Spot-fixing at Chennai: ‘Chanakya’ Srinivasan beats the odds and expectations to win battle of wits
The Working Committee of the BCCI that met at Chennai on Sunday did not pull wool over the eyes of the cricket fans; it pulled an entire sheep,...
An open letter to MS Dhoni
Let me confess that I am among your greatest admirers. But, I was disappointed to see you being reduced to a mannequin at the media conference.
Eknath Solkar: A heroic soldier who didn’t get his rightful due in India’s epic wins over WI and England in 1971
He was known as a “poor man’s Garry Sobers” – a left-handed all-rounder who could bowl with the new ball and spin with the...
Aravinda de Silva helps Sri Lanka achieve their finest day in international cricket
Sri Lanka played brilliantly as a team in the 1996 World Cup and in a fitting finale beat Australia in the title clash on March 17, 1996. H Natarajan...
Jayasuriya's 44-ball 82 sends shell-shocked England out of the World Cup
Sanath Jayasuriya came into the 1996 World Cup with a batting average of 19.53 from 98 ODIs. Even before he masterminded Sri Lanka to victory in...
When Sunil Gavaskar scaled Test cricket’s Mt Everest
March 7, 1987. After 110 years of the traditional format of the game at the highest level, Sunil Gavaskar became the first man on the planet to...
When Farokh Engineer tore into a famed West Indies attack and almost scored a hundred before lunch
In 2071 Tests and 135 years, the feat has been achieved just four times. It’s feat that no Indian has achieved ever. But on January 13, 1967,...
When Gundappa Viswanath's virtuoso solo act mastered the might of the West Indies attack at Madras
The 97 not out GR Viswanath scored against crushing odds and the fury of Andy Roberts at Madras on January 11, 1975, is considered among the rare...
6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 – Shastri equals Sobers's world record & scores fastest-ever double hundred in First-Class history
On January 10, 1985. It was on this day Ravi Shastri equaled Garry Sobers’s First-Class record of scoring six sixes in a six-ball over and...
When Tiger Pataudi carved out two epics under trying conditions with one good eye and one good leg!
The second Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between December 30, 1967, and January 3, 1968, is still remembered...
