An awesome Fantasy XI of Indian greats who played only Test cricket
The 2013 Indian Premier League has just taken off. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the Indian Test heroes of the yesteryear who would have undoubtedly...
Vijay Hazare: One of the true batting greats of yesteryear
Vijay Hazare: One of the true batting greats of yesteryear
Polly Umrigar — the backbone of Indian batting through the fifties and early sixties
Polly Umrigar, born March 28, 1926, was one of greatest batsmen in Indian cricket and a colossal figure of the fifties and sixties. Arunabha Sengupta...
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013: Bengal face Delhi in semis
The seam trio of Shami Ahmed, Veer Pratap Singh and Laxmi Shukla shared eight wickets among them as defending champions Bengal crushed Karnataka...
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013: Kerala beat Hyderabad by six wickets
Rohan Prem and Prasanth Parameswaran shone with the bat and ball respectively as Kerala defeated Hyderabad by six wickets in their Vijay Hazare...
When Chandu Borde fell hit wicket, four short of a hundred in each innings of a Test against a dreaded pace attack
On February 11, 1959 Chandu Borde was stopped just four runs short of two hundreds in the same Test match against the West Indies. Arunabha Sengupta...
Time wasting by the West Indies and an incredible umpiring howler deny India a famous win
On February 8, 1949 India were set 361 in their fourth innings for what would have been their first Test victory. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back...
When Vijay Hazare scored an epic 309 out of a total of 387!
Batting for The Rest against the Hindus in the final of the Bombay Pentangular of 1943-44, Vijay Hazare scored a triple century in the second innings,...
Nari Contractor, Ted Dexter recollect the famous 1962 Test at Eden Gardens
The historic Eden Gardens on Tuesday turned the clock back as Nari Contractor and Ted Dexter, the oldest surviving former captains of India and...
Don Bradman 185, India 58 and 98
On December 4, 1947, caught on a rain-affected wicket, Indian batsmen could manage just 58 and 98 against Ernie Toshack and the others....
