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Padmakar Shivalkar

England vs India: Padmakar Shivalkar praises Kuldeep Yadav’s accuracy

"Since Kuldeep has accuracy, nobody must be taking chances against him,"

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Passionate Shantha Rangaswamy, philosophical Padmakar Shivalkar, surprised Rajinder Goel

Exclusive interviews of Shantha Rangaswamy, Padmakar Shivalkar, Rajinder Goel.

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Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar and Shantha Rangaswamy nominated for Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award

To recongnize the contribution of women cricketers, the BCCI for the first time, has introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women.

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Sanjay Manjrekar wows gathering of cricketers with his mellifluous voice

Also singing on the occasion were Padmakar Shivlkar, Sridhar Mandle, Urmikant Mody and Vinod Raghavan, all former Bombay cricketers and fine signers.

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‘Sachin Tendulkar is the Almighty’s chosen one’

In the 1980s, I was playing for Tatas and against Cricket Club of India (CCI) at the Islam Gymkhana. A baby-faced teenager walked out to bat for the CCI and impressed all of us with his performance that day. The way he played told us that he was special and that he had a bright future in store.

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Shreyas Iyer: A promising young sensation making his mark for India Under-19

Unlike the struggles of youngsters wanting to take up cricket in small towns, Shreyas Iyer, one of the most promising talents from Mumbai, has had an altogether different journey to the top. In a city that sees lakhs of aspiring cricketers work hard to make a mark, the 18-year-old has defied Khadoos cricket and caught attention with his aggressive strokeplay. Aayush Puthran profiles the one of India’s young sensations.

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Bishan Singh Bedi’s biggest contribution to the sport is as a coach

It is one of the lovely ironies of modern cricket that great cricket writers can wax lyrical about both fast and slow bowling. Whoever said Michael Holding’s bowling action was "whispering death" was perhaps a greater wordsmith than the man who described Bishan Bedi’s as "poetry in motion"; both, the speed merchant and the spin wizard tended to evoke superlatives in those who watched them in their prime.

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Kiran More: Never watched Test cricket before playing for India

Former Test stumper Kiran More had not seen a Test match before touring the West Indies in 1982-83 with the Indian squad as understudy to Syed Kirmani.

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An afternoon of nostalgia as Khar Gymkhana bring together cricketing greats under one roof

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, the Khar Gymkhana organised an august gathering of former cricketers. It was a meeting of old friends as they went down memory lane and recalled the good old days.

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Ranji Trophy: The heroes who held Mumbai’s fort when the big stars were away on national duty — Part 1 of 3

Mumbai, or erstwhile Bombay, has definitely produced more Test cricketers of quality than any other Ranji Trophy side. As they eye another Ranji triumph, Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the lesser known stars who had stayed back to serve their team when the big guns were on international duty.

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