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BANGALORE: Virat Kohli is the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) choice for Arjuna award. The middle-order batsman, who has gradually evolved into a vital cog in India’s batting wheel after the exit of the big guns, is the only nominee from the Board in this category. [...]
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest batsmen the game has ever seen, today said it was important to have heroes in life and he himself wanted to be a combination of his childhood idols Vivian Richards and Sunil Gavaskar.
“Every person likes his own identity and [...]
LONDON: Former captain Rahul Dravid has said it will be impossible to replace Sachin Tendulkar once the senior India batsman retires from international cricket but added the game will go on.
“I don’t think you should look to replace him, it will be impossible,” Dravid said.
“There is [...]
BANGALORE: Umpiring legend Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird is someone who believes respect cannot be bought, but earned. While some of the cricketing world’s greatest stars like Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara surely have his respect, gaining entry into his all-time greatest Test XI is a tougher feat than they would have imagined.
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BANGALORE: He might be revered by billions of fans but Sachin Tendulkar insists he is “not god of cricket” as many would like to call him as he does “make mistakes” unlike the almighty.
“I am not God of cricket. I make mistakes, God doesn’t,” Tendulkar said at a promotional event [...]
KOLKATA: Lauding the star-studded opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL), cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday said he specially liked the Bollywood connection.
“The opening ceremony was terrific. I particularly liked the Indian film industry connection. Because that’s what the Premier League is all about, [...]
NEW DELHI: Highly impressed by India’s young players, legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar says they needed to be developed into top players as they look ready to face the stern challenges that tough Test cricket throws.
Gavaskar said the best way to build [...]
NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that he can’t predict whether Sachin Tendulkar has played his last Test on Indian soil in the ongoing fourth and final match against Australia.
“You never know. From 2006-07, there has been this talk of Tendulkar’s retirement [...]
NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that he can’t predict whether Sachin Tendulkar has played his last Test on Indian soil in the ongoing fourth and final match against Australia.
“You never know. From 2006-07, there has been this talk of Tendulkar’s retirement [...]
NEW DELHI: Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir might not pair up as opening partners for the country again but the two senior players can still make individual comebacks, feels Sunil Gavaskar.
Gavaskar said that he would not believe that Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay’s [...]
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