India are yet to win a Test in Birmingham in nearly six decades -- boasting of a dismal record of seven losses and one draw in eight attempts.
With the emergence of their battery of fast bowlers, India have turned the tide at Lord's with two of their victories coming from their last three Tests -- in 2014 and 2021.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test between England and India at Headingley in Leeds on Friday
Rohit Sharma was honoured with a stand named after him at Mumbai's iconic Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Tuesday named a stand each after the incumbent India Test captain Rohit Sharma, former skipper Ajit Wadekar and ex-BCCI president Sharad Pawar here at the Wankhede Stadium.
India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav was named the icon player for the Triumph Knights Mumbai NorthEast, while Shreyas Iyer went to SoBo Mumbai Falcons.
He would often cross the railway tracks next to the Wankhede stadium just to catch a glimpse of the top Mumbai players. Today, a stand at that very stadium bears his name.
Solly Adam's persistence, coupled with Sunil Gavaskar's influence, led to Yorkshire's signing of young Sachin Tendulkar.
'For a player like Kohli, who has scored so many runs, I feel it's best if that decision is left to him.'
Cricketing legends and captains, past and present, echoed their sentiments, while groundsmen and support staff were honoured.
Rohit Sharma's career has been a mix of brilliant moments and inconsistencies. While his Test record may not be impressive, his white-ball dominance and leadership qualities make him a legend.
"The Trophy Tour has covered all eight participating nations during its global journey and, with the conclusion of India leg, it will now travel to its final stop in Pakistan," the ICC said in a statement on Monday.
Cricketing legends Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar received yet another tribute in their native Mumbai when the Sunil Gavaskar Box and Dilip Vengsarkar Stand were inaugurated at the city's Wankhede stadium.
Vengsarkar has claimed that Umran Malik should have been included in the T20 World Cup squad because of his speed.
Between 2014 and 2019, he scored 21 centuries in just 55 Tests. Among these were seven double centuries, the most by an Indian in Test cricket. Remarkably, six of those double tons came within a span of just 22 Tests.
He is the first Indian to achieve the feat of scoring a century in all three formats in international cricket at a single venue.
Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Dilip Vengsarkar will be part of the MCA's grand celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wankhede Stadium.
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.
'He devoted his entire life for the betterment of Mumbai cricket and cricketers.' 'Even when he left for the Elysian Fields, he was in harness as mentor/advisor to the MCA.' Hemant Kenkre mourns the passing of Mumbai cricket icon Milind Rege.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar advocated the inclusion of Suryakumar Yadav as the sixth specialist batsman in the fourth Test against England, starting on September 2.
'You have to think positive and play positively only then you will get a positive result.'
Vengsarkar urges young players to target playing Test cricket
Rohit aims to bring Champions Trophy to Wankhede
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.
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
The BCCI's chairman of selectors is in a foul mood after being stopped from writing newspaper columns and issued a seven-point code of conduct for the selectors.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanswami Srinivasan on Friday rejected Dilip Vengsarkar's claims that he was responsible for the ex-India captain's removal as chairman of selectors, calling the charge 'completely false, motivated and without any basis'.
Former India captain and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar showered rich praise on Virender Sehwag for his blazing triple century on Day 3 of the first Test against South Africa in Chennai on Friday, saying, it was one of the finest innings he's seen in Test cricket.
Former Indian captains Dilip Vengsarkar and Ajit Wadekar batted for current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been facing a lot of criticism of late for the cricket team's failures.
Sachin Tendulkar has joined America's National Cricket League (NCL) ownership group, a move that is expected to give a big boost to the sport in the United States.
The epithets of colossus and regal were reserved for Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath but Dilip Vengsarkar has no regrets that he was not as feted as his two illustrious colleagues, saying he cherished an 'extremely fulfilling' career. Vengsarkar, who turned 64 on Monday, was India's batting mainstay during the 1980s when he outscored the iconic Gavaskar as his upright stance and ability to play swing and spin with aplomb was a delight for Test afficianados.
The former India skipper expressed shock overt Pakistan team coach's reported statement, suggesting that the ball-tampering law should be abolished.
Selecting a talent like Virat Kohli early in his career would be considered a masterstroke by most but according to former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, it ended his career as a national selector.
Dilip Vengsarkar believes that he was able to do justice to the chairman's post because of the time he spent as head of BCCI's now defunct Talent Research Development Wing (TRDW) which found the gem called MS Dhoni.
One of Indian cricket's best chairmen of selectors, the 'Colonel' is confident that Virat Kohli's men will have a smooth ride to the semi-finals and can take it from there on.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar heaps praise on young Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan after his unbeaten triple hundred in the drawn Ranji Trophy game against Uttar Pradesh.
India will be under tremendous pressure when they face an equally circumspect Australia in a battle of two out-of-form batting units in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth
The others on the MCA selection panel, headed by Vengsarkar, are former Mumbai skipper Milind Rege, former off-spinner Kiran Mokashi and ex-pacer Abey Kuruvilla.
The BCCI said its chief selector has been asked not to do so as there appears to be a conflict of interest on the issue.
The BCCI selection committee will meet in Bangalore to select the Indian team for the Australian tour.
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