Sunil Gavaskar has again accused International Cricket Council match referees of being biased against Asian players after Zaheer Khan was fined.
Kohli holds the record for most Test appearances as India Test captain (68) and he also holds the record for most Test wins by an Indian captain (40). Only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh have won more matches than Kohli as captain in Test cricket.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels some Indian players have started behaving as if the nation owes it to them for winning World Cup.
Suryakumar Yadav has evolved into the new Mr 360 degree and India will struggle to put up enough runs on the board if he fails to fire, said batting great Sunil Gavaskar.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test between England and India at Headingley in Leeds on Friday
Fresh questions were raised on Sachin Tendulkar's retirement, with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar saying that the selectors should have a word with him about his future plans.
The two former India captains accepted the offer to become honorary members.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday suggested that the veteran batsman should not miss any of the One-Day Internationals in the ongoing CB tri-series in Australia.
The former captain said it is not yet clear what arrangement the BCCI would make for the tour of England.
Having scored his 33rd ton in Brisbane, Smith equalled Sunil Gavaskar's then world record of 34 hundreds on the second day of the fourth Test at the MCG on Friday.
The Los Angeles-based club has bestowed 'Honorary Life Membership' to the former Indian captain.
Stand-in skipper, Rahane's patient 112 paved the way for India taking a substantial 131-run first innings lead against Australia, who were reduced to 133 for six by the end of the third day's play on Monday.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar reminded Ravi Shastri that India had won Test series in West Indies and England, a day after the under-fire coach claimed his side has better overseas record than teams of the last 15-20 years.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that jail terms being handed to three Pakistani players by a London court today for spot-fixing would act as a deterrent to young cricketers from getting involved in such corrupt practices.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday joined the debate on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting position, saying that current skipper has no place in the top order of the star-studded Indian line-up.
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar flayed the one-Test ban on Gautam Gambhir, for elbowing Shane Watson, saying he should have been fined 100 per cent of his match fee instead.
Sunil Gavaskar, the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India-IPL, admitted on Thursday that two cricketers were approached by bookies during the ongoing seventh season, and the matter was reported to the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit officials (ACSU).
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, on Wednesday, clarified that he did not used the word "u-turn" and was only "baffled by the turn of events" as far as his IPL contract row with the BCCI was concerned.
'I would like to take our government's OK, take their view'
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who made his debut in television commentary in the Twenty20 World Cup, has been invited to give lecture at the University of Oxford in England as part of ICC centenary celebrations.
With India's Test tour of Australia heading towards a disaster, former captain Sunil Gavaskar called for axing some of the senior players in the side and bring in young blood to take the team forward.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to revive Indo-Pak bilateral cricket ties, saying Pakistan is not cooperating with the Mumbai terror attacks probe.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday after his demand for US $1 million (approximately Rs 5 crore) per season for media and governing council-related activities involving the Indian Premier League was turned down by the board's working committee.
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.
'Very few things have given me greater joy than watching/hearing Gavaskar take on some of the fastest bowlers the game has seen, with guts, without the now ubiquitous helmet, says M P Anil Kumar.
Hardik Pandya has his "thinking cap on" this season, says Sunil Gavaskar. That's why the Gujarat Titans skipper is batting with discipline and making good use of field restrictions, says the legendary batter.
Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has warned the Australians to be wary of in-form Sachin Tendulkar, saying the Indian star would come out all guns blazing against them in the upcoming seven-match ODI series, starting on October 25.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar says it is 'impossible' for India to tour Pakistan early next year with the political equation between the two countries growing tricky in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks.
At 22 years and 37 days, Jaiswal, is only behind Vinod Kambli and Sunil Gavaskar on the list of youngest Indian batters to score 200 runs in Test cricket.
Virender Sehwag has forced many a bowler into submission with his explosive batting, but on Tuesday he doffed his hat to Gautam Gambhir, describing him as the best Indian opener after the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
In his column, Gavaskar had questioned Kohli being the automatic choice for captaincy following the team's exit in the World Cup, saying that the selection committee should have reviewed his leadership and the team's performance.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at England's Jonathan Trott, saying the player 'breached the spirit of cricket' by refusing to acknowledge that he had not cleanly taken a catch on the opening day of the first cricket Test.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels BCCI could have postponed the Players' Auction for the 5th edition of Indian Premier League after they came to know about Sahara India's decision to snap its sponsorship contract with Team India and also pull out of the IPL.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has always acknowleged that Sourav Ganguly's support was one of the reasons he got the coach's job in 2005 but Sunil Gavaskar has sought to put the record straight by saying that it is a 'misconception'.
Gavaskar is also excited that his favourite player, Rishabh Pant, will be making a much-awaited comeback after surviving a near-fatal car accident.
Sunil Gavaskar believes in the idea of India which will enable the citizens to pull through this hour of crisis.
Opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday became only the fifth Indian to score 600 or more runs in a Test series, during the second day's play of the fourth match against England in Ranchi.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has asked for an amount of Rs 1.90 crore as remuneration for rendering his services as president BCCI-IPL.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that Sachin Tendulkar's world record of 50 Test centuries can only be compared to legendary American long-jumper Bob Beamon's record-setting leap at the 1968 Mexico Olympics which stayed put for 23 years.
Amid media reports that Sunil Gavaskar is dropped from the Indian Premier League's Governing council, BCCI president Shashank Manohar clarified that a decision on the former India captain being retained is yet to be taken.
