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Memories of Wankhede: When Gooch & Co. swept India out

In the Mumbai semifinal of the 1987 World Cup, favourites India lost to England

The Times of India

The rest is history, says Vengsarkar on his recommending Tendulkar’s name for selection to the Mumbai Ranji team

Dilip Vengsarkar played key role in selecting Sachin Tendulkar & MS Dhoni for Mumbai Ranji & World T20 teams respectively. Vengsarkar recalled Sachin's selection after seeing him bat confidently in Indian nets & Dhoni's selection due to his aggressive & positive mindset. Both decisions proved to be history-altering.

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The Lords of Wankhede: WV Raman, R Kaushik’s book unveiled at a star-studded function

India's 1983 World Cup win marked a shift in cricketing landscape. 28 yrs later, book The Lords of Wankhede explores the evolution of Indian cricket. Dilip Vengsarkar, VVS Laxman, Venkatesh Prasad, among others, attended the launch. India's historic moments, like 1986 tied Test, Anil Kumble's perfect 10, and No.1 Test…

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Bishan Singh Bedi: Gentleman cricketer, wise mentor and a father figure to many

MUMBAI: It was an evening in mid-March. The year was 1987, but Pakistan's former left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim remembers it like it was yesterday.

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Watch: Sachin Tendulkar presents PM Narendra Modi Indian cricket team jersey

NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar presented the Indian cricket team jersey to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

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Ajit Agarkar quits Delhi Capitals after throwing his hat in selection ring

NEW DELHI: Frontrunner for the chief selector's job of the senior men's national team, former India pacer Ajit Agarkar on Thursday quit from his post of assistant coach in IPL franchise Delhi Capitals.

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1983 World Cup win turns 40: 'A soaring Kapil Dev gave us wings, then India's nightingale sang for us'

By Dilip Vengsarkar

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Prolific Ruturaj Gaikwad gets timely boost with Test call-up

PUNE: Two hundred and eight days after hitting a record-breaking seven sixes in an over in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-dayer, national selectors have indicated that they also trust the defensive abilities of Maharashtra top-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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Friends, teammates salute gritty Aunshuman Gaekwad

MUMBAI: Off-spinner, opening batter, coach, selector, CAC member to decide on appointing Indian coach, matchmaker to former India pacer Zaheer Khan. There were few hats that former India coach and opener Aunshuman Gaekwad did not don in a memorable cricketing journey of 55 years.

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Friends, teammates salute gritty Anshuman Gaekwad

MUMBAI: Off-spinner, opening batter, coach, selector, CAC member to decide on appointing Indian coach, matchmaker to former India pacer Zaheer Khan. There were few hats that former India coach and opener Anshuman Gaekwad did not don in a memorable cricketing journey of 55 years.

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Mentor, curator, coach... Sudhir Naik was master of all

MUMBAI: Former India opener and Mumbai Ranji-winning captain Sudhir Naik passed away on Wednesday. He was 78. Naik had been hospitalised after suffering a fall at his residence in Dadar on M arch 24. The final rites will be held at the Shivaji Park crematorium at 10 am on Thursday.

The Times of India

Indore pitch could get 'below average' rating by ICC

NEW DELHI: The Nagpur and Delhi pitches where the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy finished inside three days escaped with an average rating but the diabolical Holkar Cricket Stadium pitch in Indore could well get "below average" rating by the ICC referee.

The Times of India

India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma's red-ball resolve

Rohit Sharma has shown determination intelligence to emerge as the best top-order batter from either side on some difficult pitches in this series.

The Times of India

On slow and low Kotla track, Aussies sweep their way to self-destruction

NEW DELHI: Given the manner of their dismissals, it would be fair to say that the Australians 'swept' their way to self-destruction in the face of the Indian spinners' guile in the second Test here.

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Prakash Poddar: BCCI talent spotter who picked MS Dhoni for bigger league is dead

NEW DELHI: Former Bengal batter Prakash Poddar, best known for being one of the two talent spotters who suggested a certain MS Dhoni's name to the BCCI bigwigs, has died in Hyderabad, according to information received from Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) sources.

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Guru Gupte passes away

MUMBAI: The city's cricketing fraternity was left grieving as former Mumbai and Railways First-Class player and selector Guru Gupte passed away on Wednesday at his residence in Thane. He was 66.

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Roger Binny: a cricketer, a gentleman and 'Ajaatshatru'

NEW DELHI: If the BCCI had constituted its Annual Awards for a 'Gentleman Cricketer' back in the 1980s, Roger Michael Humphrey Binny perhaps would have been a prime nominee to win it season after season.

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Dilip Vengsarkar to contest ICA polls

INDORE: Former India skipper and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar could soon be a member of the BCCI's Apex Council. The 116-Test veteran is contesting the elections to be the male representative of the Indian Cricketers Association in the BCCI, reliable sources in ICA revealed to TOI.

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ICA polls likely to be from October 26-28

MUMBAI: The elections of the Indian Cricketers Association are likely to take place from October 26-28. The polls are held online, which means that the virtual window will be open for 3 days for voting.

The Times of India

Ex-Mumbai 'keeper Sharad Hazare passes away

MUMBAI: In a news which left many in Mumbai cricket in mourning, former Mumbai wicketkeeper Sharad Hazare, who was ailing for some time, passed away at his residence in Four Bunglows, Andheri, on Monday morning. Incidentally, it was his 77th birthday- he was born on August 8, 1945.

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Umran Malik should be in T20 World Cup team, feels Dilip Vengsarkar

MUMBAI: Impressed by his raw pace, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar feels rookie pacer Umran Malik should board the flight to Australia for this year's T20 World Cup.

The Times of India

They couldn't accept the fact that they had lost to us, some of them came to our dressing room later with champagne bottles: Mohinder Amarnath recalls India's win vs WI in 1983 WC final

June 25 is a date no hardcore Indian cricket fan can ever forget. It's a day that will always be remembered as one on which India won the biggest prize in world cricket - the World Cup - 39 years ago, on June 25, 1983. And that achievement became a…

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'Mona' Kowli passes away

MUMBAI: 'Mona' Mohan Madhusudan Kowli, who was once the captain of the Indian Airlines All-India team and played in the Kanga League for John Bright CC, passed away on Sunday at his residence at 7 pm.

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Root carves his niche in the pantheon after an immortal 18 months

The Englishman’s purple patch since January 2021 has lifted his standing among Test cricket’s batting greats. He is now more than 2,000 runs clear of the other members of the Fab Four and on par with Tendulkar’s tally at the same age

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Dilip Vengsarkar feels Umran Malik is ready to play international cricket

CUTTACK: Former India cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar feels that tearaway pacer Umran Malik is ready to play international cricket.

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