From January 1, 2021 to September 9, 2024 -- during which Joe Root hit 17 centuries, Kane Williamson has hit, Steve Smith has made six tons but Virat Kohli has managed just two centuries.
In one of his early battles with Sachin Tendulkar during the Sahara Cup in Canada, Saqlain Mushtaq thought it would be a good idea to sledge the champion batsman. As it panned out, the wily off-spinner sledged to never sledge the then Indian captain again. Many failed to read Saqlain's Doosra but he feels Tendulkar was probably the best when it came to reading from hands.
There have been a number of players who have shown solidarity, but the big guns have been silent, with the stellar exception of former India captain Anil Kumble, notes Suhit K Sen.
In a display of raw power and audacious stroke play, Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi tore into the Gujarat Titans bowling attack with a scintillating knock during which multiple records fell by the wayside in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday.
Images from the tri-series final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Monday.
"It's upto the individual to decide when he wants to quit. I don't think Sachin, Sourav or Rahul are too old to continue. I quit at 38 and they are younger," former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq said.
'It has happened to Sachin, it has happened to Rahul, it has happened to me, it has happened to Kohli.'
'Bumrah's 2024 exploits were a masterclass in skill, precision, and relentless consistency,' ICC said in a statement.
The fastest bowler in the nation enjoyed a relaxed evening at the Rushikonda beach in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and two other senior cricketers will attend a special meeting.
Images from the Day Two of the third Test match between India and New Zealand in Nagpur on Sunday.
Cheteshwar Pujara's innings is the highest by a subcontinent batsman and third highest by any visiting batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia, reveals Rajneesh Gupta.
Joe Root and Harry Brook's centuries powered England's strong reply on Day 3 of the first Test in Multan.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram reckons that trio of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid gave India's batting line-up a 'monstrous' look in the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.
Zaheer Khan's appointment as bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team is also tour specific, just like batting consultant Rahul Dravid.
India have won six ODI series on the trot. New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner was left out of the team for the sixth one-dayer against India on Wednesday.
Retired batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will be seen in cricketing gear again when he leads the MCC team against a Shane Warne-led Rest of the World at Lord's in a one-day game on July 5, to mark the bicentenary celebrations of the historic club.
Nothing new in BCCI's policy document, says former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.
Sachin Tendulkar (6018) is the first Indian and the third overall to aggregate 6,000 runs or more in Tests at home, joining Australia's Ricky Ponting (6790) and West Indian Brian Lara (6217).
Virat Kohli, who needed 81 runs coming into the match, brought up the landmark in his 205th innings as compared to Tendulkar, who took 259 innings to reach the landmark.
In Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India, says Haresh Pandya, has a bunch of exciting young batsmen who will go places, individually and collectively.
A late blow by South African paceman Makhaya Ntini set India back as they finished the first day on 156 for five in the first Test.
Rohit took 217 innings to reach the landmark while his skipper Virat Kohli is the fastest to 9000 runs, who crossed the landmark in 194 innings.
Was it a script horribly gone wrong in Mumbai? You tell us.
After hinting that Sachin Tendulkar was a sore loser, former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has taken a swipe at the then skipper Sourav Ganguly and spinner Harbhajan Singh, suggesting that the duo had chickened out of their 2004 Nagpur Test fearing defeat on a grassy wicket.
You be the selector and pick your eleven for the sixth ODI against New Zealand at Auckland, on January 11.
Quoting Greek philosopher Socrates, Justice Bopanna emphasised that there are four qualities that are expected of a judge -- to hear courteously, to consider soberly, to answer wisely and to decide impartially.
The BCCI rubbished a media report that claimed Sachin Tendulkar spurned captaincy in protest against the Board allegedly paying more money to foreign players being roped in for the Indian Premier League.
England's continuing dominance of world number one India in the ongoing Test series is beginning to reflect in the ICC rankings as well with several of their players rising to career-best positions in the list released on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis and Robin Uthappa smashed unbeaten half-centuries to lead Bangalore Royal Challengers to a thumping nine-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League match in Johannesburg on Sunday night.
Sourav Ganguly praised Parthiv Patel after the latter announced his retirement
The hallowed venue, says Bikash Mohapatra, has inadvertently played its part in ensuring several special moments in the Mumbai batsman's fledgling career.
'I didn't have an ego about this, I could go and talk to them, but since there were two coaches -- Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathore -- so sometimes you held back since you didn't want to confuse them with too much information.'
Shikhar Dhawan became the 10th Indian cricketer to complete the landmark of 6000 runs in One-Day Internationals, during the first match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.
Contrary to chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar's statement, it seems the BCCI had instructed Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly to make themselves unavailable for the inaugural tournament.
Statistical highlights of the second One-day International cricket match between India and England being played in Indore on Monday.
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