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And the coveted Donald Duck Award in cricket goes to...

And the coveted Donald Duck Award in cricket goes to...

If the great Indian mathematician Brahmagupta had lived to see the year 1878, he would have been particularly proud of Ned Gregory - a pioneer in his own right. He was the first-ever Test cricketer to boldly go where no man had gone before. Yup, you guessed it right; he was the first batsman to score a duck in Tests.

Anantha Narayan, Ned Gregory, Mohammad Jahangir Khan, Zaheer Khan, Chris Martin, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Sachin Tendulkar, Marvan Atapattu, Courtney Walsh

June 19 2013, 5:42 pm

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Cricketing rifts - 4: India in the 1940s - Merchant-Hazare and Amarnath-De Mello

Cricketing rifts - 4: India in the 1940s - Merchant-Hazare and Amarnath-De Mello

The 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.

Arunabha Sengupta, cricketing rifts, Serials, Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Lala Amarnath, Anthony De Mello, Brian Statham, John Arlott, Don Bradman, Amitabh Bachchan

June 19 2013, 6:30 pm

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MJ Gopalan: The man who represented India in both cricket and hockey

MJ Gopalan: The man who represented India in both cricket and hockey

The Indian all-rounder MJ Gopalan was born on June 6, 1909 or 1906 (the dispute with regard to the year is explained in the article that follows). Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a man who had represented India in both cricket and hockey and was a pivotal character for cricket in Madras.

Abhishek Mukherjee, Moments in history, MJ Gopalan, India, Dhyan Chand, CK Nayudu, MCC, Tamil Nadu, Madras, Douglas Jardine

June 17 2013, 11:04 am

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ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Indias performances make them overwhelming favourites

ICC Champions Trophy 2013: India's performances make them overwhelming favourites

Indian cricket was in a siege when Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived in England. The team built a protective wall around itself to insulate itself from the negativity arising out of the spot-fixing and betting issues in the Indian Premier League (IPL). But adversity brings out the best in champions and India have unmistakably shown that quality thus far in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

Dhananjay Devasper, ICC Champions Trophy 2013, ICC, India, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina

June 18 2013, 3:52 pm

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Nasir Jamshed: Indias nemesis and promising hope for Pakistan cricket

Nasir Jamshed: India's nemesis and promising hope for Pakistan cricket

If you are a batsman in the Pakistan team and all your three centuries have come against arch-rivals India, then there is no doubt that irrespective of your form, all eyes will be set on you expecting to fire yet again. When India and Pakistan face off in Birmingham in a dead rubber, the ‘Men in Blue’ will be very well aware about the exploits of Nasir Jamshed.

Abhijit Banare, ICC Champions Trophy 2013, Nasir Jamshed, India, Pakistan, Zaheer Abbas, Matthew Hayden, Saeed Anwar, Wasim Akram, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Imran Farhat, Virat Kohli

June 15 2013, 12:03 pm

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