Arunabha Sengupta crunches numbers to evaluate the different facets of Indian spinners.
Why is the media creating such a huge affair out of Panesar inviting a lady to his room?
Baloo Gupte was one of those bowl-till-you-drop-dead bowlers. Unfortunately, he was overshadowed forever by brother Subhash.
Rahul Dravid, whose greatness is almost in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar is conferred the Padma Bhushan — the third highest civilian award that includes the likes of Chandu Borde (3061 Test runs at 35.59 and 52 wicket at 46.48) and, hold your breath, Vijay Ananda (Test batting average of 8.20). Considering the fact that cricketing colossus like Vijay Merchant, Subhash Gupte and Mohinder Amarnath were not even given the lowest-ranked national award [Padma Shri], the entire logic of the Padma Awards has to be questioned.
A look at the Indian Test heroes of the yesteryears who would have dominated T20s.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha on Saturday became the third fastest Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in Test matches as he clinched James Pattinson's wicket to end Australia's first innings at 262 on the second day of the fourth Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla. The 26-year-old achieved this feat in 22 Tests and is joint...
Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha on Saturday became the third fastest Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in Test matches as he clinched James Pattinson's wicket to end Australia's first innings at 262 on the second day of the fourth Test here at the Ferozeshah Kotla.
Nishad Pai Vaidya revisits the India-England Test match at Kolkata in 1961-62 in which Chandu Borde scripted two important knocks to set up India’s victory.
The fact that Gupte was the first Indian to take 9 wickets in a Test innings was scant consolation.
Subhash Gupte's rate of a five-for every three Tests is the best among Indian spinners.