Duleepsinhji scores 333 in five and half hours to break Ranji’s record
May 7, 1930. KS Duleepsinhji set the county ground at Hove ablaze, scoring 333 in five and half hours. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the intoxicating...
MS Dhoni the captain and batsman deserves the highest praise for India’s first-ever 4-0 series victory in Tests
The 4-0 scoreline is a first in the 80-year old history of Indian cricket. Yet, there is the tendency to trivialise the victory because of home...
21-year-old Pataudi takes over as India captain under tragic circumstances
March 23, 1962. The 21-year -old Nawab of Pataudi Jr was asked to lead India in just his fourth Test match. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the...
Venkataraghavan scalps eight New Zealand wickets in an innings for 72 runs
March 20, 1965. In his fourth Test match, Srinivas Venkataraghavan captured eight New Zealand wickets in the first innings of the four day Test...
Virender Sehwag is the most exciting batsman after Viv Richards: Jeffrey Archer
Noted British writer Lord Jeffrey Archer is in awe of the way Virender Sehwag bats and considers him as the most exciting batsman ever other than...
MS Dhoni should continue as captain till 2019 World Cup, feels Sunil Gavaskar
Impressed by the changed leadership style of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday, said that the Jharkhand dasher should...
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was an excellent mix of multiple cultural influences: Sharmila Tagore
He was the undisputed 'Nawab' of Indian cricket but Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi could also play tabla, harmonium and flute and was equally sporting...
Ajit Wadekar's 143 – his only hundred in Test cricket
On March 2, 1968 Ajit Wadekar scored a dominating 143 to help India take lead over New Zealand in the series. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at an...
Farokh Engineer: An explosive batsman cum 'keeper who was born ahead of his times
Farokh Engineer, the dynamic batsman and the sprightly chatterbox behind stumps, was born on February 25, 1938. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at...
Sourav Ganguly does not want to write autobiography
Former India captain and batsman Sourav Ganguly made an indirect reference to the controversy surrounding Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie's...
