Batters launched balls so high into the sky that they looked like rockets taking off from the centre square.
Mohammed Shami's much-awaited return to top-flight cricket did not receive too many supporting signals during the seasoned pacer's nearly hour-long stint of varying intensity at the India nets here on Friday. Despite working hard on finding his bowling rhythm, Shami never really hit his flowing peak. While he was expected to feature in the playing 11 during India's first T20I against England at Kolkata on Wednesday, the management decided to delay his comeback. Shami's rhythm and sharpness gradually hit a higher gear but the whole picture was one of rustiness, raising questions about his current form and the decision to select him for the series against England and the Champions Trophy.
The Indian cricket team, sans newly-wed captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Friday left for Sri Lanka to play three Tests and a tri-nation ODI series, starting July 18.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday recalled memories of his long association with the city and his Test debut here as he accepted the honorary membership conferred on him by the 164-year old Madras Cricket Club for his contribution to the game in the country.
Newly-married Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday left for Sri Lanka to join the rest of the side for a three-match Test series and a tri-nation ODI series, starting July 18.
Suyash battles through Delhi cricket politics to shine in IPL
Gavaskar said playing in home and overseas conditions form the essence of Test cricket.
'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.'
When he ended his Test career, he held the following Test records: Most Tests (125). Most consecutive Tests (106). Most runs (10,122). Most hundreds (34). Most scores of 50 or more (79). Most hundred partnerships (58).
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.'
The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed its registry to post a PIL seeking regulation of various clubs and questioning the dress code imposed by them in the backdrop of denial of entry to a dhoti-clad Judge by TNCA Club in Chennai to some other bench.
Karun Nair became only the second Indian to hit a triple century in Test cricket, when he smashed 303 not out on Day 4 of the fifth Test against England in Chennai on Monday.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered issue of notice to the state government and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association office-bearers, including its president N Srinivasan, on a petition which alleged irregularities in TNCA and sought appropriate action.
The Madras high court passed an interim order restraining the newly-elected members from functioning.
'Whatever I have learned, I have learned with him and through him.'
Decrying the action of a private club imposing a dress code and denying entry to a dhoti-clad judge as an "insult" to Tamil culture, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said the government would enact a new law in the current session to curb such practices.
The Board has sought a stay on the order on grounds that the high court committed gross error in entertaining the review petition filed by Netaji Cricket Club.
The Madras High Court restrained the BCCI from conducting the elections in Kolkata till 1230 pm on Thursday.
To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre.
The leg-spinner became only the seventh Indian to win a Test on his captaincy debut.
The Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill making enforcing dress code and banning entry of persons wearing 'dhoti' in public places a cognisable offence punishable with jail term.
England batsman Joe Root urged centurion Moeen Ali to capitalise on the strong start and put India under pressure in the fifth and final Test in Chennai.
India will be represented by Shubhankar Sharma and Anirban Lahiri at this year's World Cup of Golf slated to be held at The Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne from November 21 to 25.
The Indian ladies are no longer bogged down by the timidity of the past and are more than willing to embrace the temerity of the present, says Dhruv Munjal.
He scored 460 of his 542 Test runs in West Indies and played only one more Test after that.
Laxman's 281 in Chappell's list of best knocks against spin
Days after a sitting Madras High Court Judge was denied entry into a club in Chennai for wearing a dhoti -- the state's traditional attire, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it would look into the issue and take action in consultation with its law department.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, N Srinivasan, his company India Cements which owns IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals on a plea challenging Bombay high court order refusing to appoint a fresh committee to probe the spot-fixing scam in the sixth edition of the IPL.
The veshti controversy in Tamil Nadu is not about the dress -- but a dress-code, which seems permissible in private homes and offices, but not in private clubs that are open only to well-heeled, and well-paying private members, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
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