Wrist spinners have become the toast of the Indian Premier League (IPL) so much so that a successful off-spinner like Ravichandran Ashwin, too, has been keen to try bowling leg breaks, feels cricket legend Kapil Dev.
Dravid became only the fifth player from India to be named in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on Wednesday in Dubai, when he received his commemorative cap from fellow-Hall of Famer and team-mate Kapil Dev.
Satish Sikha, a Toronto-based designer, has collected 1,162 messages -- each on a one yard-long fabric -- from celebrities and scholars around the world, all talking about protecting the environment.
Former Indian cricket captains Kapil Dev and Mohammed Azharuddin on Tuesday favoured the BCCI becoming a National Sports Federation and falling under the purview of the RTI Act, as proposed in the National Sports (Development) Bill.
Stating that he felt "ashamed" by the Indian cricket team's dismal performance against Australia in the ongoing Test series, former India captain Kapil Dev said every aspect of the game has gone wrong for the Indians.
Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More has applied for amnesty from the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is confident of returning to the fold.
Even as uncertainty prevails over whether Kapil Dev has been left out of the list of former cricketers due to receive the one-time monetary benefit by the BCCI, the former India captain has said officials of the Cricket Board are the 'boss' and it's their call to make any decision they want.
The Australians found it difficult to breach VVS Laxman's defence during his playing days but on the same soil, it was Narendra Modi's speech that 'bowled' him over and he is confident that young India will achieve success under the Prime Minister's able leadership.
Former Skipper Sourav Ganguly revealed that Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda will fly to Australia as cover for injured fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who has been ruled out of a three-day practice match starting in Canberra on Monday.
Four Indian cricketers, including batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, were today named in the Greatest All Time Test XI chosen in an online poll.
Sri Lanka is the only team to have won the World Cup as hosts, when they triumphed in 1996. Kapil Dev believes the in-form Indian team has a chance to replicate the feat.
It was on April 18, 1986, when former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad struck a final ball six to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, against India, in the final of the Austral-Asia Cup, in Sharjah. This match still sends shivers down the spine of ardent cricket fans in both India and Pakistan.
With any luck, Bollywood will get back on its feet again and give us much to awe and amaze about.
Despite the presence of legendary sprinter Milkha Singh, cricketer Kapil Dev and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, the Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games received a cold response in Chandigarh, on Saturday.
Playing the great general will be a challenge for the talented actor.
Former India captain Kapil Dev has said it is up to Sachin Tendulkar to decide when to bid adieu to the game as there is no fixed age for a cricketer to call it a day.
After a total of 18 interviews for the batting and bowling coaches were conducted on Monday, the MSK Prasad-led senior selection committee resumed the process on Tuesday.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar slammed suggestions in the media and Kapil Dev's view that Sachin Tendulkar should quit one-day cricket, saying that the master batsman needs no advice on the issue.
Kapil Dev reckons that England would struggle to repeat a whitewash in this month's five match ODI series.
80 Tests and 16,634 deliveries -- the least by any bowler in the 400 Test wicket Club -- took him to the cherished landmark.
The 30-year-old Yuvraj has been in the US since last month and is currently undergoing chemotherapy at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston.
Comeback man Irfan Pathan on Wednesday said former India coach Greg Chappell did not ruin his career by making technical changes and blamed injuries for losing his place in the Indian team.
Total runs scored by Virat Kohli in Tests so far this year: 1,182. Last year, Virat aggregated 1,215 runs, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
India will not call of the Australian tour after Harbhajan Singh was banned for three Test matches.
The yesteryears actress and former cricket captain strut their stuff on the ramp
India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent induction into the ICC Hall of Fame 2010.
Former skipper Kapil Dev has criticised the Indian players for surrendering their No. 1 world Test rankings to England, saying the visitors were just not prepared to deal with the English attack.
Former India captain Kapil Dev says the difference between England and India in the ongoing Test series is the all-rounders former possess.
Michael Clarke, on Thursday, became the third batsman to score a triple-century against India. Rajneesh Gupta makes note of the other two batsmen who decimated Indian bowling are...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to bowl his seam-up stuff during the second day of the Lord's Test on Friday came under severe criticism from former India captain Kapil Dev.
Former captain Kapil Dev on Friday said there is no reason why India cannot win the forthcoming series in England but warned the team against getting complacent.
Following is a list of the fastest centuries in test cricket after Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached the mark in 56 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Former Indian captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Kapil Dev lauded the Indian cricket team for winning both one-day and Test match series against West Indies and complimented captain Dhoni for achieving this unique feat.
'The art of swing bowling should come back. Learning the knuckle ball and all is fine. If you don't know how to swing the ball, everything is waste.'
With the Kolkata win, India registered their sixth series sweep in ODIs. Here is a look at the other series wins for India.
Sukanya Verma lists her 10 favourite male performances of 2021.
At the height of the match-fixing saga a decade ago, Kapil Dev, then India coach, had overruled captain Sachin Tendulkar's decision to enforce the follow-on against New Zealand in the Ahmedabad Test, recalls former Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jaywant Lele in a new book.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) left no stone unturned to make the occasion a memorable one.
Ganguly said he's definitely interested in the India coach's job but not at the moment as his plate is full.
