Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin might have dismissed Kumar Sangakkara in his last four innings, but the legendary cricketer rated veteran India pacer Zaheer Khan as one of the most dangerous bowlers he has faced during his 15-year long illustrious career.
Praising the batting style of Don Bradman, Australia's modern-day 'Mr Cricket' Mike Hussey is adamant that the legend would have been twice as good as any other batsman if he were playing today.
The Australian media has claimed that the selection of Alan Knott ahead of Adam Gilchrist as wicket-keeper in the World Test XI of all time by Wisden is embarrassing, and not choosing Dennis Lillee has been unfair.
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
The Indian cricketers wore black armbands on the opening day of the fourth and final Test against Australia in Sydney as a mark of respect for Sachin Tendulkar's coach Ramakant Achrekar who passed away on Wednesday.
Sachin Tendulkar's coach, Ramakant Achrekar, has died aged 86.
Australian batsman Steven Smith became the second-fastest batsman to register 24 centuries in the Test format.
Laxman's 281 in Chappell's list of best knocks against spin
A look at Sachin Tendulkar through the years as he completes 20 years in international cricket.
The cap worn by Eric Hollies, the England leg-spinner who denied the great Don Bradman the chance of averaging 100 in Test matches, is to be auctioned in Melbourne this month.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Virender Sehwag's amazing international career in numbers.
Waqar Younis, who has been keenly observing the sharp reactions on social media, advised the duo to meet up and sort the issue in person.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the stats and facts around the sensational Virat Kohli.
'It's an honour and privilege to be amongst the greats of the game. It wasn't something in the back of my mind to go out and score a 100 in a session. It was about going out there with intent and batting positive'
"It's the other end of the spectrum now ... You can't wait just to get out there on the cricket field and running around with your mates, getting stuck into training and playing games."
The three-day tournament in Bangalore will feature many known names of international cricket.
'Doubtless he was the greatest opener of his era; and also one of the greatest in the history of cricket.'
The major records established by Virat Kohli on Day 2 of the second Test against South Africa in Pune, on Friday.
Former captain Kapil Dev has said that Indian batting's mainstay Virat Kohli will rewrite more records than anyone else in world cricket and believed the Delhi batsman has realistic chances of "bettering" even Sachin Tendulkar's career graph if he remains injury-free.
Kumar Sangakkara struck a sparkling 221 to move to the second spot in the all-time list of Test double centurions as Sri Lanka grabbed lead before declaring their first innings on day four of the first Test against Pakistan on Saturday.
Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas said a legislation to criminalise fixing should have been pushed by the board much earlier as it would have prevented recent cases of spot-fixing. Abbas said he would like to see the board bring all those players to book, who have been found guilty or had any involvement in corrupting the game.
Australia skipper Tim Paine believes his side is climbing back towards the top of Test cricket after a third successive victory at Perth
Lambasting the DDCA for deciding to install a statue of its late former president Arun Jaitley at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi, spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has asked the body to remove his name from the spectators' stand, named after him in 2017.
'Before the IPL, the animosity between players used to very high, you now have different players from different countries sharing the same dressing room'
Captain Virat Kohli and his Indian cricket team have accumulated a few records on Day 2 on one-off Test against Bangladesh on Friday. Here are some interesting numbers from the day's play...
From a lower order batsman to one of Australia's prolific Test run-getters, Marnus Labuschange has carved his spot in the Australian line-up. The highest run-scorer in a calendar year in Test cricket in 2019, 'mind-blowing' Labuschange is now looking to break into the one-day team for the tour of India.
India's obsession with Socialism since Independence and thereby a tendency to play safe has resulted in a generation of no risk-takers especially in cricket, feels Faisal Shariff.
It's not the contest between India and the West Indies, but the batting icon that cricket lovers are thronging the Wankhede stadium to see, says Haresh Pandya.
Zimbabwe's coach said Waugh's captaincy record is outstanding and his performance with the bat speaks for itself.
Dashing opening batsman David Warner won his third Allan Border Medal, while Ellyse Perry claimed her second Belinda Clark Award at the Australian Cricket Awards, in Melbourne, on Monday.
Australia captain Steve Smith reached a career-high 939 rating points which are the sixth-best ever after Don Bradman (961), Len Hutton (945), Jack Hobbs and Ricky Ponting (both 942) and Peter May (941).
India were bundled out for 36 -- their lowest innings score in 88 years of Test cricket -- in the second innings of the Adelaide Test.
Sachin Tendulkar sent out a warning to the teams participating in next year's cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, saying they need to watch out for defending champions India.
Australia's Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, telling a stunned news conference he would be calling time on his glittering 17-year career after this week's third Test against South Africa.
Sachin Tendulkar's name has become synonymous with records over the years. Save the one for the best batting average Sir Don Bradman's impeccable 99.94 leads that one by a huge margin the Master Blaster has almost every other record in his name, the format notwithstanding.
