Suryakumar's decision-making and awareness was also applauded by India's fielding coach T Dilip.
Former India captain Kapil Dev said that comparisons between all-rounders in international cricket can only happen when each one has played 50 Test matches in his career. The World Cup winning captain and a legendary all-rounder during his time, Kapil does not believe that one should jump into conclusions after watching a player in just two or three series.
Let's looks at 10 former India players, who missed the IPL but had they been active today, they could have forced the Ambanis and the Shah Rukh Khans to loosen their purse strings a tad more.
The former India captain also backed out-of-favour all-rounder Hardik Pandya to regain his place in the side after returning to full fitness.
Kabir Khan's '83 saw a grand premiere in Mumbai, attended by the film's star cast.
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Lata Mangeskhar did not eat or drink during the nine-hour nail-biter at Mohali which India won by 29 runs
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the all-time India Test XI chosen by cricket magazine Wisden. The celebrated team has been picked ahead of India's 500th Test which will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from Thursday. The openers in the side are Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag, followed by Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, all-rounder Kapil Dev and Dhoni the wicket-keeper batsman.
The actor, who essayed the character of Kapil Dev with aplomb in the film '83, was his fun, OTT self in the stands.
'At this stage, I want a senior cricketer to take up the captaincy and see the Indian team through this transition phase.'
'I had the great honor of meeting her back in 2017 at Buckingham Palace. Rest in peace Your Majesty.'
Yashasvi Jaiswal joined the legendary Sunil Gavaskar as the only two Indian batters to score more than 700 runs in a bilateral Test series.
Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, on Wednesday, hailed the current Indian pace attack's performance in the Test series in Australia and termed it 'unbelievable'.
Like India's '83 World Cup campaign itself, the movie looks like a rollicking ride, notes Deepti Patwardhan.
'Bumrah's 2024 exploits were a masterclass in skill, precision, and relentless consistency,' ICC said in a statement.
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On this day in the year 1983, India lifted their first ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's.
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the show with a blistering half-century, surpassing the legendary Virender Sehwag's record for the fastest Test fifty by an Indian batter.
World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev feels that India's top-order batsmen need to take more responsibility against South Africa.
Veteran cricketer Kapil Dev, on Saturday, said the topic of wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future in T20s is better left to the selectors.
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar said India's 1983 World Cup triumph was a 'landmark event' in his life. India had defeated the mighty West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's to claim their first-ever World Cup title.
Bumrah became the fastest Indian pacer to pick 150+ wickets in long-format cricket during the second day of the India-England Test match in Visakhapatnam.
Saluting his decision to retire from Test cricket, former India captain Kapil Dev has said Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given everybody, including the chair-greedy administrators, a food for thought with his bold step.
England have been in sensational form under new red-ball coach Brendon McCullum. The Ben Stokes-led side are coming off a 3-0 Test series win over New Zealand.
Kapilc Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy have been questioned for conflict of interest.
A triumph that will stand the test of eternity!
Watching a young Sachin Tendulkar excelling against spinners Arshad Ayub and Venkatapathy Raju on a rank-turner in a Ranji Trophy match convinced him about the bright future of his junior teammate, recalled former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar.
'Found this picture of ours... Any guesses when this was clicked?'
The new red-soil pitch at Chepauk perfectly aligned with Indian team's vision to give more practice to their pacers ahead of the all-important tour to Australia.
Sourav Ganguly, on Tuesday, inspected the pitch that will play host to the first India-Sri Lanka Test and insisted that the track will produce a good contest.
It is the job of a talented cricketer like Rishabh Pant to prove his detractors wrong, legendary India all-rounder Kapil Dev said. Recently, Pant has found himself at the receiving end of criticism for his inconsistency with the gloves and the bat and has lost his place in the Indian team.
Following India's win over South Africa in the second Test which lasted for barely two days, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra heaped praises on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for his six-wicket haul.
'Sometimes too much money comes, arrogance comes.'
Ireland's dashing all-rounder Kevin O'Brien says he was disappointed at not being picked by any of the franchises at the auction for the fifth edition of the IPL.
Bumrah also said that the team has finalised its playing XI although he will reveal it only at the toss.
'We didn't ask anyone for their views, because there was no scope for it'
Rajneesh Gupta lists all the important numbers from Day 5 of the 4th Test at the Oval.
The estimated costs of these weddings start from Rs 100 crore and go up to Rs 700 crore.
