On a treacherous track at Cuttack, Dilip Vengsarkar batted with phenomenal ease as he notched up his career-best score of 166. And Kapil Dev captured his 300th wicket as Sri Lanka surrendered meekly to lose by an innings. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the memorable Test match played 26 years ago and the curious controversy that followed after it.
January 5 2013, 10:50 am
Read MoreBy Venkatraman Ganesan Mark Boucher became an unsuspecting victim of a freak injury. Boucher is certainly not the first cricketer to have experienced the trauma of a ludicrous injury. The history of the cricket has been marred with unsettling accounts of inglorious physical mishaps and incredulous accidents plaguing its protagonists.
October 8 2012, 6:16 pm
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August 8 2012, 9:48 am
Read MoreWith an average over 53 in first-class cricket,RamanLamba was considered a heavyweight in domestic cricket. Sadly, he succumbed to head injuries he suffered while fielding at short-leg in a first-class game inBangladesh. He was just 38.
February 26 2012, 12:49 pm
Read MoreBy CricketCountry Staff After guiding Indian premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians (MI) to Champions League T20 (CLT20) victory in October, Harbhajan Singh is all set to lead his home state Punjab in the upcoming Ranji season.
November 3 2011, 3:19 pm
Read MoreThe long wait to break into India's Test team made Shikhar Dhawan's resolve to succeed at the highest level stronger, feels his childhood coach Tarak Sinha.
March 17 2013, 11:08 am
Read MoreShikhar Dhawan might have scored the fastest-ever Test century on debut on Saturday but the former cricket captains of the world believe it has nothing to do with the advent of Twenty20 cricket.
March 17 2013, 11:14 am
Read MoreOn March 29, 1982 Delhi chased down 706 to obtain a first-innings lead to clinch the 1981-82 Ranji Trophy. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at one of the unlikeliest of victories in the histories of the tournament.
March 29 2013, 9:35 am
Read MoreChetan Sharma, promoted to No 4 in the batting order on this day 23 years ago, surprised everyone by scoring a century and pulling off an incredible win against England. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the astonishing innings with its thrilling last moments.
October 25 2012, 12:15 pm
Read MoreThe Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series,Arunabha Senguptalooks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
November 3 2012, 8:30 pm
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