Former India and Irish cricketer M V Narasimha Rao said the young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reminds him of the legendary Gary Sobers.
Former India spinner Dilip Doshi shared an amusing anecdote about West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers' superstition, revealing how Sobers believed touching Sunil Gavaskar's shoulder before batting would bring him fortune, leading to a witty intervention by India captain Ajit Wadekar.
'Maybe Sobers was upset that he could not touch Gavaskar, and when he came out to bat, he got dismissed off the first ball by me.'
Former India captain Kapil Dev paid tribute to the late Sir Garfield Sobers, hailing him as a revolutionary cricketer who inspired generations and changed the approach to the sport. Dev highlighted Sobers' unparalleled talent as an all-rounder and his impact on traditional cricketing methods.
Indian cricket legends Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar have paid heartfelt tributes to the late West Indies icon Sir Garfield Sobers, remembering his unparalleled legacy and personal interactions. Both stars expressed their sorrow and highlighted Sobers' immense contribution to the sport, inspiring generations of cricketers.
Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, died in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Friday at the age of 89.
Sir Garfield Sobers' wit was as effortless as his genius with bat and ball. Farokh Engineer recalled one such unforgettable moment on a golf course in Australia when the West Indies legend, watching Sunil Gavaskar repeatedly top the ball, quipped: "This is one game where you are allowed to hit the ball in the air."
The cricket world paid glorious tribute to West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers who died in Barbados on Friday, describing him as the benchmark of excellence and terming his death an "irreplaceable loss" for the sport.
The legendary West Indian turns 74 on July 28. Rediff.com salutes the greatest all-rounder the game has known.
Ravindra Jadeja became only the third cricketer in the history of Tests, to score 1,000 runs and pick up 30 wickets in an away country.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who is expected to become India's youngest-ever international cricketer when he takes the field against Ireland in Belfast on Friday, will be provided separate changing facilities throughout the subsequent T20 series in England due to safeguarding regulations governing underage athletes.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is implementing a new central contract system based on cricket formats, aiming to create separate teams for Tests, ODIs, and T20 Internationals. This initiative seeks to specialise players and ensure fair compensation for Test specialists, with different salary tiers and qualification criteria for each category.
When Rajesh Khanna was a superstar in the early 1970s, female fans would write letters in blood to him. But the man himself had eyes only for one woman: His girlfriend Anju Mahendru.
A look at some of the long-standing barriers or world records which were broken in athletics, cricket and badminton.
Ben Stokes becomes 3rd all rounder to have 7,000 runs, 200 wickets in Test cricket
South African all-rounder Wiaan Mulder has revealed that legendary West Indies batter Brian Lara told him that he should have tried to break the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket.
Joe Root scored his 37th Test hundred on Friday to go past the tally of former India skipper Rahul Dravid and contemporary Steve Smith.
South Africa stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder felt he had no right to dislodge West Indies great Brian Lara from the summit of highest Test innings scores.
Wiaan Mulder was 34 runs shy of a record for the most runs in a Test innings when he declared South Africa's first innings on 626/5 at lunch on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe.
The very mention of Chris Gayle irritated a normally soft-spoken West Indies skipper Darren Sammy who couldn't hide being sarcastic remarks when asked whether he is missing the prolific opener considering the state of his batting line-up.
Legendary all-rounders Gary Sobers, Ian Botham and Chris Cairns had scored more runs than Ravichandran Ashwin after 17 matches, however the Indian off-spinner has claimed more wickets than the three players.
Ajit Wadekar recalls how India turned the tables on the the West Indies and won a historic victory.
Beau Webster is just the second player in the Sheffield Shield competition's 132-year history to score more than 900 runs and take 30 wickets in a season. The legendary Gary Sobers was the first to achieve the feat.
The ground brought sanity to the wild, soaring numbers for the batters in the series. The wicket had grass, and it made the batters struggle.
Dilip Doshi had great success on Indian tracks but it was the tour of Australia in 1980-81 where he picked up 11 wickets (6 in Adelaide and 5 in Melbourne) in more than 150-plus overs on non-responsive pitches.
Captain Shubman Gill and the ever-dependable K L Rahul gave India a glimmer of hope with resilient half-centuries after a well crafted hundred from Ben Stokes extended England's supremacy in the fourth Test in Manchester on Saturday.
Former England captain David Gower said the mercurial Rishabh Pant performs what 'others can only dream of and takes incredible to another level.'
Joe Root became England's most successful batter after he became the first batter from his nation to go past the 19,000-run mark
Ashwin bagged the wicket of Jonny Bairstow to become the first Indian player to reach the landmark milestone.
Abid Ali's contributions to Indian cricket remain etched in history. His spirit, sportsmanship, and selfless play defined an era, and his legacy will endure in the annals of the game.
Rajneesh Gupta on a memorable triple ton.
Ravichandran Ashwin has the second most wickets by an active player in Test cricket. Australia's Nathan Lyon leads the list with 530 wickets and Ashwin can overtake him in the second Test in Kanpur.
Paying condolences to Phillip Hughes, who died two days after he was struck on the head during a domestic match in Sydney, Indian spin wizard Erapalli Prasanna advocated use of lighter bats to negotiate bouncers.
He became only the seventh all-rounder in the world to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in a particular country.
He may boast of the best statistics among all-rounders but former players refuse to place South Africa's Jacques Kallis in the league of extraordinary gentlemen featuring the likes of India's Kapil Dev, West Indies' Sir Gary Sobers, Pakistan's Imran Khan or England's Ian Botham. Kallis is a "selfish cricketer", feels Keith Stackpole, who scored seven centuries in 43 Tests as an opener.
It was on this day in 2004 that former West Indies batsman Brian Lara registered the highest ever individual score in the history of Test cricket -- a record which still stands after 17 years.
On April 12, 2004, Brian Lara registered the highest individual score in Test cricket -- a record which still stands after 18 years.
It was captain Joe Root once again, who led from the front with a splendid century, to put England in complete control of the third Test.
He finished with the figures of 4-49 in his 14 overs including five maiden overs.
His record, however, would not find its way to the record books, as there are no official records for club cricket.
