NEW DELHI: India’s all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is close to achieving a rare milestone in Test cricket. In the history of Test cricket, only 10 players have managed to score 3000 runs and take 300 wickets. Jadeja needs just six more wickets to join this elite group. This achievement has been accomplished by only two other…
Sunil Gavaskar‘s ‘infamous’ walkout during the 1981 Melbourne Test against Australia remains one of the most dramatic moments in cricket history. The incident occurred during the third Test of India’s tour of Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).Gavaskar, India’s captain and opening batsman, was batting with Chetan Chauhan when he was controversially given…
In a surprising and lesser-known chapter of cricket history, Sachin Tendulkar, who would go on to become one of India’s most celebrated cricketers, briefly fielded for Pakistan during a festival match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.Tendulkar was just a 15-year-old prodigy, not yet the cricketing legend he would later become. The incident took place…
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…
World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh‘s father, Yograj Singh, has repeatedly targeted former India captains Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni, alleging that while Kapil sabotaged his career, Dhoni played a role in the exclusion of his son from the Indian team.YOGRAJ ON KAPILThe animosity between the two stems from the days when both Yograj and Kapil…
NEW DELHI: Kapil Dev‘s iconic unbeaten 175 not out against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup is one of the most legendary innings in limited-overs cricket history. But while Kapil was blazing away on the field, a lot was happening in the Indian dressing room as well. On June 18, 1983, India were in deep…
NEW DELHI: With India and Bangladesh set to play the first Test of a two-match series in Chennai from September 19, here is a recap of a historic moment when Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar‘s record of Test centuries.Both Tendulkar and Gavaskar are legends of Indian cricket, each having made significant contributions in their respective…
NEW DELHI: Star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah candidly stated that asking to be made captain of the team is beyond his “pay grade.” He highlighted that bowlers can prove to be effective leaders as they possess smart and resilient attributes. This discussion comes amid the transition phase following Rohit Sharma‘s retirement from T20Is, where Suryakumar…
NEW DELHI: Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has declared that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are indispensable members of the Indian team in all formats. He compared their significance to that of Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, two legendary figures in Indian cricket history.Following India’s thrilling victory over South Africa in the T20…
Sri Lanka‘s former captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who led his country to their maiden ODI World Cup triumph in 1996, has shocked the cricket world with his latest image that shows him to have lost weight to the point of being almost unrecognizable. Ranatunga’s transformation, which is visible in an image on social media along with…
