MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council has given a ‘satisfactory’ rating for the seamer-friendly, grassy pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the fifth and final deciding Test of the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Cricket Australia informed in a media release on Wednesday. The match saw Australia beat India by six wickets inside three days. With their…
NEW DELHI: When the England cricket team toured India in 1982, had lost in both Tests and ODIs. But a few months later, they were presented with a chance to take revenge straightaway with a return series.Despite Dilip Vengsarkar‘s century, England rode on the pace mastery of captain Bob Willis and Ian Botham to post…
MUMBAI: Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan, owes a significant part of his success to two stalwarts of Indian cricket from Mumbai-Dilip Vengsarkar and Sandeep Patil. These two ensured that Dhawan was selected at the right time in his career. Both Vengsarkar and Patil made strong, and sometimes unpopular, decisions during their tenure as chief national…
NEW DELHI: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli recently shared insights into his early career, highlighting two key figures who significantly contributed to his rise in international cricket.In a conversation with former cricketer Suresh Raina on JioCinema, Kohli revealed that during the 2008 Emerging Players tournament in Australia, then-chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Raina advocated for…
