The fact is that despite India having won two World Cup titles, domestic cricketers are still nobodies.
The boy wonder Prithvi Shaw, who made history by notching 546 in the Harris Shield last week, received a congratulatory message from the legend Sunil Gavaskar himself.
Prithvi Shaw, a schoolboy cricketer in Mumbai has been making waves and he has now smashed 546 in a Harris Shield game in the city. PTI quoted Shaw, "I didn't know when I was in the 490s because I told my teammates not to tell me my score. I was batting well and I wanted...
Call it superstition or the Mumbai school of batsmanship which teaches one to put team before self, 15-year-old Prithvi Shaw had categorically told his teammates not to prompt his personal score, which is why he didn't know that he reached 490s during his knock of 546.
Arjun Tendulkar and the eight-year-old cricketer, Musheer Khan faced off in a Kanga League 'G’Division match in Mumbai. Nishad Pai Vaidya describes the face-off between the two of the most followed junior cricketers in the Mumbai club circles.
I have seen Sachin Tendulkar playing since his school days. Back then, Vinod Kambli and Sachin used to plunder tons of runs in school cricket. The first impression I had of Sachin was that he was a solid batsman. But, then it looked like the flamboyant Vinod would turn out a better player.
My team, the Cricket Club of India (CCI), was playing the Purshottam Shield quarter-final against Shivaji Park Youngsters in the late 1980s. Sachin Tendulkar, who was 14 years old then, was playing for the Shivaji Park Youngsters. That was the first time I watched him bat. He came in to bat at No 4 or so. My colleague, Hemant Kenkre, told me, "Just watch him."
Sachin Tendulkar’s first Division A captain, Hemant Kenkre looked back with fond memories on the master batsman dominating Kanga League matches.
Sachin Tendulkar's first captains at various levels — Hemant Kenkre, Lalchand Rajput and Krishnamachari Srikkanth — talk to G Krishnan about their good fortune in leading a Boy Wonder who would go on to become legend in his own lifetime.
Wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare created Kanga League history on Sunday by scoring the highest-ever individual score of 201 in the 65-year-old tournament.