While the BCCI and Sunil Gavaskar himself honoured the 1983 World Cup winners, making them richer by Rs. 35 lakh each, and Ajit Wadekar’s 1971 Warriors were honoured privately, the team that triumphed in 1985 in Australia, winning the World Championships Of Cricket, hasn’t yet heard of any felicitations.
The protagonist of that [...]

DUBAI: Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, who led India to their only ODI World Cup triumph in 1983, was on Tuesday inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame.
A commemorative cap was presented to Kapil by ICC President David Morgan, in front of fellow Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, as well as an [...]

MUMBAI: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said he was still receiving congratulatory messages for becoming first batsman in the history of one-day cricket to score a double hundred and he was enjoying the good time.
“It has taken many years for a batsman to get a double-hundred (in ODIs). I am still getting great feedback. [...]

DUBAI: Indian cricket team will finish the season as number two ranked side in one-day cricket, behind Australia, and will receive $75,000 for this achievement, ICC confirmed on Sunday.
India’s position in the ranking table at annual cut-off date of April 1 was confirmed after New Zealand went down to Ricky Ponting’s men by [...]

KARACHI: His chances of returning to the national team might be bleak but Pakistan’s controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar maintains that his international career is far from over.
Shoaib, who has not been included in the preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, said he was surprised at not being picked for the tournament.
“I was [...]

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday joined the chorus in demanding Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
“Sachin is a Bharat ratna. There is no doubt that he should be conferred the Bharat Ratna award,” Ganguly told reporters after the practice session of the Kolkata Knight [...]

MUMBAI: Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he would like to be on the list of ‘Bharat Ratna’ awardees but he is not thinking about the highest civilian honour as of now and would leave it on destiny.
Former cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Kapil Dev and Dilip Vengsarkar after Tendulkar’s record breaking double hundred had said [...]

Eulogising milestone man Sachin Tendulkar for his historic ODI double hundred, India’s star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh reckons his illustrious teammate is better than Australian great Sir Don Bradman.
Harbhajan could not witness the record-breaking double century as he skipped the first two matches of the series due to his sister’s wedding.
“I am short of words to [...]

KARACHI: Accused of match-fixing, Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal, on Sunday said he is not bothered by the allegations and is focussing on his game to give his best in the World Twenty20 championship beginning April 30 in the West Indies.
The former Pakistan vice-captain said at the National Stadium that such damaging reports are being spread [...]

Double century in ODI has always been every batsman dream. But if anyone deserves to get the first double hundred in ODI it should be Sachin Tendulkar.
The way which he manage his innings was a lesson to every batsman. The hundred came in just 90 balls and then he pick up the pace and took [...]