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Ranji Trophy: The heroes who held Mumbais fort when the big stars were away on national duty... Part 3 of 3

Ranji Trophy: The heroes who held Mumbai's fort when the big stars were away on national duty... Part 3 of 3

Mumbai, or erstwhile Bombay, has definitely produced more Test cricketers of quality than any other Ranji Trophy side. As they eye another Ranji triumph, Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the lesser known stars who had stayed back to serve their team when the big guns were on international duty.

Abhishek Mukherjee, Serials, Mumbai, Nilesh Kulkarni, Sairaj Bahutule, Paras Mhambrey, Ramesh Powar, Lalchand Rajput, Chandrakant Pandit, Rusi Modi, Eknath Solkar, Ghulam Parkar, Ramnath Kenny, Baloo Gupte, Raju Kulkarni

January 28 2013, 4:18 pm

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Englands tactical brilliance dethrones champions

England's tactical brilliance dethrones champions

The tag of defending champions sat comfortably with India when they locked horns with England at the Wankhede Stadium. Kapil did the first thing right by winning the toss. But the move to insert England backfired as India had to contend with Graham Gooch - quite prolific throughout the World Cup.

Kapil Dev, Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting, Maninder Singh, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, India, England, 1987 World Cup, Moments in history

March 8 2013, 2:49 pm

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A fatal overdose

A fatal overdose

Reviews of five average Hindi films that released last week The past weekend has been a hard slog for

Aamir Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Ali Fazal, Always Kabhi Kabhi, Amole Gupte, Ankush Bhatt, Bharath Bhushan, Bheja Fry 2, BHINDI BAAZAAR INC, Bicycle Thieves, Bin Bulaye Baarati, Chandrakant Singh, Cycle Kick, Deepti Naval, Farah Khan, Jalebi Bai, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Kay Kay Menon, Le D ner de Cons, Mallika Sherawat, Mansoor Khan, Minissha Lamba, Mukta Arts, Naman Ramachandran review, Prashant Narayanan, Red Chillies, Roshan Abbas, Sagar Ballary, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Shashi Siligudia, Shilpa Shukla, Shweta Verma, SRK, Subhash Ghai, Suresh Menon, Vinay Pathak, Zoa Morani

June 20 2011, 5:58 pm

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Salim Maliks blitzkrieg — 72 off 36 balls that stunned Eden Gardens into silence

Salim Malik's blitzkrieg — 72 off 36 balls that stunned Eden Gardens into silence

February 18, 1987. Saleem Malik produced a whirlwind of an innings to snatch victory from India’s jaws before a shell-shocked Eden Garden crowd. Malik came in with Pakistan requiring 78 to win. Eighty one runs had been plundered while he pulverised the Indian bowlers, Malik scoring 72 of them from just 36 balls! Arunabha Sengupta looks back at one of the most astonishing ODI innings of all time.

Arunabha Sengupta, Moments in history, Saleem Malik, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Abdul Qadir, Mohammad Azharuddin, Maninder Singh, India, Pakistan, Ind vs Pak 1987

February 18 2013, 8:29 am

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A slap from Achrekar sir changed my life: Tendulkar

A slap from Achrekar sir changed my life: Tendulkar

Each and every teacher in this world would aspire to have a student like Sachin Tendulkar but in iconic batsman's own words, it was a "late cut" (a tight slap) from his beloved "sir" Ramakant Achrekar after missing a match, that made him realise the importance of hard work.

Ramakant Achrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Ajit Agarkar, Praveen Amre, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Paras Mhambrey, Chandrakant Pandit, Sameer Dighe, Mumbai, India

December 5 2011, 1:20 am

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