Vengsarkar, a vice-president like Deshmukh in the outgoing committee, is striving to break the two-decade-long stranglehold of politicians in the MCA, and is being supported by former cricketers Milind Rege, Karsan Ghavri, Balwinder Sandhu and Chandrakant Pandit.
December 9 2012, 3:01 pm
Read MoreFormer India captain and chairman of national selection committee Dilip Vengsarkar on Thursday filed his nomination for the president's post in the upcoming Mumbai Cricket Association's elections, setting the stage for a straight fight with union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
December 9 2012, 3:02 pm
Read MoreMumbai, 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.
January 28 2013, 4:18 pm
Read MoreThe 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.
March 8 2013, 2:49 pm
Read MoreReviews of five average Hindi films that released last week The past weekend has been a hard slog for
June 20 2011, 5:58 pm
Read MoreThe Indian Premier League is a perfect blend of Bollywood and cricket. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at 16-Bollywood movies based on cricket.
April 22 2013, 1:23 pm
Read MoreFebruary 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.
February 18 2013, 8:29 am
Read MoreFormer India skipper Kapil Dev on Thursday lent his support to ex-national teammate Dilip Vengsarkar, who is contesting for the Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) president's post.
July 14 2011, 12:54 pm
Read MoreBy CricketCountry Staff The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) appointed Roger Binny as the new chief selector to replace outgoing Kris Srikkanth.
September 28 2012, 9:01 am
Read MoreEach 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.
December 5 2011, 1:20 am
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