Ranjitsinhji

WICB lauds Shivnarine Chanderpaul for milestone in First-Class cricket

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron says "character and focus" are the main factors that have driven West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to reach the milestone of 300 first class matches.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul plays his 300th First-Class match

West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has joined many batting greats by appearing in his 300th First-Class match.

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 innings which broke the Sussex record for highest individual score held by Duleep’s uncle, KS Ranjitsinhji.

The first-ever Test match on Indian soil

Lala Amarnath's debut hundred, first Test to involve cricket on a Sunday, and more.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, and 25 other superstitious cricketers

BCCI recently rejected the new design of the Indian jersey, insisting that the team play the upcoming T20 World Cup clad in the lucky colours worn during the 2011 triumph. Arunabha Sengupta says that superstitions in cricket is not new and looks at some of the queerest in cricketing history.

A week of celebration for Sussex – with Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry

This is a week which connects two partners who piled up runs for Sussex KS Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry. Arunabha Sengupta covers their immortal partnerships which kept English crowds enthralled at the turn of the last century.

Six cricketers who were victims of eye problems

Colin Milburn, MAK Pataudi, Lawrence Rowe and others in the list.

Is it right to accuse Chanderpaul of being a self-centred player?

By Venkatraman Ganeshan

The erudite and extremely readable George Dobell, in an insightful piece, has gone on to describe Shivnarine Chanderpaul as not only a dogged batsman, but also as one possessing a selfish gene. 

Cricketing Rifts – 2: Vizzy, Lala Amarnath and CK Nayudu

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been denied vehemently by the team management, but the divide between the two is very much an open secret. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.

UK museum honours Indian legend Ranjitsinhji

By CricketCountry Staff

Authorities dedicated a portion of the Sussex Cricket Museum in the memory of late cricketer, K. S. Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Indian domestic cricket championship, Ranji Trophy is named during a ceremony in England's Hove city on Wednesday.