'He has given RCB that kind of profile, that brand recognition that very (few) cricketers have given to their franchise'.
Padmakar Shivalkar was distinctly unlucky that his best days in the 1970s coincided with that of Bishan Singh Bedi's prime.
Sunil Gavaskar completed 50 years of his association with Indian cricket on Sunday -- five decades in which he has remained ever-relevant taking on a variety of roles.
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, who was known to take on the pace-battery of West Indies bowlers during his playing days with aplomb, also showed "courage" to save a family during the 1993 Bombay riots.
Tips from the likes of India batting legends Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid during the just-concluded 'A' teams' tri-series, says Mayank Agarwal, will go a long way in shaping his fledgling career.
Bazball is fine, but England Test team needs common sense: Boycott
Gautam Gambhir came under fire from the fans after he promoted the fantasy cricket app Real11 on his social media accounts.
The path found by champions like GR Viswanath, Syed Kirmani, Brijesh Patel, EAS Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar has only broadened over the years through which several ace cricketers walked through.
Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe urged the younger generation of Indian batsmen to pick Sunil Gavaskar's brain on how to play fast bowling in adverse conditions, something he did more than three decades back and reaped its benefits.
Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Tests and nearly 500 ODIs. What could be his regrets after such a fulfilling career?
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that the youngest entrant in the illustrious 10,000 Test run club, Alastair Cook can challenge batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's all-time Test run record. Cook became the first England cricketer to cross the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket, and the youngest overall, beating Tendulkar's record by five months by reaching the milestone at the age of 31 years and five months. Tendulkar -- Test cricket's most prolific batsman with 15921 runs -- was 31 years, 10 months 20 days old when he scored his 10,000th run in 2005. "Well the big advantage that England always has is that they are always playing a minimum of 11-12 Test matches on an average in a year. In 11-12 Test matches even if you score 50 runs per Test match you are getting about 500 runs every year," Gavaskar said.
It's so hard to believe that his laughter and cheerful banter won't be there the next time I go to Delhi.
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.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's adaptability between formats and temperament make him stand out among his peers at the highest level, believes his childhood coach Jwala Singh.
Azharuddin suggested that wearing shoes with rubber soles could be a better option than the ones having spikes.
'The T20 game is doing very well and there's no need to tinker with it.'
If Yashasvi Jaiswal is happy slamming his first Test double hundred in only his sixth match, he is happier just being able to sleep, wake up, and work.
Even as a commentator, Bedi continued to rail against spinners with dodgy bowling action and called chucking a bigger threat than illegal betting.
A group of legendary Test captains, including former Indian stalwart Sunil Gavaskar, has expressed their concerns over the future of Test cricket.
Kabir Khan's '83 saw a grand premiere in Mumbai, attended by the film's star cast.
Images from Day 3 of the first Test between Australia and India in Perth on Sunday.
Just as the umpire's decision is no longer final, what is disdainfully rejected is the age-old dictum that the game should be played and watched in the spirit of the game, sighs Uddalok Bhattacharya.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel stole the show in India's record-breaking victory in the Rajkot Test.
'We felt like we were a part of something bigger than just a film.'
The ICC Player of the Year award will be named in honour of West Indian legend Sir Garfield Sobers.
Ishan Kishan may have been labelled a 'hit-or-miss' player after his failure against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup, but the young wicketkeeper-batter's former coaches feel he can become a vital cog in India's white-ball cricket in the next few years.
'I remember walking up to him and telling him, "Sambhal ke khelna".'
India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will join compatriot Virender Sehwag and a host of other international cricketers for a charity match at the Kia Oval on September 17.
Speaking on the 'Cricket Collective' podcast, Kirsten recalled the "bizarre" series of events that unfolded in 2007.
Former India cricketer and Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Chetan Chauhan tested positive for COVID-19.
The following is the list of BCCI Presidents till date:
Salim Durani was the 'people's man', whose impact can never be quantified by the 29 Test matches that he played over 13 years between 1960 to 1973, or the 1200-plus runs he scored and 75 wickets he took with his mean left-arm spin.
India's footballers and cricketers -- both current and former -- reacted with shock after Goswami's demise. The versatile veteran, a former India football captain as well as a first-class cricketer, was 82.
Tendulkar's sterling performances, his fascinating duels for supremacy with contemporaries -- Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Inzamam-ul Haq, Jacques Kallis among batsmen; Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Wasim Akram among bowlers -- embellished modern cricket and globalised the game, asserts Ayaz Memon who has observed the cricketing colossus from the day he made his Test debut in November 1989.
'I was not able to watch that 19th over bowled by Arshdeep.' 'My son and daughter were watching the match and my eyes were closed.' 'When they used to shout 'Dot ball', I used to open my eyes, that is how I saw that Arshdeep over.'
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar today rubbished comparisons between Kapil Dev and Hardik Pandya, saying the legendary all-rounder is a once-in-a century cricketer and cannot be compared to anyone.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades. Take a look!
'I was seven years old in 1983. I never heard about that historic win because we did not have a radio set in our village.'
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