Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Vijay Manjrekar and Eknath Solkar are among the 17 cricketers from Maharashtra who have the 'Kar' suffix in their surnames and have played Test cricket for India.
Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli and Mahesh Bhupathi were among those who exercised their franchise and urged citizens to fulfill their duty.
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
Rajasthan Royals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been left puzzled by the umpires' decision to change the ball on their own because of the dew in the IPL match 2023 against Chennai Super Kings.
The highlight of Jadeja's performance, however, was his rocket throw which ended Steve Smith's stellar knock of 131.
Pakistan are favourites in Asia Cup: Manjrekar
The Indian Premier League broadcaster is toying with the idea of introducing "virtual commentary" in this year's T20 league after being emboldened by its successful recent experiment in an exhibition match. For a live game at Centurion Park in South Africa on Sunday, Irfan Pathan was doing commentary from his Baroda home, Deep Dasgupta from Kolkata and Sanjay Manjrekar from his Mumbai residence.
Tamim Iqbal said that the incident happened two-three years back as he thought to himself that why he cannot do the same even when he is the same age as Kohli.
Deposing as a witness in the case of alleged Bollywood-underworld nexus, the actor also denied his alleged telephonic talk with Shakeel.
A host of former Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, are in favour of the country taking part in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in the United Kingdom next month.
The cricket world was in awe of India's wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant following his outstanding innings on Day 1 of the fifth Test against England, at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham, on Friday.
Former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar feels that Rohit Sharma is on a self-destructive mode and said it will be difficult for him to retain his place in India's Tests squad.
'That's the beauty of Mumbai cricket. Nobody interferes with the running of the cricket, only the cricketers are allowed to run the cricket.'
As cricketing ability goes, there is no comparison between Sanjay Manjrekar and Sachin Tendulkar. But while the former has produced a wonderful autobiography, the latter's book is deadly dull. In batting, they were the exact opposite: Manjrekar was a bore and Sachin an absolute marvel, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Batting great Gundappa Viswanath recalls his memories of Salim Durani.
It was on August 14, 1990, that Tendulkar scored the first of his 100 international centuries, a majestic 119 not out on a fifth day track to save the Test match for India against England in Manchester.
Despite dominating the game for 35 overs, KKR choked in the final stages and lost to Mumbai Indians by 10 runs.
'I would keep forcing him to play the drive shot at my pace'
The International Cricket Council has "successfully finished" cricket in the last 10 years and brought it down to its knees, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar insisted in a scathing criticism of the sport's global body. Akhtar expressed his anguish at some of the playing conditions in white ball cricket, which has made it a game only for the batsmen.
Mayank Agarwal had to endure a long wait to get there having performed consistently in the domestic circuit for Karnataka. That's when Rahul Dravid, doing duty as the 'A' team coach, helped Agarwal with his wisdom.
Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar feels one reason for the recent dwindling dominance of oft-crowned Ranji champions Mumbai could be because other teams are getting stronger.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, on Sunday, said he is in favour of batsmen taking help from dressing room in case he has doubts while going for a review.
On behalf of the Apex Council members of MCA, all the member clubs as also the cricketing fraternity we condole his demise," secretary Sanjay Naik and joint secretary.
The ICC has approved Nikita Miller as replacement for Sunil Narine in West Indies' WC squad
'You can always talk about a missed single here or there, but what matters to me is his positive attitude.'
His breathtaking knock included a dozen sixes and 13 boundaries as he literally toyed with the opposition bowlers.
Jadeja grabbed the opportunity with both hands in the fifth and the final Test during India's tour of England in 2018.
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Prithvi Shaw's belligerent strokeplay caught the attention of the cricketing world and no wonder many former greats lavished rich praise on the Mumbai wonderkid.
Goel, a left-arm spinner for generations, along with Mumbai's Padmakar Shivalkar, played their best cricket in the 1970's, an era that belonged to none other than the legendary Bishan Singh Bedi.
Ishant Sharma is suffering from a knee injury he sustained during the Boxing Day Test against Australia in December.
Every now and then Bollywood finds itself in need of divine intervention.
The International Cricket Council's Elite Panel of Umpires will not have an Indian representation after Sundaram Ravi got the axe.
The 30-year-old showed what he can still offer the team in the first semi-final against New Zealand.
Umpire Ian Gould felt the time was right to be calling it a day as he was honoured on the occasion of his 140th and final One-Day International at Headingley on Saturday.
'Test cricket is so fortunate that today's cricket's biggest brand -- Virat Kohli -- loves Test cricket and puts his heart and soul into it,' says Sanjay Manjrekar.
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Dilip Vengsarkar are among 39 international players eligible to vote in the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) elections, scheduled to be held in Mumbai on October 4.
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