thursday, neither 69-year-old Bedi who has led India in 22 Tests nor Viswanth, who captained in two Tests have received any written or telephonic communication from the Board. "Till this evening, I have not received any invitation. And I am not at all annoyed about it. It's BCCI's event and it's their prerogative to invite whomsoever they want to. At this stage of my life, I can't get bitter about all these things," the left-arm spin wizard told PTI.
Abhijit Kale contended before a Pune court that the suspension slapped by BCCI was 'illegal and malafide'.
Adhikari was also the Indian cricket team manager on the successful tour of England in 1971.
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'They should be conserved, preserved, and valued highly.'
Ajit Wadekar recalls how India turned the tables on the the West Indies and won a historic victory.
Former Team India Director Ravi Shastri has applied for the chief coach's post of the Indian cricket team, staking strong claims of returning at the helm.
It was an illustrious gathering in Kanpur on Thursday as the Board of Control for Cricket in India felicitated its former Test captains including Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni among others to celebrate India's 500th Test match.
'Our goal is to win the next World Cup and we will surely win it'
Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade was awarded a monthly scholarship for five years from the Mumbai Cricket Association, a day after becoming the first batsman in the world to notch a four-figure innings.
His great grandfather played Test cricket for both England and India. His grandfather was arguably the most charismatic captain India has had.
The stylish batsman of yesteryears polled 173 votes while his opponent Prakash Chand Jain got 73 votes. His entire panel won their respective contests.
'We are known political activists, so the police put our names in.'
Under-fire India coach Ravi Shastri, on Thursday, called on his struggling batsmen to show more discipline and grit when the third Test against England gets underway at Trent Bridge on Saturday.
The mood was full of gaiety and devotion, with chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya' reverberating across Maharashtra.
Pranati Rai Prakash is a bundlehouse of talent.
Music composer Ravindra Jain passed away into the ages on Friday, October 9, in Mumbai. Lata Mangeshkar, who sang some beautiful songs for him, pays rich tribute.
Statistical highlights from Day 5 in the third and final Test between Sri Lanka and India.
'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.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
India registered its 500th win in One Day Internationals when it beat Australia in the second ODI at Nagpur on March 5, 2019.
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