Several of India's former and current cricketers hailed batting sensation Harmanpreet Kaur after her magnificent century powered India into the final of the ICC Women's World Cup following a 36-run victory against Australia in the semi-finals, in Derby, on Thursday.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar made a startling revelation, on Monday, about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim entering the Indian team's dressing room and offering the players cars if they beat Pakistan in the final of the Sharjah tournament in 1986.
India captain Virat Kohli had also made it clear that he and the team will be happy if Shastri was retained.
Imran's party has asked the FO if it would be possible to invite PM Modi.
Sachin Tendulkar's feat of 100 international centuries might seem impossible to scale, but former India skipper Kapil Dev on Sunday said the "human race would fall behind" if the record is not broken in times to come.
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar said it's possible that Lahore receives some snowfall but a bilateral series between India and Pakistan is unlikely to take place in the present circumstances. Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries.
36 summers have gone by but Kapil Dev's toothy grin with the Prudential Cup remains the most defining moment in Indian cricket.
BCCI President and former captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said the Indian cricket team under Virat Kohli has all the talent to be considered a legitimate contender for the T20 World Cup and it only needs to show a bit of maturity to claim the trophy.
Despite keeping cricket as a sport alive, India gets ridiculed at every opportunity, says Faisal Shariff, bristling at the way India was ridiculed at the World Cup launch.
'Congratulations MS Dhoniji and CSK. We are happy that at least some sportspersons are getting respect and love they deserve. For us, the fight for justice is still on,' Sakshi said in her tweet, which received more than 50,000 likes and nearly 10,000 retweets in 12 hours.
USA's sparkling debut, Afghan bravehearts' dream run and India's brilliance
'She completes me,' Kapil Sharma says of his ladylove.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh played the perfect hosts during the wrap-up party of their film, '83.
'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.'
Kapil said the mentality of Indian parents towards sports has changed drastically over the years, but more needs to be done.
Pandya wrote, "Always by your side mom."
Wading through the long list of biopics coming up, Subhash K Jha picks the ones likely to make a mark.
Young reader Vaikunth Seshadri sent us these photographs from Singapore.
As the actor celebrates his 35th birthday, Namrata Thakker takes a peek into his AMAZING life through his Instagram feed.
Kapil Dev reckons that England would struggle to repeat a whitewash in this month's five match ODI series.
Virat Kohli will join the elite company of eleven other Indians and a total of 70 other players across the various countries to complete the century of Test match appearances.
Overall, he is the fifth Indian pace bowler reach the landmark of 200 Test wickets.
- 'As Indian captain I was not supposed to act in that manner. In no way I can justify my act of defiance. Whether I was out or not, I should not have reacted that way' - 'I was too young at that time to react. But I can say one thing that we were all with the captain. Whether right or wrong, we backed our skipper'
Chopra expressed his disappointment a day after Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha came down heavily on the wrestlers for hitting the streets to resume their protests instead of approaching its athletes' commission to lodge their complaints against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
A look at the significant milestones and achievements of Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Friday.
The appointment of women's head coach W V Raman in controversial circumstances will be reviewed by BCCI Ombudsman and Ethics Officer D K Jain.
No sportsperson has been named for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna while 15, including cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, were recommended for the Arjuna Award this year.
The India captain is the latest sporting celebrity after Lionel Messi, Kapil Dev and Usain Bolt, who made it to the India branch of the iconic wax statue museum.
Cricket fans went down the memory lane when a number of former players from India and Pakistan were felicitated to mark the 25 years of Indo-Pak ODI matches.
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.
Statistical highlights on day three of the third cricket Test between India and New Zealand, in Indore, on Monday.
Forty-one well-known names share their love for their daughters in a heartwarming coffee table book.
'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.'
Ahead of India's second cricket Test against New Zealand starting Friday, the much-awaited bell was finally installed at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
Former India captain Kapil Dev was honoured with the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at its seventh annual awards ceremony in Mumbai on Saturday.
Sundar went on to play a knock of 62 runs in his debut Test
It was a special day for Virat Kohli at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Friday as he complete the landmark of 100 Test matches.
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