Ravi Shastri has been roped in as mentor-cum-advisor for UAE Royals.
Pat Cummins has not played a Test since his man-of-the-match debut against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2011 at the age of 18.
Gavaskar has bought a stake in a franchise in Bhupathi's IPTL.
Tendulkar is set to own the Mumbai franchise with features Rafael Nadal.
An entire nation mourned as Sachin Tendulkar left the greatest arena for one final time. Abhishek Mukherjee recalls the saddest days in the history of Indian sport.
"Whenever I saw Ken coming to the wicket I thought a Union Jack was trailing behind him," Wally Grout, the Australian wicketkeeper, famously said of Englishman Ken Barrington. Borrowing Grout’s thoughts, one can say without any fear of contradiction that the Indian tricolour flutter proudly when Viswanathan Anand, Sachin Tendulkar and Leander Paes take their places in their respective sporting endeavours. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the fabulous careers of the troika, all past age 40, who continue to be the heartbeats of the nation.
As a child, Sachin Tendulkar emulated John McEnroe. Like McEnroe, he had sported long, curly locks and wore a hair band. Tendulkar is an avid tennis watcher and has been a guest at the Wimbledon Royal Box on quite a few occasions and his tete-a-tete with Roger Federer delighted the sports aficionados.
By Nishad Pai Vaidya Those who crib that Indian cricket kill other sports in the country, think again! Taking time out from their packed shootings for endorsements, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag spent a long time advising Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi how to combat the media lapping up from yet another of their fall-outs.
By Nishad Pai Vaidya
Those who crib that Indian cricket kill other sports in the country, think again! Taking time out from their packed shootings for endorsements, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag spent a long time advising Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi how to combat the media lapping up from yet another of their fall-outs.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Mahesh Bhupathi should have agreed to play Leander Paes in the Olympics as the former is a terrific doubles player.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday welcomed the decision by Leander Paes to participate in next month's Olympics after threatening to pull out for being paired with lower-ranked Vishnu Vardhan.